Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Brazil |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Brazil |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Brazil |
Subdivision Name1: | Northern |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Pará |
Subdivision Type3: | Mesoregion |
Subdivision Name3: | Sudeste Paraense |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Total Km2: | 19342 |
Population As Of: | 2020 [1] |
Population Total: | 114,503 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | BRT |
Utc Offset: | -3 |
Coordinates: | -2.9958°N -47.3528°W |
Elevation M: | 90 |
Paragominas is a municipality in the state of Pará in the Northern region of Brazil.[2] [3] [4] [5] Paragominas mine, one of the largest bauxite mines in the world, is approximately 70 km away. According to an estimate dated 1 July 2020,[6] the city has a population of 111,764 and is at an altitude of 90 m above sea level. M. With a municipal area of approximately 19,342 km2, it has a population density of 5.7 inhabitants per km2, approximately the size of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Its distance from the capital Belém is 300 km.
Since 2011 it has been allowed to call itself Município Verde (Green City or Eco-City).
The name of the municipality originates from a series of abbreviations for the states of Pará, Goiás and Minas Gerais ("Para-Go-Minas").[7]
The city was founded in 1965.
The city has a tropical climate according to Köppen-Geiger. The average temperature is 26.6 °C. Average annual precipitation is 1805 mm.[8]
Jan | Feb | Mär | Apr | Mai | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Okt | Nov | Dez | ||||
Temperatur (°C) | 26,3 | 26,3 | 26,3 | 26,6 | 26,5 | 26,3 | 26,5 | 26,8 | 26,9 | 27,1 | 27,2 | 26,9 | Ø | 26,6 | |
Precipitation (mm) | 240 | 316 | 391 | 304 | 149 | 66 | 29 | 36 | 37 | 56 | 60 | 121 | Σ | 1805 |
Source: IBGE (2020 figure is an estimate only).[9]
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Ethnic groups according to the statistical classification of the IBGE[10]
Group | 1991 | 2000 | 2010 | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
Pardos | 48.521 | 49.139 | 66.928 | Pardo |
Brancos | 15.167 | 20.051 | 20.215 | White |
Pretos | 2.948 | 5.313 | 8.705 | Black |
Amarelos | 26 | 390 | 887 | Asian |
Indígenas | 152 | 806 | 1.084 | Indıan |
without specification | 262 | 752 | – | |
without specification |