Colniza

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Município de Colniza
Colniza
Colniza (Brazil)
Colniza
Colniza
Coordinates 9 ° 25 ′  S , 59 ° 1 ′  W Coordinates: 9 ° 25 ′  S , 59 ° 1 ′  W
Location of the municipality in the state of Mato Grosso
Location of the municipality in the state of Mato Grosso
Symbols
coat of arms
coat of arms
founding 26th November 1998 (age 21)Template: Infobox location in Brazil / maintenance
Basic data
Country Brazil
State Mato Grosso
structure 2 districts
height 131 m
climate tropical, Aw
surface 27,946.1 km²
Residents 26,381 (2010)
density 0.9  Ew. / km²
estimate 38,582 (July 1, 2019)
Parish code IBGE : 5103254
Post Code 78.335-000
Telephone code (+55)  66
Time zone UTC −4
Website colniza.mt (Brazilian Portuguese)
politics
City Prefect Esvandir Antonio Mendes (2017-2020)
Political party PSB
Culture
City festival November 26th (founding day)
economy
GDP 528,694  thousand R $
14,621 R $ per person 
(2017)
HDI 0.611 (2010)

Colniza , officially Portuguese Município de Colniza , is a municipality in the northwest of the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso . It emerged from a rural settlement project in 1998 and has a large community area of ​​around 27,946.1 km². The population was estimated at 38,582 residents as of July 1, 2019, who are called Colnizenser ( colnizenses ). The actual city of Cidade de Colniza administers an area the size of Brandenburg, arithmetically resulting in a population density of 0.9 inhabitants per km². It borders the state of Amazonas to the north and Rondônia to the west . The distance to the capital Cuiabá is 1065 km. Statistically, it ranks 23rd out of the state's 141 municipalities. A large part of the economy is based on the timber industry , Colniza shows the largest deforestation area in the rainforest.

It is notorious for having one of the highest murder rates in Mato Grosso and massacres of the population such as the Colniza massacre in 2017.

geography

Surrounding communities are Cotriguaçu , Aripuanã , Rondolândia , Apuí as well as Novo Aripuanã (state of Amazonas) and Machadinho d'Oeste (Rondônia).

The biome is the Amazon rainforest (Amazônia), the climate is tropical, Aw according to the Köppen and Geiger climate classification . The average temperature is 25.5 ° C. The average rainfall is 2049 mm per year.

By the municipality for the flow Amazon basin belonging more important Rio Canama , aripuanã river , Rio Salvação , Rio Guariba , Rio Água Branca , Rio Roosevelt and Rio Madeirinha .

It also includes some nature reserves such as the Parque Estadual Igarapés do Juruena and indigenous territories such as Terra Indígena Kawahiva do Rio Pardo .

Population development

year Residents city country
1991 000000000002190.00000000002,190
2000 000000000010270.000000000010,270 000000000003850.00000000003,850 000000000006420.00000000006,420
2010 000000000026381.000000000026,381 000000000014987.000000000014,987 000000000011394.000000000011,394
2019 000000000038582.000000000038,582 ? ?

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Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. Colnitsa - Panorama. IBGE , accessed July 21, 2020 (Brazilian Portuguese).
  2. ^ Nine farm workers murdered in Brazil. In: ln-online.de. LN - Lübecker Nachrichten, April 23, 2017, accessed on July 21, 2020 .
  3. Colniza climate: average temperature, weather by month, Colniza weather averages. In: de.climate-data.org. Retrieved July 21, 2020 .
  4. ^ Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humano do Brasil: Colniza . Retrieved July 21, 2020 (Portuguese).