Timbiras
| Município de Timbiras Timbiras |
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 View of the Rio Itapecuru
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| Coordinates | 4 ° 15 ′ S , 43 ° 56 ′ W | ||
 Location of the municipality in the state of Maranhão
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| founding | June 3, 1935 (town charter) (age 85) | ||
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| Country | Brazil | ||
| State | Maranhão | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | BR-MA | ||
| height | 49 m | ||
| Waters | Rio Itapecuru | ||
| climate | tropical, Aw | ||
| surface | 1,486.6 km² | ||
| Residents | 27,997 (2010) | ||
| density | 18.8 Ew. / km² | ||
| estimate | 29,124 (July 1, 2019) | ||
| Parish code | IBGE : 2112100 | ||
| Post Code | 65420-000 | ||
| Telephone code | (+55) 99 | ||
| Time zone | UTC −3 | ||
| Website | timbiras.ma (Brazilian Portuguese) | ||
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| City Prefect | Antonio Borba Lima (2017-2020) | ||
| Political party | PSDB | ||
| economy | |||
| GDP | 138,553 thousand R $ 4849 R $ per person (2016) |
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| HDI | 0.537 (low) (2010) | ||
 Main church in Timbiras
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Timbiras , officially Portuguese Município de Timbiras , is a municipality in the state of Maranhão in Brazil . In the 2010 census year, 27,997 Timbirans lived here. As of July 1, 2019, the population was estimated at 29,124 people who live in a community area of around 1486.6 km². The calculated population density is 18.8 people per km², but over 60% is concentrated in the urban capital. The parish ranks 56th out of 217 municipalities in the state. The capital São Luís is 316 km away.
Together with five other municipalities, it forms the Região de Planejamento dos Timbiras planning region.
geography
Timbiras is located in northeastern Brazil in the center of the state of Maranhão. The Rio Itapecuru flows through the city in a wide arc.
Surrounding communities are Codó , Coroatá , Vargem Grande and Chapadinha .
climate
The climate is tropical Aw . The rainy season begins in December and lasts until May, the dry season from July to November. The annual mean temperature is 27.4 degrees Celsius, the annual rainfall is 1524 mm.
vegetation
The biome is the Brazilian cerrado . The lush tropical vegetation is determined by various types of palm such as babassu , tucúm and carnauba palm .
history
The city has had several names throughout its history. The first European settlement took place around 1830. At that time the place was called Urubu, then Porto dos Urubu and then Monte Alegre.
Around 1900 Capuchins and Franciscans settled in the area of the city and called the place "Monte Alegre". By the Lei Estadual No. 921 of April 5, 1931, the place was raised to the Vila de Monte Alegre and formed a district in the Munizip Codó. By decree No. 832 of June 3, 1935, the place received city rights as Município de Monte Alegre and was spun off from Codó. In 1943 "Timbiras" got its current name after the tribe of the indigenous Timbiras who settled the region.
Local government
The executive rests with the city prefect (mayor). In the local elections in 2016 , Antonio Borba Lima of the Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira (PSDB) was elected city prefect for the term from 2017 to 2020.
The legislature rests with an elected city council of 11, the vereadores of the Câmara Municipal.
Population development
| year | Residents | city | country |
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| 1991 | 22,960 | 7,815 | 15,145 |
| 2000 | 26,401 | 13,954 | 12,447 |
| 2010 | 27,997 | 17,471 | 10,526 |
| 2019 | 29,124 | ? | ? |
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Source: IBGE (2011)
economy
- Palm products (fruits, oil, soap, fodder, wood, coal);
- Rice, corn, beans, pumpkin, sweet potatoes, cassava;
- less: sugar cane, bananas, lemons, oranges;
- Livestock, fish farming
Infrastructure
Bank, power supply; Schools, kindergartens, libraries; Social center, hospital, dental center, 5 health stations, pharmacies; Football stadium.
Illiteracy rate
Timbiras had an illiteracy rate of 73.7% in 1991, including early school leavers, which had already fallen to 48.8% in the 2010 census. Around 33.6% of the population in 2010 were children and adolescents up to the age of 15.
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| 1991 | 73.73 | |||
| 2000 | 57.80 | |||
| 2010 | 48.79 | |||
Ethnic composition
Ethnic groups according to the statistical classification of the IBGE (2000 with 26,401 inhabitants, 2010 with 27,997 inhabitants): Of these, 17,471 inhabitants lived in urban areas in 2010 and 10,526 in rural areas of the Cerrado .
| group | Share 2000 |
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| Pardos | 18,750 | 19,576 | Mixed races, mulattos , mestizos |
| Brancos | 5,220 | 4,385 | Whites, descendants of Europeans |
| Pretus | 2.152 | 3,949 | black |
| Amarelos | 0 | 87 | Asians |
| Indigenous people | 16 | 0 | indigenous population |
| without specification | 263 | - |
Culture
- June 24th: São João
- August 31: São Raimundo Nonato
- October 22nd: Nossa Senhora dos Remedios
religion
The majority of the population is Catholic. There are also Protestant free churches and traditional cults.
Web links
- City Prefecture website , Prefeitura Municipal (Brazilian Portuguese)
- City Council website , Câmara Municipal (Brazilian Portuguese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Timbiras - Panorama. In: cidades.ibge.gov.br. IBGE , accessed November 18, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).
- ↑ SEPLAN (ed.): Regiões de Planejamento do Estado de Maranhão . São Luís 2008, p. 101-104 (Brazilian Portuguese, gov.br [PDF]).
- ↑ Timbiras climate: average temperature, weather by month, Timbiras weather averages - Climate-Data.org. In: de.climate-data.org. Retrieved November 18, 2019 .
- ↑ Timbiras - História. In: cidades.ibge.gov.br. IBGE , accessed November 18, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).
- ↑ Dr Antonio Borba 45 (Prefeito). In: todapolitica.com. Eleições 2016, accessed November 18, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).
- ↑ a b Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humao no Brasil: Timbiras, MA . Retrieved November 18, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese)
- ↑ IBGE : Sistema IBGE de Recuperação Automática - SIDRA: Tabela 2093. Accessed on November 18, 2019 (Portuguese, database query, search terms Timbiras (MA) and Cor ou raça).
