Ponta Porã
| Município de Ponta Porã Ponta Porã |
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 Avenida Brasil in Ponta Porã
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| Coordinates | 22 ° 32 ′ S , 55 ° 44 ′ W | ||
 Location of the municipality in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul
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| founding | 25th March 1892 (age 128) | ||
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| Country | Brazil | ||
| State | Mato Grosso do Sul | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | BR-MS | ||
| structure | 3 districts (Ponta Porã (headquarters), Cabeceira do Apa, Sanga Puitã) | ||
| height | 755 m | ||
| Waters | Rio Dourado | ||
| climate | tropical temperate, Cfa | ||
| surface | 5,330.4 km² | ||
| Residents | 77,872 (2010) | ||
| density | 14.6 Ew. / km² | ||
| estimate | 92,526 (July 1, 2019) | ||
| Parish code | IBGE : 5006606 | ||
| Post Code | 79900-000 | ||
| Telephone code | (+55) 67 | ||
| Time zone | UTC −4 | ||
| Website | pontapora.ms.gov.br (Brazilian Portuguese) | ||
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| City Prefect | Hélio Peluffo (2017-2020) | ||
| Political party | PSDB | ||
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| Patron saint | Saint Joseph | ||
| economy | |||
| GDP | 2,586,227 thousand R $ 29,334 R $ per person (2016) |
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| HDI | 0.701 (high) (2010) | ||
Ponta Porã , officially Portuguese Município de Ponta Porã , is a city in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul . The population was estimated on July 1, 2019 at 92,526 inhabitants, who are called Ponta-Poranenses ( ponta-poranenses ) on a community area of around 5330.4 km² . It ranks 5th out of 79 municipalities in the state. Portunhol is also spoken in Ponta Porã .
geography
location
The city is located 324 km from the capital of the state ( Campo Grande ) and 1326 km from the state capital ( Brasília ). The city borders in the north on the neighboring cities Antônio João , Bela Vista , Jardim and Guia Lopes da Laguna , in the south on Aral Moreira and Laguna Carapã , in the east on Dourados and Maracaju and in the west on Pedro Juan Caballero ( Paraguay ).
climate
The community has a tropical temperate climate, Cfa according to the Köppen and Geiger climate classification . The average temperature is 21.3 ° C. The average rainfall is 1352 mm per year.
Waters
The city lies on the Rio Dourado , which belongs to the river system of the Río de la Plata .
Average Income and HDI
In 2017, the monthly average income was 2.2 times the Brazilian minimum wage ( Salário mínimo ) of R $ 880.00 (converted for 2019: around € 438). The Human Development Index (HDI) is rated high at 0.701 for 2010.
The gross national product per capita in 2016 was R $ 29,334.28.
Trivia
Ponta Porã is the setting for the beginning of John Grisham's The Partner .
Web links
- City Prefecture website , Prefeitura Municipal (Brazilian Portuguese)
- City Council website , Câmara Municipal (Brazilian Portuguese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Ponta Porã climate: average temperature, weather by month, Ponta Porã weather averages. In: de.climate-data.org. Retrieved October 31, 2019 .
- ↑ a b c Ponta Porã - Panorama. In: cidades.ibge.gov.br. IBGE , accessed October 31, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).
- ^ Helio Peluffo 45 (Prefeito). In: todapolitica.com. Eleições 2016, accessed October 31, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).
