Balsas (Maranhão)
| Município de Balsas Balsas |
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 Aerial photograph (2002)
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| Coordinates | 7 ° 32 ′ S , 46 ° 2 ′ W | ||
 Location of the municipality in the state of Maranhão
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Motto "Deus, amor e trabalho" God, love and work |
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| founding | 22nd March 1918 (age 102) | ||
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| Country | Brazil | ||
| State | Maranhão | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | BR-MA | ||
| height | 283 m | ||
| Waters | Rio balsas | ||
| climate | tropical, Aw | ||
| surface | 13,141.8 km² | ||
| Residents | 83,528 (2010) | ||
| density | 6.4 Ew. / km² | ||
| estimate | 94,887 (July 1, 2019) | ||
| Parish code | IBGE : 2101400 | ||
| Post Code | 65800-000 | ||
| Telephone code | (+55) 99 | ||
| Time zone | UTC −3 | ||
| Website | balsas.ma.gov.br (Brazilian Portuguese) | ||
| politics | |||
| City Prefect | Erik Augusto Costa e Silva (2017-2020) | ||
| Political party | PDT | ||
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| Patron saint | Saint Anthony | ||
| City festival | March 22nd (foundation day) | ||
| economy | |||
| GDP | 2,393,125 thousand R $ 25,592 R $ per capita (2016) |
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| HDI | 0.687 (medium) (2010) | ||
Balsas , officially Portuguese Município de Balsas , is a Brazilian municipality in the south of the state of Maranhão . The population was estimated as of July 1, 2019 at 94,887 inhabitants, who live in a large community area of around 13,141.8 km² and are called Balsenser ( balsenses ). Mathematically, this results in a population density of 6.4 people per km². It is located on the Rio Balsas , which is navigable from here.
The distance to the capital São Luís is 810 km. It belongs to the geographic-geostatistical Greater Region MATOPIBA , which is made up of parts of the states of Maranhão, Tocantins , Piauí and Bahia , which belong to the Região Nordeste . The municipality is solely responsible for an area of comparatively 90% of Schleswig-Holstein.
It is the seat of the Balsas diocese and the location of the Centro de Estudos Superiores de Balsas (CESBA) of the Universidade Estadual do Maranhão (UEMA), the Universidade Federal do Maranhão (UFMA) maintains a campus in Balsas.
geography
Surrounding communities are Riachão , São Raimundo das Mangabeiras , Fortaleza dos Nogueiras , Tasso Fragoso , Alto Parnaíba , Nova Colinas , Sambaíba and Carolina . The biome is predominantly cerrado .
The community has a tropical climate, Aw according to the Köppen and Geiger climate classification . The average temperature is 26.4 ° C. The average rainfall is 1190 mm per year. The southern summer has significantly more rainfall than the southern winter.
Average income and standard of living
The monthly average income in 2017 was 2.0 times the Brazilian minimum wage ( Salário mínimo ) of R $ 880.00 (converted for 2019: around € 390). The Human Development Index (HDI) is rated medium at 0.687 for 2010. In 2017, 18,290 people or 19.3% of the population were registered as employed, 40% of the population had an income of half the minimum wage. In October 2019, 8,402 families or around 30% of the families classified as poor by the IBGE received support through the Bolsa Família program .
| HDI | ||||
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| 1991 | 0.347 | |||
| 2000 | 0.521 | |||
| 2010 | 0.687 | |||
The gross national product per capita in 2016 was around R $ 25,592, the gross national product of the municipality was around R $ 2,393.2 million.
Ethnic composition
Ethnic groups of balsas according to the statistical classification of the IBGE (status 2000 with 60,163 inhabitants, status 2010 with 83,528 inhabitants): Of these, 72,771 inhabitants (around 87.1%) lived in urban areas and 10,757 (around 12.9%) in the vast, agriculturally developed territory.
| group | Share 2000 |
Share 2010 |
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| Pardos | 36,298 | 56,557 | Mixed races, mulattos , mestizos |
| Brancos | 16,714 | 18,414 | Whites, descendants of Europeans |
| Pretus | 6.220 | 6,835 | black |
| Amarelos | 129 | 1,624 | Asians |
| Indigenous people | 446 | 98 | indigenous population |
| without specification | 357 | - |
Illiteracy rate
Balsas had an illiteracy rate of 40.4% in 1991 , which had already fallen to 17.5% in the 2010 census.
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| 1991 | 40.40 | |||
| 2000 | 26.90 | |||
| 2010 | 17.53 | |||
media
The newspapers Diário de Balsas and Folha do Cerrado report on Balsas and the surrounding area .
Web links
- City Prefecture website , Prefeitura Municipal (Brazilian Portuguese)
- City Council website , Câmara Municipal (Brazilian Portuguese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Balsas - Panorama. In: cidades.ibge.gov.br. IBGE , accessed November 12, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).
- ↑ Dr. Erik 12 (Prefeito). In: todapolitica.com. Eleições 2016, accessed November 12, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).
- ↑ Climate Balsas: Weather, average temperature, weather forecast for Balsas. In: de.climate-data.org. Retrieved November 12, 2019 .
- ↑ Balsas - Panorama - Trabalho e rendimento. In: cidades.ibge.gov.br. IBGE , accessed November 12, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).
- ↑ Relatório do Bolsa Família e Cadastro Único: Balsas / MA , accessed on November 12, 2019 (database query, Brazilian Portuguese).
- ↑ Balsas - Produto Interno Bruto dos Municipios. In: cidades.ibge.gov.br. IBGE , accessed November 12, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).
- ↑ IBGE : Sistema IBGE de Recuperação Automática - SIDRA: Tabela 2093. Accessed on November 12, 2019 (Portuguese, database query, search terms Balsas (MA) and Cor ou raça).
- ^ Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humano do Brasil: Balsas. Retrieved November 12, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).
- ↑ Diário de Balsas - Notícias de Balsas e Região Sul do Maranhão. In: com.br. Retrieved November 12, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).
- ↑ Folha do Cerrado. In: folhadocerrado.com. Retrieved November 12, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).