Guarapari

Guarapari
Coordinates: 20 ° 39 ′  S , 40 ° 31 ′  W Guarapari​ Guarapari on the map of Espírito Santo
Basic data
Country	Brazil
State	Espírito Santo
City foundation	1679
Residents	105,286  (2010)
City insignia
Detailed data
surface	592.231
Population density	177.78 inhabitants / km 2
height	15  m
Time zone	UTC −3
City Presidency	Edson Magalhães (PPS)
Website	guarapari.es.gov.br www.guarapari.es.gov.br/ guarapari.es.gov.br
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

View of Guarapari

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

1. ↑ http://www.irpa.net/irpa10/cdrom/00490.pdf External Exposure Rates from Terrestrial Radiation at Guarapari and Meaipe in Brazil

Web links

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

• Guarapari guide (port.)
• City administration website (port.)
• Tourism-oriented pages (port.)
• Detailed radioactivity measurements (port.)