Matinhos

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Matinhos
Bandeira mtos.jpg
Basic data
State : Paraná
Geographic location : 25 ° 49 ′  S , 48 ° 33 ′  W Coordinates: 25 ° 49 ′  S , 48 ° 33 ′  W
Height : 15 m above sea level NN
Surface: 117.6 km²
Residents : 29,831 (July 1, 2011)
Population density : 253.7 inhabitants / km²
Telephone code : 41
Official Website: matinhos.pr.gov.br
politics
mayor Eduardo Antônio Dalmora ( PDT )
Map of Paraná with Matinhos

Matinhos is a coastal city in the Brazilian state of Paraná with a population of 29,831 (as of July 1, 2011). The distance to the capital of the state, Curitiba , is 111 kilometers. The distance to the next big city, Paranaguá , is 48 kilometers. Neighboring cities are Guaratuba in the south , Paranaguá in the north and Pontal do Paraná in the northeast .

history

In the 19th century, the area around Matinhos was settled by Portuguese and Italian immigrants. The construction of a road in 1927 increased the population, this time due to immigrants of German origin. Matinhos received city rights on June 12, 1967.

In 1994 the U20 World Junior Championships in chess took place in the seaside resort of Caiobá, which belongs to Matinhos . Junior world champion was Helgi Áss Grétarsson ahead of Zsófia Polgár and Giovanni Vescovi , junior world champion Zhu Chen ahead of Nino Churzidse and Natalia Edsgweradse.

A cable car accident in Matinhos in 1995 claimed two lives, whereupon the cable car to the 262 meter high Morro do Escalvado was shut down.

climate

Matinhos
Climate diagram
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Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm
Source: Weather data from Matinhos 1961 to 1990 on jornaldotempo.uol.com.br (Portuguese)
Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Matinhos
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 28.3 27.4 27.4 25.1 23 20.9 21.9 21.6 21st 22.9 24.3 26.2 O 24.2
Min. Temperature (° C) 18.7 19th 18.3 15.7 13.1 11.1 10.9 12 12.8 14.3 15.7 17.5 O 14.9
Precipitation ( mm ) 261.5 313.1 263.5 159.9 116.6 105.5 64.8 83 129 157.3 139.5 161.4 Σ 1,955.1
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Attractions

Caiobá seaside resort, 2006

The city has 36 seaside resorts on 17 kilometers of beaches. In the city center is the natural history museum Museu Ecológico João José Bigarella .

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Dates of the places in Paraná (Portuguese)
  2. ↑ Update of the 2010 census by the Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística , page 97 ( Memento from November 9, 2011 on WebCite ) ( PDF , Portuguese)