Lábrea (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈlabɾjɐ]) is the southernmost municipality in the Brazilian state of Amazonas.
Lábrea | |
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| Municipality of Lábrea | |
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  Lábrea Location in Brazil | |
| Coordinates: 07°15′32″S 64°47′52″W / 7.25889°S 64.79778°W | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Region | North |
| State |  Amazonas |
| Founded | March 7, 1881 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Gean Campos de Barros (PMDB) |
| Area | |
• Total | 68,508.6 km2 (26,451.3 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 75 m (246 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 61 m (200 ft) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 46,882 |
| • Density | 0.55/km2 (1.4/sq mi) |
| [1] | |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (AST) |
| HDI (2000) | 0.598 – medium[2] |
Economy
editThe population of the Lábrea municipality was 46,882 as of 2020. Its area is 68,508.6 square kilometres (26,451.3 sq mi).[3] This makes it the sixth largest municipality in Amazonas by area and the tenth largest in Brazil. The town is the seat of the Territorial Prelature of Lábrea. Lábrea Airport is served by scheduled regular air connections.
Geography
editConservation
editThe municipality contains the Iquiri National Forest, a 1,472,599 hectares (3,638,870 acres) sustainable use conservation unit created in 2008.[4] The municipality also contains part of the Mapinguari National Park, a 1,776,914 hectares (4,390,850 acres) conservation unit created in 2008.[5] It contains the 776,940 hectares (1,919,900 acres) Ituxi Extractive Reserve, created in 2008.[6] It contains 91% of the 604,209 hectares (1,493,030 acres) Médio Purus Extractive Reserve, created in 2008.[7]
Climate
editLábrea has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am) with consistently hot temperatures and very oppressive humidity. Rainfall is heavy for most of the year with the annual average being close to 2,400 millimetres or 90 inches; however a short dry season in June and July when monthly rainfall averages less than 50 millimetres or 2 inches places the climate in the tropical monsoon rather than tropical rainforest category.
| Climate data for Lábrea (1981–2010, extremes 1973–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 36.6 (97.9) |
39.2 (102.6) |
39.4 (102.9) |
38.4 (101.1) |
36.6 (97.9) |
38.5 (101.3) |
38.2 (100.8) |
39.2 (102.6) |
40.0 (104.0) |
39.8 (103.6) |
38.4 (101.1) |
39.4 (102.9) |
40.0 (104.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 31.5 (88.7) |
31.4 (88.5) |
31.6 (88.9) |
31.8 (89.2) |
31.5 (88.7) |
31.5 (88.7) |
32.7 (90.9) |
33.6 (92.5) |
33.6 (92.5) |
33.1 (91.6) |
32.2 (90.0) |
31.6 (88.9) |
32.2 (90.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.1 (79.0) |
26.1 (79.0) |
26.0 (78.8) |
26.2 (79.2) |
25.8 (78.4) |
25.4 (77.7) |
25.4 (77.7) |
26.1 (79.0) |
26.6 (79.9) |
26.6 (79.9) |
26.2 (79.2) |
26.0 (78.8) |
26.0 (78.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 21.9 (71.4) |
21.8 (71.2) |
22.0 (71.6) |
21.8 (71.2) |
21.6 (70.9) |
20.3 (68.5) |
19.2 (66.6) |
20.1 (68.2) |
21.0 (69.8) |
21.4 (70.5) |
21.3 (70.3) |
21.5 (70.7) |
21.2 (70.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 16.2 (61.2) |
16.2 (61.2) |
15.6 (60.1) |
17.0 (62.6) |
10.8 (51.4) |
10.2 (50.4) |
7.8 (46.0) |
11.0 (51.8) |
12.0 (53.6) |
12.2 (54.0) |
12.8 (55.0) |
15.8 (60.4) |
7.8 (46.0) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 314.1 (12.37) |
315.2 (12.41) |
357.7 (14.08) |
273.7 (10.78) |
147.8 (5.82) |
46.1 (1.81) |
32.4 (1.28) |
72.7 (2.86) |
112.5 (4.43) |
198.8 (7.83) |
243.2 (9.57) |
291.2 (11.46) |
2,405.4 (94.7) |
| Average rainy days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 19 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 18 | 155 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 87.6 | 87.6 | 87.9 | 87.9 | 87.7 | 85.6 | 82.1 | 80.3 | 81.1 | 83.1 | 85.7 | 87.3 | 85.3 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 93.0 | 84.6 | 93.8 | 102.1 | 131.0 | 179.7 | 209.4 | 177.1 | 145.5 | 134.1 | 113.2 | 94.1 | 1,557.6 |
| Source 1: Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia[8] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Meteo Climat (record highs and lows)[9] | |||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ IBGE 2020
- ^ [1] Archived 2009-10-03 at the Wayback Machine UNDP
- ^ IBGE - "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-01-09. Retrieved 2007-01-09.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Unidade de Conservação: Floresta Nacional do Iquiri (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-06-02
- ^ PARNA Mapinguari (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-02
- ^ RESEX Ituxi (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-08-30
- ^ RESEX Médio Purus (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-09-03
- ^ "Normais Climatológicas Do Brasil 1981–2010" (in Portuguese). Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- ^ "Station Labrea" (in French). Meteo Climat. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
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