Abaetetuba

Município de Abaetetuba Abaetetuba
Aerial view over Abaetetuba, 2016
Abaetetuba
Coordinates	1 ° 43 ′  S , 48 ° 53 ′  W Coordinates: 1 ° 43 ′  S , 48 ° 53 ′  W
Location of the municipality in the state of Pará
Symbols
coat of arms flag
founding	1724 (first settlement) (296 years)
Basic data
Country	Brazil
State	Pará
structure	2 districts
height	10 m
Waters	Bay of Marajo
climate	tropical, Am
surface	1,610.7 km²
Residents	141,100 (2010)
density	87.6  Ew. / km²
estimate	157,698 (July 1, 2019)
Parish code	IBGE : 1500107
Post Code	68440-000
Telephone code	(+55)  91
Time zone	UTC −3
Website	abaetetuba.pa (Brazilian Portuguese)
politics
City Prefect	Alcides Eufrásio da Conceição Negrão (2017–2020)
Political party	MDB
River landscape in Abaetetuba

Abaetetuba , officially Portuguese Município de Abaetetuba , is a city in the Brazilian state of Pará . It is a port on the right bank of the Baía de Marajó and is located 60 km southwest of Belém .

In the 2010 census year it had 141,100 inhabitants, which on July 1, 2019 were estimated at 156,292 people who live in a community area of ​​around 1610.7 km² and are called Abaetetubenser. The calculated population density is 88 people per km², but over 58% of the population is concentrated in the urban area. It ranks seventh out of 144 municipalities in the state.

The Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA) has a campus in Abaetetuba.

Toponym

"Abaetetuba" comes from the Tupí-Guaraní languages and means "group of true men".

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panoramic view

history

In 1724 the first settlement was built on a protected area on Sirituba Island. In the 18th and 19th centuries it was subordinate to the capital Belém and was initially called Abaeté. By law no. 973 of March 23, 1880, the municipality was given town rights and was spun off from Belém. It received its current place name on December 30, 1943 to distinguish it from a place of the same name in Minas Gerais .

geography

Surrounding communities are Barcarena , Igarapé-Miri (Igarapé-Mirim) and Moju . About 72 islands are located within the municipal area.

The biome is Amazonian rainforest ( Amazônia ) with alluvial forests .

climate

The community has a tropical climate with a lot of precipitation, Am according to the Köppen and Geiger climate classification . The average temperature is 27.0 ° C. The average rainfall is 2577 mm per year.

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Abaetetuba

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Temperature ( ° C )	26.5	26.5	26.6	27.1	27.1	26.9	27.1	27.1	27.2	27.4	27.1	26.9	O	27.0
Precipitation ( mm )	318	404	415	383	276	161	126	108	83	58	65	180	Σ	2577

Local government

The executive rests with the city prefect (mayor). In the local elections in 2016 , Alcides Eufrásio da Conceição Negrão des MDB (formerly PMDB) was elected City Prefect for the 2017-2020 term.

The legislature rests with a 16-member elected city council, the vereadores of the Câmara Municipal.

Population development

year	Residents	city	country
1991	99,989	56,389	43,600
2000	119.152	70,843	48,309
2010	141,100	82.998	58.102
2019	157,698	?	?

Source: IBGE (2011)

Average income and standard of living

The monthly average income in 2017 was a factor of 1.9 of the Brazilian minimum wage ( Salário mínimo ) of R $ 880.00 (income converted for 2019: around 378 € per month). The human development index (HDI) is classified as average at 0.628 for 2010.

In 2017, 11,075 people or 7.2% of the population were registered as permanently employed; 52.6% of the population had an income of half the minimum wage in 2010. More than 34,200 families received support from the Bolsa Família social program in October 2019 .

HDI
year				Points
1991			0.386
2000			0.501
2010			0.628

The gross national product per capita was R $ 8222 in 2016, the community's gross national product was R $ 1,249,255,000.

Illiteracy rate

Abaetetuba had an illiteracy rate of 38.7% in 1991 (including incomplete primary education), which had already fallen to 18.6% in the 2010 census. Around 30.7% of the population in 2010 were children and adolescents up to the age of 15.

Illiteracy rate
year				percent
1991			38.66
2000			25.70
2010			18.58

Ethnic composition

Ethnic groups according to the statistical classification of the IBGE (status 2000 with 119,152 inhabitants, status 2010 with 141,100 inhabitants):

group	Share 2000	Share 2010	annotation
Pardos	80.606	▲ 100.106	Mixed races, mulattos , mestizos
Brancos	34,128	▼ 30,537	Whites, descendants of Europeans
Pretus	3,707	▲ 9,578	black
Amarelos	67	▲ 777	Asians
Indigenous people	38	▼ 102	indigenous population
without specification	608	-

economy

The municipality ranks fifth in Pará in the fish farming product area (shrimp and edible fish).

sons and daughters of the town

• Giovanni Silva de Oliveira (* 1972), football player
• Rogério Moraes Ferreira (* 1994), handball player

Web links

Commons : Abaetetuba  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• City Prefecture website , Prefeitua Municipal (Brazilian Portuguese)
• City Council website , Câmara Municipal (Brazilian Portuguese)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} IBGE : Abaetetuba - Panorama. Retrieved November 19, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).
2. ^ Campus Universitário de Abaetetuba. In: cubt.ufpa.br. Universidade Federal do Pará, accessed November 19, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese). 
3. ↑ Abaetetuba climate: average temperature, weather by month, Abaetetuba weather averages - Climate-Data.org. In: de.climate-data.org. Retrieved November 19, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Chita 15 (Prefeito). In: todapolitica.com. Eleições 2016, accessed November 19, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese). 
5. ↑ Vereadores. In: www.cmabaetetuba.pa.gov.br. Câmara Municipal de Abaetetuba, accessed November 19, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese). 
6. ↑ ^{a b} Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humao no Brasil: Abaetetuba, MA . Retrieved November 19, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese)
7. ↑ Abaetetuba - Panorama - Trabalho e rendimento. In: cidades.ibge.gov.br. IBGE , accessed November 19, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese). 
8. ↑ Relatório do Bolsa Família e Cadastro Único: Abaetetuba / MA , accessed on November 19, 2019 (database query with place names, Brazilian Portuguese).
9. ↑ Abaetetuba - Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios. In: cidades.ibge.gov.br. IBGE , accessed November 19, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese). 
10. ↑ IBGE : Sistema IBGE de Recuperação Automática - SIDRA: Tabela 2093. Retrieved on November 17, 2019 (Portuguese, database query, search terms Abaetuba (PA) and Cor ou raça).