Urucará

Urucará
Coordinates: 2 ° 32 ′  S , 57 ° 46 ′  W Urucará​ Urucará on the map of the Amazon
Basic data
Country	Brazil
State	Amazon
City foundation	May 12, 1887
Residents	17,163  (2010)
City insignia
Detailed data
surface	27,904 km 2
Population density	1 inhabitant / km 2
height	24  m
Waters	Rio Uatumã
Post Code	69130-000
prefix	[phone]
Time zone	UTC −4
City Presidency	Enrico de Souza Falabella ( PMDB ) (2017-2020)
Central Amazon mesoregion
Location of Urucará in Amazonas

Urucará , officially Município de Urucará , is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Amazonas in the mesoregion Centro Amazonense (Central Amazonia) in the microregion Parintins . Neighboring cities are Presidente Figueiredo and São Sebastião do Uatumã in the west, São João da Baliza ( Roraima ) in the north, Nhamundá in the east, Silves and Itacoatiara in the south-east, Urucurituba in the south . In terms of area, the city is the 32nd largest in Brazil and larger than Hesse .

geography

location

The city is located 281 km from the state capital ( Manaus ).

climate

The city has a tropical climate ( monsoon ), according to the effective climate classification of Köppen and Geiger Am . The annual average temperature is 27.4 ° C. About 2089 mm of precipitation falls annually. There is heavy rainfall during most months of the year. The dry season is short.

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Urucará Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 30.5 30.6 30.6 30.9 31.1 31.4 32.2 32.9 33.3 33.0 32.0 31.7 O 31.7 Min. Temperature (° C) 23.1 23.4 23.3 23.5 23.1 22.8 22.9 23.3 23.5 23.3 23.2 23.0 O 23.2 Precipitation ( mm ) 285 283 310 279 207 112 100 79 50 90 100 185 Σ 2,080 N i e d e r s c h l a g 285 283 310 279 207 112 100 79 50 90 100 185   Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Source: de.climate-data.org

economy

Cassava , cocoa , passion fruit , bananas, guarana , corn and beans are the main agricultural products. Cattle and pigs are bred for local consumption. The area around Urucará is rich in mineral resources: tin , cryolite , niobium , tantalum , bauxite , thorium , uranium , xenotime , limestone (mined in the Jatapu mine), gypsum and iron .

Average Income and HDI

The median income in 2011 was 7,391 real and the human development index (HDI) was 0.620.

Web links

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

• Information about the prefecture
• Information about the city

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IBGE : Urucará. Retrieved October 12, 2015 (Portuguese). 
2. ↑ Enrico Falabella 15 , website Eleições 2016. Retrieved May 22, 2017 (Portuguese).
3. ↑ Climate information , accessed on October 12, 2015
4. ↑ Mining market study , accessed on October 12, 2015
5. ↑ Brazil portal , accessed on October 12, 2015
6. ↑ IBGE , accessed October 12, 2015