Caxias, Maranhão
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Caxias | |
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Municipality | |
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 (2020 est.[1]) | |
• Total | 165,525 |
• Density | 82/sq mi (32/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) | |||||||||||||
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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 2020
- ^ "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.