Sao José de Ribamar

Municipal Department of Sao José de Ribamar "Ribamar" "SJR" Sao José de Ribamar
Main church: Igreja Matriz de São José do Ribamar
Sao José de Ribamar
Coordinates	2 ° 34 ′  S , 44 ° 3 ′  W Coordinates: 2 ° 34 ′  S , 44 ° 3 ′  W
Location of the municipality in the state of Maranhão
Symbols
coat of arms flag
founding	December 16, 1627 (foundation) (392 years), September 24, 1952 (town charter ) (67 years)
Basic data
Country	Brazil
State	Maranhão
Metropolitan area	São Luís
climate	tropical, Aw
surface	180.2 km²
Residents	163,045 (2010)
density	904.6  Ew. / km²
estimate	177,687 (July 1, 2019)
Parish code	IBGE : 2111201
Post Code	65110-000
Telephone code	(+55)  98
Time zone	UTC −3
Website	saojosederibamar (Brazilian Portuguese)
politics
City Prefect	Eudes Sampaio (2017-2020)
Political party	PTB
Culture
Patron saint	Saint Joseph
economy
GDP	1,902,361  thousand. R $ 10,808  R $ per capita (2016)
HDI	0.708 (high) (2010)
Monument to São José de Ribamar, patron saint of the state

São José de Ribamar , officially Portuguese Município de São José de Ribamar , is a Brazilian coastal city in the state of Maranhão . The population in the 2010 census was 163,045. The population of the third most populous city in the state was estimated on July 1, 2019 at 177,687 inhabitants, who live in a community area of ​​around 180.2 km². It is 32 km from São Luís , the capital of Maranhão. It is part of the São Luís metropolitan region with eight other municipalities .

history

The place is named after the patron saint of the state Joseph of Nazareth , in Portuguese São José, with the addition Ribamar. The present-day territory was traditional settlement area of ​​the indigenous Potiguaras . The Gamelas (Gamellas), who were later expelled to the mainland, had a forest village on the island, and the area was assigned to the Jesuits. The governor of the then Maranhão, Francisco Coelho de Carvalho , had distributed some lands on December 16, 1627, which is considered to be the founding year.

São José de Ribamar received city rights as a Munizip through the Lei Estadual n.º 758 of September 24, 1952, it was called Ribamar at the time and was a district of São Luís. The community received its current name on September 16, 1969 through the Lei Estadual n.º 2980.

geography

The municipality is located on the island of Upaon-Açu in the south on the Baía de São José bay , and, because it runs across the island, in the north on the Baía de São Marcos , each with direct access to the South Atlantic .

Surrounding communities are São Luís, Paço do Lumiar and Raposa .

climate

The community has a tropical climate, Aw according to the Köppen and Geiger climate classification . The average temperature is 27.1 ° C. The average rainfall is 1788 mm per year. In the southern summer, São José de Ribamar has significantly more rainfall than in the southern winter.

Local government

The executive rests with the city prefect (mayor). In the local elections in 2016 , Luis Fernando Moura da Silva of the PSDB was elected city prefect, but the former candidate for vice mayor José Eudes Sampaio Nunes of the Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro (PTB) has taken over the office until 2020.

The legislature rests with a 17-member elected city council, the vereadores of the Câmara Municipal.

Population development

year	Residents	city	country
1991	75.174	26,044	78,983
2000	119.263	40,280	24,156
2010	163.045	37,709	125,336
2019	177,687	?	?

Source: IBGE (2011)

Average income and standard of living

In 2017, the monthly average income was 2.0 times the Brazilian minimum wage ( Salário mínimo ) of R $ 880.00 (income converted for 2019: around € 398 per month). The Human Development Index (HDI) is rated high at 0.708 for 2010. In 2017, 18,149 people or 10.3% of the population were registered as permanently employed; 42.3% of the population had an income of half the minimum wage in 2010. 23,435 families received support from the Bolsa Família social program in October 2019 (previous year November 2018: 24,827 families).

HDI
year				Points
1991			0.431
2000			0.572
2010			0.708

The gross national product per capita in 2016 was around R $ 10,808, the gross national product of the municipality was around R $ 1902.4 million.

Illiteracy rate

São José de Ribamar had an illiteracy rate of 26.5% in 1991 (including early school leavers), which had already fallen to 8.9% in the 2010 census. Around 27.5% of the population in 2010 were children and adolescents up to the age of 15.

Illiteracy rate
year				percent
1991			26.48
2000			16.10
2010			8.88

Ethnic composition

Ethnic groups according to the statistical classification of the IBGE (status 2000 with 107,384 inhabitants, status 2010 with 163,045 inhabitants):

group	Share 2000	Share 2010	annotation
Pardos	68.506	▲ 108,193	Mixed races, mulattos , mestizos
Brancos	30,450	▲ 36,236	Whites, descendants of Europeans
Pretus	7,053	▲ 16,752	black
Amarelos	82	▲ 1,678	Asians
Indigenous people	206	▼ 186	indigenous population
without specification	354	-

Web links

Commons : São José de Ribamar  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• City Prefecture website , Prefeitura Municipal (Brazilian Portuguese)
• City Council website , Câmara Municipal (Brazilian Portuguese)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} São José de Ribamar - Panorama. In: cidades.ibge.gov.br. IBGE , accessed November 18, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese). 
2. ↑ São José de Ribamar - História. In: cidades.ibge.gov.br. cidades.ibge.gov.br, accessed November 18, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese). 
3. ↑ São José de Ribamar climate: average temperature, weather by month, São José de Ribamar weather averages - Climate-Data.org. In: de.climate-data.org. Retrieved November 18, 2019 . 
4. ^ Luis Fernando 45 (Prefeito). In: todapolitica.com. Eleições 2016, accessed November 18, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese). 
5. ^ Prefeito. In: www.saojosederibamar.ma.gov.br. Prefeitura Municipal de São José de Ribamar, accessed November 18, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese). 
6. ↑ Vereadores. In: cmsaojosederibamar.ma.gov.br. Câmara Municipal de São José de Ribamar, accessed November 18, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese). 
7. ↑ ^{a b} Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humao no Brasil: São José de Ribamar, MA . Retrieved November 18, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese)
8. ↑ São José de Ribamar - Panorama - Trabalho e rendimento. In: cidades.ibge.gov.br. IBGE , accessed November 18, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese). 
9. ↑ Relatório do Bolsa Família e Cadastro Único: São José de Ribamar / MA , accessed on November 18, 2019 (database query, Brazilian Portuguese).
10. ↑ São José de Ribamar - Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios. In: cidades.ibge.gov.br. IBGE , accessed November 18, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese). 
11. ↑ IBGE : Sistema IBGE de Recuperação Automática - SIDRA: Tabela 2093. Accessed November 18, 2019 (Portuguese, database query, search terms São José de Ribamar (MA) and Cor ou raça).