Barcelos, Amazonas

Coordinates: 00°58′30″S 62°55′26″W / 0.97500°S 62.92389°W / -0.97500; -62.92389
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Barcelos
Municipality
Municipality of Barcelos
Flag of Barcelos
Nickname: 
"Capital do peixe ornamental" ("Capital of the ornamental fish") Cidade menina ("Girl City")
Location of Barcelos in the State of Amazonas
Location of Barcelos in the State of Amazonas
Barcelos is located in Brazil
Barcelos
Barcelos
Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 00°58′30″S 62°55′26″W / 0.97500°S 62.92389°W / -0.97500; -62.92389
Country Brazil
RegionNorth
State Amazonas
FoundedMay 27, 1758
Government
 • MayorJosé Ribamar Beleza (MDB)
Area
 • Total122,475.728 km2 (47,288.143 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total27,638
 • Density0.21/km2 (0.5/sq mi)
 [1]
Time zoneUTC−4 (AMT)
Area code+55 92
HDI (2000)0.593 – medium[2]

Barcelos (also Barcellos), formerly Mariuá, is a municipality located in the State of Amazonas, northern Brazil. Its population was 27,638 (2020) and its area is 122,476 square kilometres (47,288 sq mi),[3] making it the second largest municipality in Brazil (behind Altamira, Pará), equivalent in size to New York state in the United States and slightly larger than North Korea.

Since 1994, Barcelos has been the host of an annual festival celebrating ornamental fish,[4] which is a significant source of income for the region. Project Piaba uses Barcelos as the starting point for their annual research expedition into the Rio Negro area.[5]

History[edit]

Barcelos, 1783–1792.

Barcelos was originally named Mariuá, village of the Manaus Indians. When the captaincy of São José do Rio Negro was formed in 1755, Francisco Xavier de Mendonça Furtado, Governor General of state of Grao Para e Maranhao chose the aldeia de São José do Javari, a village founded by Carmelite Friar Matias São Boaventuras in 1728 near the mouth of the Javari River, as its capital. It was the capital of the captaincy of São José do Rio Negro from 1755–1791, and again from 1799–1808.

Geography[edit]

The municipality area is 122,476 square kilometres (47,288 sq mi), making it the second largest municipality in Brazil (behind Altamira, Pará), equivalent in size to New York state in the United States and slightly larger than North Korea. The municipality contains part of the Amanã Sustainable Development Reserve.[6] It also contains part of the Amazonas National Forest.[7] It contains the 833,352 hectares (2,059,260 acres) Rio Unini Extractive Reserve, created in 2006.[8]

Climate[edit]

The climate reflects its vegetation being tropical rainforest or equatorial (Köppen: Af), like the rest of the Amazon Basin.[9]

Climate data for Barcelos (1991–2020)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 32.7
(90.9)
32.6
(90.7)
32.2
(90.0)
31.8
(89.2)
31.3
(88.3)
31.6
(88.9)
31.9
(89.4)
32.8
(91.0)
33.4
(92.1)
33.6
(92.5)
33.3
(91.9)
33.0
(91.4)
32.5
(90.5)
Daily mean °C (°F) 27.1
(80.8)
27.0
(80.6)
26.8
(80.2)
26.5
(79.7)
26.3
(79.3)
26.2
(79.2)
26.3
(79.3)
26.8
(80.2)
27.1
(80.8)
27.3
(81.1)
27.2
(81.0)
27.3
(81.1)
26.8
(80.2)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 23.4
(74.1)
23.4
(74.1)
23.3
(73.9)
23.2
(73.8)
23.1
(73.6)
22.9
(73.2)
22.7
(72.9)
22.9
(73.2)
23.0
(73.4)
23.3
(73.9)
23.2
(73.8)
23.4
(74.1)
23.2
(73.8)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 164.6
(6.48)
198.0
(7.80)
258.1
(10.16)
330.2
(13.00)
306.0
(12.05)
244.8
(9.64)
185.3
(7.30)
128.1
(5.04)
102.1
(4.02)
97.4
(3.83)
134.2
(5.28)
163.6
(6.44)
2,312.4
(91.04)
Average precipitation days 14.0 14.0 16.0 18.0 21.0 18.0 16.0 11.0 10.0 10.0 11.0 11.0 170.0
Average relative humidity (%) 85.9 85.4 87.4 88.8 90.3 89.1 87.3 85.6 85.4 85.3 86.2 85.3 86.8
Mean monthly sunshine hours 157.6 128.1 126.4 116.9 125.2 133.1 168.2 180.7 170.1 164.2 153.9 155.8 1,780.2
Source: Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia (sun 1981–2010)[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]

Transportation[edit]

The city is served by Barcelos Airport with scheduled services to Manaus.

References[edit]

  1. ^ IBGE 2020
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2009-12-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - UNDP
  3. ^ IBGE - "Archived copy". Archived from the original on January 9, 2007. Retrieved August 3, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ Carey, Randy (March 2007). "Hope Along the Rio Negro Part 1: The View from Manaus". Tropical Fish Magazine. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  5. ^ "Project Piaba". Project Piaba. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  6. ^ RDS Amanã (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-05-05
  7. ^ Unidade de Conservação: Floresta Nacional do Amazonas (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-05-19
  8. ^ RESEX Rio Unini (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-09-14
  9. ^ "Barcelos, Amazonas Köppen Climate Classification (Weatherbase)". Weatherbase. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
  10. ^ "Temperatura Máxima Mensal e Anual (°C)". Normais Climatológicas do Brasil 1991-2020 (in Portuguese). Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia. Archived from the original on 24 March 2022. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  11. ^ "Temperatura Média Compensada Mensal e Anual (°C)". Normais Climatológicas do Brasil 1991-2020 (in Portuguese). Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia. Archived from the original on 24 March 2022. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  12. ^ "Temperatura Mínima Mensal e Anual (°C)". Normais Climatológicas do Brasil 1991-2020 (in Portuguese). Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia. Archived from the original on 24 March 2022. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  13. ^ "Precipitação Acumulada Mensal e Anual (mm)". Normais Climatológicas do Brasil 1991-2020 (in Portuguese). Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia. Archived from the original on 24 March 2022. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  14. ^ "Número de dias no mês ou no ano com precipitação maior ou igual a (1 mm) (dias)". Normais Climatológicas do Brasil 1991-2020 (in Portuguese). Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia. Archived from the original on 24 March 2022. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  15. ^ "Umidade Relativa do Ar Compensada Mensal e Anual (%)". Normais Climatológicas do Brasil 1991-2020 (in Portuguese). Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia. Archived from the original on 24 March 2022. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  16. ^ "Insolação Total (horas)". Normais Climatológicas do Brasil 1991-2020 (in Portuguese). Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia. Archived from the original on 24 March 2022. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  17. ^ "Normais Climatológicas Do Brasil 1981–2010" (in Portuguese). Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia. Retrieved 25 October 2018.

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