Coari

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Coari
Igreja Matriz de Coari (2020).jpg
Coari bandeira.jpg
Brasao de Coari.jpg
Nickname: 
"Solimões Queen" "Gas City"
Amazonas Municip Coari.svg
Coari municipality (red) in Amazonas state
Coordinates: 04°05′06″S63°08′27″W / 4.08500°S 63.14083°W / -4.08500; -63.14083
Country Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
Region North
State Bandeira do Amazonas.svg Amazonas
Government
   Mayor Manoel Adail Amaral Pinheiro (PRP)
Area
   Municipality
57,921.646 km2 (22,363.673 sq mi)
Elevation
40 m (120 ft)
Population
 (2020 [1] )
   Metro
85,910
Time zone UTC−4 (AMT)
ZIP code
69460-000
Climate Af
Website www.coari.am.gov.br

Coari (Choary) is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Amazonas.

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Geography

The municipal seat of Coari is one of the largest cities of the Amazonas state. It is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Coari. The area has reserves of oil and natural gas. Coari is served by Coari Airport located 6 km from downtown Coari. Porto Urucu Airport located in the district of Porto Urucu 470 km away serves the population residing and working for Petrobras.

The municipality is in the Juruá-Purus moist forests ecoregion. [2] It contains part of the Amanã Sustainable Development Reserve. [3] It contains a small portion of the 1,008,167 hectares (2,491,230 acres) Piagaçu-Purus Sustainable Development Reserve, established in 2003. [4] The municipality contains 66.15% of the 217,486 hectares (537,420 acres) Catuá-Ipixuna Extractive Reserve, established in 2003 as the first extractive reserve in the state of Amazonas. [5]

Climate

Climate data for Coari (1981–2010, extremes 1961–present)
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
Record high °C (°F)36.9
(98.4)
36.6
(97.9)
36.4
(97.5)
36.4
(97.5)
36.0
(96.8)
38.0
(100.4)
39.8
(103.6)
37.5
(99.5)
38.3
(100.9)
38.2
(100.8)
38.3
(100.9)
38.2
(100.8)
39.8
(103.6)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)31.8
(89.2)
31.9
(89.4)
32.0
(89.6)
31.9
(89.4)
31.7
(89.1)
31.7
(89.1)
32.2
(90.0)
33.2
(91.8)
33.3
(91.9)
33.2
(91.8)
32.6
(90.7)
32.1
(89.8)
32.3
(90.1)
Daily mean °C (°F)26.4
(79.5)
26.4
(79.5)
26.6
(79.9)
26.6
(79.9)
26.6
(79.9)
26.4
(79.5)
26.8
(80.2)
27.4
(81.3)
27.4
(81.3)
27.3
(81.1)
27.0
(80.6)
26.8
(80.2)
26.8
(80.2)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)21.6
(70.9)
21.8
(71.2)
22.0
(71.6)
22.0
(71.6)
22.1
(71.8)
21.9
(71.4)
21.9
(71.4)
22.2
(72.0)
22.3
(72.1)
22.4
(72.3)
22.4
(72.3)
22.2
(72.0)
22.1
(71.8)
Record low °C (°F)14.6
(58.3)
15.4
(59.7)
10.6
(51.1)
15.6
(60.1)
14.0
(57.2)
10.2
(50.4)
11.0
(51.8)
14.8
(58.6)
15.0
(59.0)
15.7
(60.3)
16.4
(61.5)
15.2
(59.4)
10.2
(50.4)
Average precipitation mm (inches)264.5
(10.41)
265.5
(10.45)
322.3
(12.69)
272.4
(10.72)
213.1
(8.39)
128.9
(5.07)
87.2
(3.43)
68.9
(2.71)
100.4
(3.95)
156.7
(6.17)
215.6
(8.49)
261.7
(10.30)
2,357.2
(92.80)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)181718171613989121316166
Average relative humidity (%)85.684.984.985.085.183.980.878.178.879.781.983.682.7
Mean monthly sunshine hours 138.2120.2122.0132.5152.5171.2207.1208.8180.4171.7141.1143.11,888.8
Source 1: Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia [6]
Source 2: Meteo Climat (record highs and lows) [7]

References

  1. IBGE 2020
  2. Sears, Robin, South America: Amazon Basin, northwestern Brazil (NT0133), WWF: World Wildlife Fund, retrieved 2017-03-28{{citation}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
  3. RDS Amanã (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-05-05{{citation}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
  4. RDS Piagaçu-Purus (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-08-20{{citation}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
  5. RESEX Catuá-Ipixuna (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-08-30{{citation}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
  6. "Normais Climatológicas Do Brasil 1981–2010" (in Portuguese). Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  7. "Station Coari" (in French). Meteo Climat. Retrieved 26 October 2018.