Coari

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Município de Coari
"Terra do Gás"
Coari
Vista parcial Coari AM.jpg
Coari (Brazil)
Coari
Coari
Coordinates 4 ° 5 ′  S , 63 ° 8 ′  W Coordinates: 4 ° 5 ′  S , 63 ° 8 ′  W
Location of the municipality in the state of Amazonas
Location of the municipality in the state of Amazonas
Symbols
coat of arms
coat of arms
flag
flag
founding May 1, 1874 (Vila de Coari)
(146 years old)Template: Infobox location in Brazil / maintenance
Basic data
Country Brazil
State Amazon
structure 5 districts
surface 57,970.8 km²
Residents 75,965 (2010)
density 1.3  Ew. / km²
estimate 85.097 (July 1, 2019)
Parish code IBGE : 1301209
Post Code 69460-000
Telephone code (+55)  97
Time zone UTC −4
Website coari.am (Brazilian Portuguese)
politics
City Prefect Adail Jose Figueiredo Pinheiro (2017-2020)
Political party Progressistas (PP)
economy
GDP 1,320,621  thousand R $
15,580 R $ per person 
(2017)
HDI 0.586 (low) (2010)

Coari , officially Município de Coari , is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Amazonas . The city is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Coari . The population was estimated on July 1, 2019 at 85,097 inhabitants, who are called Coarienses ( Coarienses ) and live in a municipal area of ​​around 57,971 km² (2019). The distance to the capital Manaus is 363 km.

There are several nature reserves in the municipality.

The township of Coari is one of the largest cities in the state of Amazonas. The area has oil and natural gas reserves. Coari is served by Coari Airport, 6 km from downtown Coari . The airport Porto Urucu in the 470-km away Porto Urucu region called the population that serves for Petrobras operates.

The core of the settlement was a foundation on Lake Coari by the Bohemian Jesuit missionary Samuel Fritz at the beginning of the 18th century. In the 19th century, the municipality was under the administration of Tefé , received city rights as Vila de Coari on May 1, 1874 and was spun off from Tefé. The large municipal area is divided into districts: Distrito de Coari , also the seat of the municipality, Distrito de Camará , Distrito de Barro Alto , Distrito de Copiá and Distritro de Peorini .

Some of the population speaks the dialect Amazofonia , also known as Nortista.

Attractions

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. a b c Coari - Panorama. IBGE , accessed July 27, 2020 (Brazilian Portuguese).
  2. ^ Adail Filho 11 (Prefeito). In: todapolitica.com. Eleições 2016, accessed July 31, 2020 (Brazilian Portuguese).