Carauari | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
) Flag ) Seal | |
) Location of the municipality inside Amazonas | |
)  Carauari Location in Brazil | |
| Coordinates: 4°52′58″S 66°53′45″W / 4.88278°S 66.89583°W | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Region | North |
| State |  Amazonas |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 28,508 |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (BRT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (DST no longer used) |
Carauari is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Its population was 28,508 (2020)[1] and its area is 25,767 km².[2]
The city is served by Carauari Airport.
Environment
The town is in the Juruá-Purus moist forests ecoregion.[3] The municipality contains about 5% of the Tefé National Forest, created in 1989.[4] The municipality contains 251,577 hectares (621,660 acres) Médio Juruá Extractive Reserve, created in 1997, on the left bank of the meandering Juruá River.[5] It also contains the 632,949 hectares (1,564,050 acres) Uacari Sustainable Development Reserve, created in 2005.[6]
Climate
| Climate data for Carauari | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 30.0 (86.0) | 30.4 (86.7) | 30.5 (86.9) | 30.2 (86.4) | 30.9 (87.6) | 30.0 (86.0) | 30.0 (86.0) | 31.5 (88.7) | 31.9 (89.4) | 31.5 (88.7) | 31.0 (87.8) | 30.6 (87.1) | 30.7 (87.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 25.9 (78.6) | 26.4 (79.5) | 26.4 (79.5) | 26.2 (79.2) | 26.4 (79.5) | 25.8 (78.4) | 25.4 (77.7) | 26.2 (79.2) | 26.7 (80.1) | 26.6 (79.9) | 26.4 (79.5) | 26.3 (79.3) | 26.2 (79.2) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 21.9 (71.4) | 22.4 (72.3) | 22.3 (72.1) | 22.3 (72.1) | 21.9 (71.4) | 21.7 (71.1) | 20.9 (69.6) | 21.0 (69.8) | 21.5 (70.7) | 21.8 (71.2) | 21.9 (71.4) | 22.0 (71.6) | 21.8 (71.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 301 (11.9) | 242 (9.5) | 320 (12.6) | 307 (12.1) | 231 (9.1) | 126 (5.0) | 89 (3.5) | 105 (4.1) | 153 (6.0) | 195 (7.7) | 235 (9.3) | 283 (11.1) | 2,587 (101.9) |
| Source: http://en.climate-data.org/location/44143/ | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ IBGE 2020
- ^ IBGE - "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-06-11. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
- ^ Sears, Robin, South America: Amazon Basin, northwestern Brazil (NT0133), WWF: World Wildlife Fund, retrieved 2017-03-28
- ^ FLONA de Tefé (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-10-19
- ^ RESEX do Médio Juruá (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-16
- ^ RDS de Uacari (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-09-06