Guarapari
Guarapari | ||
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Coordinates: 20 ° 39 ′ S , 40 ° 31 ′ W Guarapari on the map of Espírito Santo
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Basic data | ||
Country | Brazil | |
State | Espírito Santo | |
City foundation | 1679 | |
Residents | 105,286 (2010) | |
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Detailed data | ||
surface | 592.231 | |
Population density | 177.78 inhabitants / km 2 | |
height | 15 m | |
Time zone | UTC −3 | |
City Presidency | Edson Magalhães (PPS) | |
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Guarapari by Night (2006) |
Guarapari is a Brazilian coastal city in the state of Espírito Santo with around 105,000 inhabitants on an area of 592 km². Guarapari is known as a seaside resort and a diving destination. The Setiba nature reserve , which is important for the local turtle and bird population, is located in the municipality .
geography
Guarapari is about 50 kilometers south of Vitória , the capital of the state. From Rio de Janeiro is about 500 kilometers northeast away.
The seaside resorts of Ubu , Castelhanos , Anchieta , Irirí , Marataízes and Meaípe are in the vicinity .
history
The settlement of Aldeia de Santa Maria de Guaraparim has existed there since the construction of a chapel in honor of Santa Ana by Jesuit missionaries around José de Anchieta in 1585 . Guarapari became a town in 1679 and a town in 1891.
Tourism began in the 1930s. In the 1990s, the city changed a lot due to tourism. Today, high-rise buildings dominate the scene.
Radioactivity of the beaches
The high natural radioactivity of the beaches, which is one of the highest natural radiation levels in the world, is exceptional . It is caused by the black monazite sand that occurs there and contains thorium . The absorbed dose rate in the city is around 0.1 to 0.4 μGy / h, corresponding to 0.9 to 3.5 mGy per year, with hotspots on beaches with values of up to 15.0 μGy / h in Guarapari and up to 32 μGy / h were measured in neighboring Meiape.
Despite, or rather because of, this high level of radiation exposure, the city is nicknamed cidade saude , translated: City of Health. Staying on the radioactive beaches is said to have a healing effect.
Personalities
- Derek Rabelo (* 1992), blind professional surfer
swell
- ↑ http://www.irpa.net/irpa10/cdrom/00490.pdf External Exposure Rates from Terrestrial Radiation at Guarapari and Meaipe in Brazil