Paulo Afonso

Municipality in Northeast, Brazil
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Official seal of Paulo Afonso
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Location in Bahia
Location in Bahia
9°24′00″S 38°13′30″W / 9.40000°S 38.22500°W / -9.40000; -38.22500Country BrazilRegionNortheastState BahiaFounded1958Government
 • MayorLuiz de Deus (PSD)Area • Total1,545.192 km2 (596.602 sq mi)Elevation
243 m (797 ft)Population
 (2020 est.[2])
 • Total118,516 • Density77/km2 (200/sq mi)Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)HDI (2010)0.674 – medium[3]

Paulo Afonso is a city in Bahia, Brazil. It was founded in 1958.

The city is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Paulo Afonso. The city is served by Paulo Afonso Airport.

The municipality contains part of the Raso da Catarina ecoregion.[4] The municipality holds part of the 26,736 hectares (66,070 acres) Rio São Francisco Natural Monument, which protects the spectacular canyons of the São Francisco River between the Paulo Afonso Hydroelectric Complex and the Xingó Dam.[5] It contains part of the 104,842 hectares (259,070 acres) Raso da Catarina Ecological Station, created in 2001.[6]

Climate

Climate data for Paulo Afonso (1981–2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 34.4
(93.9)
34.3
(93.7)
33.7
(92.7)
32.5
(90.5)
30.7
(87.3)
28.5
(83.3)
27.9
(82.2)
29.1
(84.4)
31.7
(89.1)
33.8
(92.8)
34.8
(94.6)
34.6
(94.3)
32.2
(90.0)
Daily mean °C (°F) 28.0
(82.4)
28.0
(82.4)
27.8
(82.0)
26.9
(80.4)
25.5
(77.9)
23.7
(74.7)
22.9
(73.2)
23.3
(73.9)
25.1
(77.2)
26.8
(80.2)
27.8
(82.0)
28.0
(82.4)
26.2
(79.2)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 23.1
(73.6)
23.2
(73.8)
23.2
(73.8)
22.8
(73.0)
21.9
(71.4)
20.5
(68.9)
19.5
(67.1)
19.4
(66.9)
20.3
(68.5)
21.6
(70.9)
22.5
(72.5)
22.8
(73.0)
21.7
(71.1)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 49.2
(1.94)
38.3
(1.51)
76.8
(3.02)
75.3
(2.96)
54.2
(2.13)
62.6
(2.46)
49.3
(1.94)
29.0
(1.14)
11.7
(0.46)
17.1
(0.67)
19.5
(0.77)
30.0
(1.18)
513.0
(20.20)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) 3 3 6 6 9 11 10 8 3 2 2 3 66
Average relative humidity (%) 58.7 59.6 63.2 67.7 73.4 78.7 77.7 72.7 63.6 58.9 56.1 57.1 65.6
Mean monthly sunshine hours 256.0 232.2 236.3 222.6 195.3 151.5 167.9 194.0 236.6 271.7 273.7 267.0 2,704.8
Source: Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia[7]

References

  1. ^ "Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics". 2017. Retrieved 20 March 2019. 2017 Area Total
  2. ^ IBGE 2020
  3. ^ [1] - UNDP
  4. ^ "Lampião e Conselheiro no Raso da Catarina", Bahia! (in Portuguese), archived from the original on 2016-10-23, retrieved 2016-11-03
  5. ^ Unidade de Conservação: Monumento Natural do Rio São Francisco (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-05-21
  6. ^ Unidade de Conservação: Estação Ecológica Raso da Catarina (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-04-19
  7. ^ "Normais Climatológicas Do Brasil 1981–2010" (in Portuguese). Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
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