Óbidos, Pará

Óbidos is a municipality in Pará, Brazil located at the narrowest and swiftest part of the Amazon River. It's an old town founded in 1697, and located between Santarém and Oriximiná. The town is the seat of the Diocese of Óbidos. The town was named after Óbidos, Portugal.

For the town in Portugal, see Óbidos, Portugal.
Óbidos
Municipio
The Municipality of Óbidos
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Location in the State of Pará
Country Brazil
RegionNorth
State Pará
FoundedSeptember 23, 1867
Government
 • MayorJaime Barbosa da Silva(PTB)
Area
 • Total28,021.287 km2 (10,819.079 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total49,254
 • Density1.76/km2 (4.6/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-3 (UTC-3)

Climate

The climate is tropical monsoon (Köppen: Am), with great differences in precipitation according to the seasons.[1]

Climate data for Óbidos (Downtown), elevation: 37 m or 121 ft, 1961-1990 normals and extremes
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 31.0
(87.8)		 30.3
(86.5)		 30.4
(86.7)		 30.4
(86.7)		 30.5
(86.9)		 30.7
(87.3)		 31.2
(88.2)		 32.2
(90.0)		 33.0
(91.4)		 33.3
(91.9)		 33.1
(91.6)		 32.1
(89.8)		 31.5
(88.7)
Daily mean °C (°F) 26.2
(79.2)		 25.7
(78.3)		 25.8
(78.4)		 26.0
(78.8)		 26.1
(79.0)		 26.2
(79.2)		 26.2
(79.2)		 27.0
(80.6)		 27.4
(81.3)		 27.8
(82.0)		 27.7
(81.9)		 26.9
(80.4)		 26.6
(79.9)
Average low °C (°F) 22.2
(72.0)		 22.0
(71.6)		 22.2
(72.0)		 22.2
(72.0)		 22.0
(71.6)		 21.9
(71.4)		 21.6
(70.9)		 22.0
(71.6)		 22.2
(72.0)		 22.5
(72.5)		 22.5
(72.5)		 22.1
(71.8)		 22.1
(71.8)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 238.2
(9.38)		 272.3
(10.72)		 305.6
(12.03)		 289.7
(11.41)		 288.3
(11.35)		 107.0
(4.21)		 70.2
(2.76)		 36.0
(1.42)		 49.5
(1.95)		 71.4
(2.81)		 78.4
(3.09)		 179.4
(7.06)		 1,986
(78.19)
Average relative humidity (%) 86.0 88.0 89.0 88.0 88.0 86.0 84.0 81.0 78.0 78.0 78.0 82.0 83.8
Mean monthly sunshine hours 146.1 108.2 111.8 129.2 165.0 192.8 210.2 244.8 234.2 206.9 187.2 149.6 2,086
Source: NOAA[2]

Conservation

The north of the municipality contains part (7.36%) of the 4,245,819 hectares (10,491,650 acres) Grão-Pará Ecological Station, the largest fully protected tropical forest conservation unit on the planet.[3] It contains 10% of the 3,172,978 hectares (7,840,600 acres) Trombetas State Forest, created in 2006.[4]

Sobral Santos II disaster
Main article: Sobral Santos II

Óbidos, Pará, in Brazil, was the scene of the sinking of Sobral Santos II in September 1981, one of the worst maritime tragedies in the history of the Amazon River. The riverboat was making its weekly trip between Santarém and Manaus and was claimed to be overcrowded when it sank in Óbidos harbour.[5] It is assumed over 300 people died in the disaster, with hundreds of bodies and body parts never identified.

References
  1. "Clima Óbidos: Temperatura, Tempo e Dados climatológicos Óbidos - Climate-Data.org". pt.climate-data.org. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
  2. "Óbidos (82178 - WMO Weather Station". NOAA. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
  3. Estação Ecológica Grão-Pará (in Portuguese), Ideflor-bio (Government of Pará), retrieved 2016-05-12
  4. FES do Trombetas (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-09-07
  5. "300 Die as Amazon Boat Sinks". New York Times. 20 September 1981. Retrieved 5 January 2019.

Further reading
  • Columbia-Lippincott guide'. (New York City: Columbia University Press, 1952) p. 1362.


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