Monte Alegre, Pará

Monte Alegre, Pará is a municipality in the state of Pará in the Northern region of Brazil.[2][3][4][5] It is located along the Amazon River in northern Brazil.

Monte Alegre, Pará
Municipality
Monte Alegre, Pará
Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 2.002267°S 54.071742°W / -2.002267; -54.071742
Country Brazil
RegionNorthern
StatePará
MesoregionBaixo Amazonas
Population
 (2020 [1])
 • Total58,162
Time zoneUTC -3

Near this area along the Amazon River is the Caverna da Pedra Pintada, an ancient archeological site with numerous rock paintings and pictographs. Excavations at the cave have found evidence of ancient peoples.

The north of the municipality contains a small part (3.44%) of the 4,245,819 hectares (10,491,650 acres) Grão-Pará Ecological Station, the largest fully protected tropical forest conservation unit on the planet.[6] It also includes a small part (5.51%) of the 11,518 square kilometres (4,447 sq mi) Maicuru Biological Reserve.[7] The municipality contains roughly half of the 216,601 hectares (535,230 acres) Mulata National Forest, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 2001.[8] It contains all of the fully protected 3,678 hectares (9,090 acres) Monte Alegre State Park, created in 2001.[9]

Climate

The climate is tropical savanna (Köppen: Aw) with dry season defined.[10]

Climate data for Monte Alegre (Portelinha), elevation: 146 m or 479 ft, 1961-1990 normals and extremes
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 30.5
(86.9)		 29.9
(85.8)		 29.9
(85.8)		 29.9
(85.8)		 30.0
(86.0)		 30.0
(86.0)		 30.5
(86.9)		 31.4
(88.5)		 32.3
(90.1)		 32.5
(90.5)		 32.3
(90.1)		 31.8
(89.2)		 30.9
(87.6)
Daily mean °C (°F) 25.9
(78.6)		 25.5
(77.9)		 25.6
(78.1)		 25.8
(78.4)		 26.0
(78.8)		 25.9
(78.6)		 26.0
(78.8)		 26.8
(80.2)		 27.3
(81.1)		 27.7
(81.9)		 27.4
(81.3)		 26.9
(80.4)		 26.4
(79.5)
Average low °C (°F) 22.6
(72.7)		 21.9
(71.4)		 22.0
(71.6)		 22.2
(72.0)		 22.5
(72.5)		 21.9
(71.4)		 22.3
(72.1)		 22.6
(72.7)		 22.8
(73.0)		 23.2
(73.8)		 23.1
(73.6)		 22.7
(72.9)		 22.5
(72.5)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 143.9
(5.67)		 224.6
(8.84)		 268.9
(10.59)		 295.0
(11.61)		 271.8
(10.70)		 154.3
(6.07)		 91.4
(3.60)		 50.6
(1.99)		 28.0
(1.10)		 28.0
(1.10)		 29.6
(1.17)		 91.7
(3.61)		 1,677.8
(66.05)
Average relative humidity (%) 80.0 82.0 84.0 84.0 84.0 81.0 80.0 75.0 73.0 71.0 76.0 75.0 78.8
Mean monthly sunshine hours 156.9 177.1 127.9 134.3 165.9 189.9 233.8 249.2 237.2 240.4 207.1 184.2 2,303.9
Source: NOAA[11]

Transportation

The city is served by Monte Alegre Airport.

See also

References
  1. IBGE 2020
  2. "Divisão Territorial do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Divisão Territorial do Brasil e Limites Territoriais, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). July 1, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  3. "Estimativas da população para 1º de julho de 2009" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Estimativas de População, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). August 14, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  4. "Ranking decrescente do IDH-M dos municípios do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humano, Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento (PNUD). 2000. Archived from the original on October 3, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  5. "Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios 2002-2005" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). December 19, 2007. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  6. Estação Ecológica Grão-Pará (in Portuguese), Ideflor-bio (Government of Pará), retrieved 2016-05-12
  7. Maicuru Reserva Biológica (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-05-14
  8. FLONA de Mulata (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-01
  9. PES Monte Alegre (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-12-13
  10. "Clima Monte Alegre: Temperatura, Tempo e Dados climatológicos Monte Alegre - Climate-Data.org". pt.climate-data.org. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
  11. "Monte Alegre (82181) - WMO Weather Station". NOAA. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
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