Caxias, Maranhão
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Caxias | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
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 Flag  Seal | |
 Location of Caxias in the state of Maranhão | |
  Caxias Location in Brazil | |
| Coordinates: 4°51′32″S 43°21′21″W / 4.85889°S 43.35583°W | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Region | Nordeste |
| State | Maranhão |
| Mesoregion | Leste Maranhev Janio do Maranhão e |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,006.484 sq mi (5,196.769 km2) |
| Elevation | 217 ft (66 m) |
| Population (2022[1]) | |
| • Total | 156,973 |
| • Density | 78/sq mi (30/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
Caxias is a municipality in the state of Maranhão in the Northeast region of Brazil.[2][3][4][5]
It is the fifth largest city in the state, with a population of 165,525 inhabitants and an area of about 5,170 km2.
Notable people
[edit]- Gonçalves Dias, poet, ethnographer, lawyer and linguist.
Climate
[edit]| Climate data for Caxias (1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 32.8 (91.0) |
32.0 (89.6) |
31.9 (89.4) |
31.8 (89.2) |
32.0 (89.6) |
32.2 (90.0) |
33.1 (91.6) |
34.9 (94.8) |
36.5 (97.7) |
36.9 (98.4) |
36.3 (97.3) |
34.7 (94.5) |
33.8 (92.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 27.2 (81.0) |
26.6 (79.9) |
26.3 (79.3) |
26.5 (79.7) |
26.8 (80.2) |
26.5 (79.7) |
26.7 (80.1) |
27.7 (81.9) |
29.1 (84.4) |
29.8 (85.6) |
29.7 (85.5) |
28.6 (83.5) |
27.6 (81.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 23.0 (73.4) |
22.8 (73.0) |
22.7 (72.9) |
22.8 (73.0) |
22.6 (72.7) |
21.5 (70.7) |
21.0 (69.8) |
21.3 (70.3) |
22.7 (72.9) |
23.6 (74.5) |
23.9 (75.0) |
23.7 (74.7) |
22.6 (72.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 215.9 (8.50) |
242.1 (9.53) |
353.0 (13.90) |
298.2 (11.74) |
143.3 (5.64) |
32.2 (1.27) |
16.3 (0.64) |
14.9 (0.59) |
9.5 (0.37) |
25.7 (1.01) |
39.3 (1.55) |
127.5 (5.02) |
1,517.9 (59.76) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 13 | 14 | 20 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 97 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 74.6 | 78.5 | 81.7 | 82.3 | 77.9 | 71.5 | 64.3 | 57.2 | 53.4 | 54.2 | 56.8 | 65.1 | 68.1 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 180.0 | 156.1 | 170.0 | 179.9 | 218.2 | 249.4 | 277.0 | 289.7 | 278.7 | 261.2 | 231.0 | 199.5 | 2,690.7 |
| Source: Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia[6] | |||||||||||||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ IBGE 2022
- ^ "Divisão Territorial do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Divisão Territorial do Brasil e Limites Territoriais, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). July 1, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
- ^ "Estimativas da população para 1º de julho de 2009" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Estimativas de População, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). August 14, 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 7, 2013. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
- ^ "Ranking decrescente do IDH-M dos municípios do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humano, Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento (PNUD). 2000. Archived from the original on October 3, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
- ^ "Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios 2002-2005" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). December 19, 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 2, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
- ^ "Normais Climatológicas Do Brasil 1981–2010" (in Portuguese). Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
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