Irecê
Irecê | |
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Municipality and city | |
 Flag  Seal | |
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  Irecê Location in Brazil | |
| Coordinates: 11°18′14″S 42°51′21″W / 11.30389°S 42.85583°W | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Region | Nordeste |
| State | Bahia |
| Mesoregion | Centro Norte Baiano |
| Area | |
| • Total | 121,118 sq mi (313,695 km2) |
| Population (2020 [1]) | |
| • Total | 73,524 |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
Irecê is a municipality in Bahia, Brazil. As of 2020[update] it had a population of 73,524 people. 476 kilometres (296 mi) by road northwest of Salvador.Located in the northern region of Chapada Diamantina. It is an agricultural town known for growing black beans and being a wine-producing region.[2]
Climate
[edit]Irecê is classified as hot semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification: BSh), the average temperature on summer is 30°C, on winter is warm, the temperature reaches to 16°C.
| Climate data for Irecê (1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 30.7 (87.3) |
31.4 (88.5) |
30.6 (87.1) |
30.3 (86.5) |
29.4 (84.9) |
28.1 (82.6) |
28.0 (82.4) |
28.8 (83.8) |
30.8 (87.4) |
32.1 (89.8) |
31.5 (88.7) |
30.7 (87.3) |
30.2 (86.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 24.2 (75.6) |
24.6 (76.3) |
24.2 (75.6) |
23.9 (75.0) |
22.8 (73.0) |
21.4 (70.5) |
21.0 (69.8) |
21.8 (71.2) |
23.5 (74.3) |
25.1 (77.2) |
24.8 (76.6) |
24.4 (75.9) |
23.5 (74.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 18.7 (65.7) |
18.8 (65.8) |
18.9 (66.0) |
18.3 (64.9) |
17.1 (62.8) |
15.8 (60.4) |
14.9 (58.8) |
15.4 (59.7) |
16.6 (61.9) |
18.2 (64.8) |
18.8 (65.8) |
19.0 (66.2) |
17.5 (63.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 91.8 (3.61) |
81.2 (3.20) |
112.5 (4.43) |
45.7 (1.80) |
16.2 (0.64) |
1.2 (0.05) |
1.1 (0.04) |
0.8 (0.03) |
4.1 (0.16) |
34.3 (1.35) |
99.2 (3.91) |
120.9 (4.76) |
609.0 (23.98) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 37 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 63.6 | 61.1 | 65.6 | 65.1 | 63.5 | 64.3 | 61.4 | 57.0 | 52.3 | 49.4 | 58.4 | 63.3 | 60.4 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 258.6 | 230.2 | 228.0 | 236.3 | 245.3 | 231.7 | 265.6 | 275.8 | 274.1 | 268.7 | 227.9 | 231.5 | 2,973.7 |
| Source: Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia[3] | |||||||||||||
Notable landmarks
[edit]It is the home of the "Academia Ireceense de Letras e Artes." It was also the site the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God chose for an industrial kibbutz.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ IBGE 2020
- ^ Mitchell, Simon (1 January 1981). The Logic of Poverty: The Case of the Brazilian Northeast. Routledge. p. 24. ISBN 978-0-7100-0637-0. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
- ^ "Normais Climatológicas Do Brasil 1981–2010" (in Portuguese). Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
- ^ Meyer, Birgit; Moors, Annelies (1 December 2005). Religion, Media, and the Public Sphere. Indiana University Press. p. 65. ISBN 978-0-253-11172-2. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
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