Porto Seguro
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Porto Seguro
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 Aerial view of the city center
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| Coordinates | 16 ° 27 ′ S , 39 ° 4 ′ W | ||
 Location of Porto Seguro in the state of Bahia
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Motto "Jam ante brasiliam ego" |
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| founding | 30th June 1534 (age 486) | ||
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| Country | Brazil | ||
| State | Bahia | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | BR-BA | ||
| Mesoregion | Sul Baiano | ||
| Microregion | Porto Seguro | ||
| structure | 5 districts, 35 bairros | ||
| height | 4 m | ||
| Waters | Atlantic | ||
| surface | 2,285.7 km² | ||
| Residents | 126,929 (2010) | ||
| density | 55.5 Ew. / km² | ||
| estimate | 148,686 Ew. (last: July 1, 2019) | ||
| Time zone | UTC −3 | ||
| Website | portoseguro.ba (pt-BR) | ||
| politics | |||
| City Prefect | Claudia Silva Santos Oliveira (2017-2020) | ||
| Political party | (PSD) | ||
| economy | |||
| GDP | 961,965 thousand R $ 7588 R $ per person (2010) |
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| HDI | 0.676 (2010) | ||
Porto Seguro , officially Município de Porto Seguro , is a coastal city in the south of the state of Bahia in Brazil on the South Atlantic.
According to an estimate by the IBGE statistics office on July 1, 2019, the city had 148,686 inhabitants, called Porto-Segurens. The area was around 2286 km² in 2019. Since the 2010 census, it has seen an increase of around 20,000 inhabitants within 6 years.
history
Porto Seguro is considered to be the historical heritage of Brazil , as the Portuguese navigator and conqueror Pedro Álvares Cabral set foot on Brazilian soil for the first time near the city on April 22, 1500. The place name Porto Seguro means safe harbor and indicates the function of the place from the perspective of the seafarers who land here . The community is one of the oldest in Brazil and dates back to a foundation in 1534. June 30, 1534 is the date when the city was founded. The Vila de Porto Seguro received city status on June 30, 1891.
City administration
After her re-election in the local elections in 2016, Claudia Silva Santos Oliveira of the Partido Social Democrático (2011) (PSD) is the city prefect for the term 2017 to 2020 . The city's legislature, the first of which was inaugurated in 1772, has consisted of 17 city councilors since 2012. Evaí Fonseca Brito des Partido Humanista da Solidariedade (PHS) is President of the City Council Chamber (Câmara Municipal ).
City structure
Porto Seguro is divided into five districts: Porto Seguro (sede), Arraial d'Ajuda , Caraíva , Trancoso and Vale Verde . The districts comprise 35 bairros.
Population development
Source: IBGE (data for 2016 is only an estimate)
climate
The climate in the southern summer brings temperatures of up to 34 ° C, while the temperature in winter is around 18 to 27 ° C.
Culture and tourism
No house with more than two floors may be built in the community. There has been an international airport since 1993 .
In addition to tourism, the Porto Seguro area also has agricultural activities (with cashew and coconut cultivation ) and cattle breeding. In recent years, large areas of forest have been planted with eucalyptus trees.
30 kilometers north of Porto Seguro is the Campo Bahia holiday resort , which the German national soccer team moved into for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil .
geography
In the immediate vicinity is the Monte Pascoal National Park , which is surrounded by an Indian reservation. The following places are located on the 85 km long sandy coast of Porto Seguro (from north to south):
- Porto Seguro
- Belmonte
- Santa Cruz Cabrália
- Coroa Vermelha
- Arraial da Ajuda
- Trancoso
- Caraíva
sons and daughters of the town
- Cauly Oliveira Souza (born 1995), football player
Attractions
Praia de Mutá , northernmost of the numerous beaches on the 85 km long coastline of Porto Seguros
Town twinning
- Setúbal , Portugal
- Fafe , Portugal
- Belmonte , Portugal
- Viana do Alentejo , Portugal
- Viana do Castelo , Portugal
- Trancoso , Portugal
Web links
- City Prefecture website (Portuguese)
- City Council website (Portuguese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d IBGE : Porto Seguro - Panorama. Retrieved July 28, 2020 (Brazilian Portuguese).
- ↑ IBGE: Cidades @ Bahia: Porto Seguro: Histórico . Retrieved April 5, 2017 (Portuguese).
- ↑ Claudia Oliveira 55. In: Eleições 2016 BA Porto Seguro Candidatos a prefeito de Porto Seguro . Retrieved April 5, 2017 (Portuguese).
- ↑ História da Câmara Municipal de Porto Seguro. ( Memento of the original from April 5, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Website of the Câmara Municipal. Retrieved April 5, 2017 (Portuguese).
- ^ Porto Seguro: História. Retrieved April 5, 2017 (Portuguese).
- ↑ a b c d Geminações de Cidades e Vilas Portuguesas. ANMP - Associação Nacional de Municípios Portugueses, accessed April 24, 2017 (Portuguese).
- ↑ Relações Externas de Setúbal. (No longer available online.) Câmara Municipal de Setúbal, archived from the original on April 13, 2012 ; Retrieved April 24, 2017 (Portuguese). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b Geminação estreita laços entre Porto Seguro e Portugal. Radar64.com, accessed April 24, 2017 (Portuguese).
- ↑ Relações Internacionais e Cooperação de Viana do Castelo. Câmara Municipal de Viana do Castelo, accessed April 24, 2017 (Portuguese).
- ↑ Cidades geminadas com Porto Seguro. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on November 29, 2014 ; Retrieved April 24, 2017 (Portuguese). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
