Coari (Choary) is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Amazonas.
Coari | |
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 Flag  Seal | |
| Nickname: "Solimões Queen"
"Gas City" | |
 Coari municipality (red) in Amazonas state | |
| Coordinates: 04°05′06″S 63°08′27″W / 4.08500°S 63.14083°W | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Region | North |
| State |  Amazonas |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Manoel Adail Amaral Pinheiro (PRP) |
| Area | |
| • Municipality | 57,921.646 km2 (22,363.673 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 40 m (120 ft) |
| Population (2020[1]) | |
| • Metro | 85,910 |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AMT) |
| ZIP code | 69460-000 |
| Climate | Af |
| Website | www |
Geography
editThe municipal seat of Coari is one of the largest cities of the Amazonas state. It is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Coari. The area has reserves of oil and natural gas. Coari is served by Coari Airport located 6 km from downtown Coari. Porto Urucu Airport located in the district of Porto Urucu 470 km away serves the population residing and working for Petrobras.
The municipality is in the Juruá-Purus moist forests ecoregion.[2] It contains part of the Amanã Sustainable Development Reserve.[3] It contains a small portion of the 1,008,167 hectares (2,491,230 acres) Piagaçu-Purus Sustainable Development Reserve, established in 2003.[4] The municipality contains 66.15% of the 217,486 hectares (537,420 acres) Catuá-Ipixuna Extractive Reserve, established in 2003 as the first extractive reserve in the state of Amazonas.[5]
Climate
edit| Climate data for Coari (1981–2010, extremes 1961–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 36.9 (98.4) |
36.6 (97.9) |
36.4 (97.5) |
36.4 (97.5) |
36.0 (96.8) |
38.0 (100.4) |
39.8 (103.6) |
37.5 (99.5) |
38.3 (100.9) |
38.2 (100.8) |
38.3 (100.9) |
38.2 (100.8) |
39.8 (103.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 31.8 (89.2) |
31.9 (89.4) |
32.0 (89.6) |
31.9 (89.4) |
31.7 (89.1) |
31.7 (89.1) |
32.2 (90.0) |
33.2 (91.8) |
33.3 (91.9) |
33.2 (91.8) |
32.6 (90.7) |
32.1 (89.8) |
32.3 (90.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.4 (79.5) |
26.4 (79.5) |
26.6 (79.9) |
26.6 (79.9) |
26.6 (79.9) |
26.4 (79.5) |
26.8 (80.2) |
27.4 (81.3) |
27.4 (81.3) |
27.3 (81.1) |
27.0 (80.6) |
26.8 (80.2) |
26.8 (80.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 21.6 (70.9) |
21.8 (71.2) |
22.0 (71.6) |
22.0 (71.6) |
22.1 (71.8) |
21.9 (71.4) |
21.9 (71.4) |
22.2 (72.0) |
22.3 (72.1) |
22.4 (72.3) |
22.4 (72.3) |
22.2 (72.0) |
22.1 (71.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 14.6 (58.3) |
15.4 (59.7) |
10.6 (51.1) |
15.6 (60.1) |
14.0 (57.2) |
10.2 (50.4) |
11.0 (51.8) |
14.8 (58.6) |
15.0 (59.0) |
15.7 (60.3) |
16.4 (61.5) |
15.2 (59.4) |
10.2 (50.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 264.5 (10.41) |
265.5 (10.45) |
322.3 (12.69) |
272.4 (10.72) |
213.1 (8.39) |
128.9 (5.07) |
87.2 (3.43) |
68.9 (2.71) |
100.4 (3.95) |
156.7 (6.17) |
215.6 (8.49) |
261.7 (10.30) |
2,357.2 (92.80) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 18 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 166 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 85.6 | 84.9 | 84.9 | 85.0 | 85.1 | 83.9 | 80.8 | 78.1 | 78.8 | 79.7 | 81.9 | 83.6 | 82.7 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 138.2 | 120.2 | 122.0 | 132.5 | 152.5 | 171.2 | 207.1 | 208.8 | 180.4 | 171.7 | 141.1 | 143.1 | 1,888.8 |
| Source 1: Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia[6] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Meteo Climat (record highs and lows)[7] | |||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ IBGE 2020
- ^ Sears, Robin, South America: Amazon Basin, northwestern Brazil (NT0133), WWF: World Wildlife Fund, retrieved 2017-03-28
- ^ RDS Amanã (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-05-05
- ^ RDS Piagaçu-Purus (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-08-20
- ^ RESEX Catuá-Ipixuna (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-08-30
- ^ "Normais Climatológicas Do Brasil 1981–2010" (in Portuguese). Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- ^ "Station Coari" (in French). Meteo Climat. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
External links
edit- Coari website Archived 2016-01-15 at the Wayback Machine
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