Breves | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
 Seal | |
 Location in the State of Pará | |
| Coordinates: 01°40′55″S 50°28′48″W / 1.68194°S 50.48000°W | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Region | North |
| State |  Pará |
| Founded | November 19, 1738 |
| Emancipation | October 25, 1851 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Toninho Barbosa |
| Area | |
| • Total | 9,550.454 km2 (3,687.451 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 40 m (130 ft) |
| Population (2020 est.[1]) | |
| • Total | 103,497 |
| • Density | 11/km2 (28/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
| Postal Code | 68800-000 |
| Website | http://www.breves.pa.gov.br |
Breves is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Pará, on the island of Marajó. Its population as of 2020 is estimated to be 103,497 people. The area of the municipality is 9,550.454 km². The city belongs to the mesoregion Marajó and to the microregion of Furos de Breves.
The municipality is contained in the 59,985 square kilometres (23,160 sq mi) Marajó Archipelago Environmental Protection Area, a sustainable use conservation unit established in 1989 to protect the environment of the delta region.[2] It contains the 93,746 hectares (231,650 acres) Mapuá Extractive Reserve, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 2005.[3]
The city is served by Breves Airport.
Climate
The climate is tropical rainforest or equatorial (Köppen: Af) with high rainfall and high temperature all year round.[4]
| Climate data for Breves (north), elevation: 15 m or 49 ft, 1961-1990 normals and extremes | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 31.1 (88.0) |
30.8 (87.4) |
30.9 (87.6) |
31.3 (88.3) |
31.7 (89.1) |
32.0 (89.6) |
32.2 (90.0) |
32.8 (91.0) |
32.9 (91.2) |
33.3 (91.9) |
32.9 (91.2) |
32.3 (90.1) |
32.0 (89.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 25.4 (77.7) |
25.3 (77.5) |
25.4 (77.7) |
25.7 (78.3) |
25.9 (78.6) |
26.1 (79.0) |
26.0 (78.8) |
26.2 (79.2) |
26.3 (79.3) |
26.5 (79.7) |
24.7 (76.5) |
26.0 (78.8) |
25.8 (78.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 21.3 (70.3) |
21.4 (70.5) |
21.4 (70.5) |
22.4 (72.3) |
21.7 (71.1) |
21.4 (70.5) |
21.1 (70.0) |
21.0 (69.8) |
21.0 (69.8) |
20.9 (69.6) |
21.2 (70.2) |
21.4 (70.5) |
21.3 (70.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 307.4 (12.10) |
294.5 (11.59) |
319.3 (12.57) |
311.4 (12.26) |
237.9 (9.37) |
188.5 (7.42) |
133.9 (5.27) |
75.8 (2.98) |
78.4 (3.09) |
89.6 (3.53) |
81.3 (3.20) |
181.0 (7.13) |
2,299 (90.51) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 89.0 | 90.0 | 90.0 | 90.0 | 87.0 | 86.0 | 84.0 | 84.0 | 84.0 | 82.0 | 84.0 | 86.0 | 86.3 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 130.5 | 96.9 | 103.3 | 114.9 | 178.2 | 207.0 | 253.0 | 263.3 | 233.9 | 235.1 | 199.9 | 186.9 | 2,202.9 |
| Source: NOAA[5] | |||||||||||||
References
- ↑ IBGE 2020
- ↑ APA Arquipélago do Marajó (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-27
- ↑ RESEX Mapuá (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-06-30
- ↑ "Clima Breves: Temperatura, Tempo e Dados climatológicos Breves - Climate-Data.org". pt.climate-data.org. Retrieved 2019-03-30.
- ↑ "Breves (82188) - WMO Weather Station". NOAA. Retrieved March 28, 2019.