Breves, Pará
Breves | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
 Seen from the river in 2024 | |
 Seal | |
 Location in the State of Pará | |
| Coordinates: 01°40′55″S 50°28′48″W / 1.68194°S 50.48000°W | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Region | North |
| State |  Pará |
| Founded | November 19, 1738 |
| Emancipation | October 25, 1851 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Toninho Barbosa |
| Area | |
• Total | 9,550.454 km2 (3,687.451 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 40 m (130 ft) |
| Population (2020 est.[1]) | |
• Total | 103,497 |
| • Density | 11/km2 (28/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
| Postal Code | 68800-000 |
| Website | http://www.breves.pa.gov.br |
Breves is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Pará, on the island of Marajó. Its population as of 2020[update] is estimated to be 103,497 people. The area of the municipality is 9,550.454 km². The city belongs to the mesoregion Marajó and to the microregion of Furos de Breves.
The municipality is contained in the 59,985 square kilometres (23,160 sq mi) Marajó Archipelago Environmental Protection Area, a sustainable use conservation unit established in 1989 to protect the environment of the delta region.[2] It contains the 93,746 hectares (231,650 acres) Mapuá Extractive Reserve, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 2005.[3]
The city is served by Breves Airport.
In August 1659, the Treaty of the Mapuá was signed at the Mapuá River by Portuguese Jesuits led by António Vieira with various indigenous peoples who inhabited the Marajó Archipelago.[4] The ceremony took place near a locality called Vila Amélia (1°7′S 50°18′W / 1.117°S 50.300°W). In the present day, there is still an indigenous cemetery at the spot where the treaty was signed.[5]
Climate
[edit]The climate is tropical rainforest (Köppen: Af), although August to October is nearly dry enough to be a tropical monsoon climate (Am). Temperatures are hot with extremely humidity all year round, and rainfall ranges from moderate to very heavy.[6]
| Climate data for Breves (1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 31.4 (88.5) |
30.9 (87.6) |
30.9 (87.6) |
31.1 (88.0) |
31.7 (89.1) |
32.1 (89.8) |
32.3 (90.1) |
32.9 (91.2) |
32.9 (91.2) |
32.9 (91.2) |
32.8 (91.0) |
32.3 (90.1) |
32.0 (89.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.1 (79.0) |
25.8 (78.4) |
25.8 (78.4) |
26.0 (78.8) |
26.6 (79.9) |
26.6 (79.9) |
26.7 (80.1) |
26.9 (80.4) |
27.0 (80.6) |
27.1 (80.8) |
27.1 (80.8) |
26.6 (79.9) |
26.5 (79.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22.5 (72.5) |
22.4 (72.3) |
22.6 (72.7) |
22.8 (73.0) |
23.0 (73.4) |
22.7 (72.9) |
22.4 (72.3) |
22.4 (72.3) |
22.5 (72.5) |
22.6 (72.7) |
22.6 (72.7) |
22.6 (72.7) |
22.6 (72.7) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 278.3 (10.96) |
318.5 (12.54) |
377.5 (14.86) |
323.6 (12.74) |
253.0 (9.96) |
179.5 (7.07) |
111.3 (4.38) |
63.1 (2.48) |
60.2 (2.37) |
69.4 (2.73) |
87.7 (3.45) |
198.9 (7.83) |
2,321 (91.4) |
| Average rainy days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 21 | 21 | 24 | 21 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 179 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 87.9 | 89.6 | 89.8 | 89.0 | 86.7 | 84.9 | 84.1 | 82.6 | 82.3 | 82.8 | 82.7 | 86.1 | 85.7 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 127.9 | 96.8 | 107.9 | 111.5 | 159.8 | 199.5 | 246.2 | 254.1 | 221.8 | 210.6 | 176.6 | 157.9 | 2,070.6 |
| Source: Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia[7] | |||||||||||||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ IBGE 2020
- ^ APA Arquipélago do Marajó (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-27
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link) - ^ RESEX Mapuá (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-30
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link) - ^ Steward, J.H. (1948). Handbook of South American Indians, Volume 3: The Tropical Forest Tribes (PDF). Smithsonian Institution. p. 194–196.
- ^ Costa, E.M. (2016). "Dos Indígenas, Os Artefatos: a História Dos Povos Indígenas Do Marajó, PA". Revista de Estudos Linguísticos, Literários, Culturais e da Contemporaneidade. 18b.
- ^ "Clima Breves: Temperatura, Tempo e Dados climatológicos Breves - Climate-Data.org". pt.climate-data.org. Retrieved 2019-03-30.
- ^ "Normais Climatológicas Do Brasil 1981–2010" (in Portuguese). Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
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