Quixeramobim, Ceará
Quixeramobim | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location in Ceará state | |
  Quixeramobim Location in Brazil | |
| Coordinates: 5°12′S 39°17′W / 5.200°S 39.283°W | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Region | Northeast |
| State | Ceará |
| Population (2020[1]) | |
• Total | 81,778 |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
Quixeramobim (formally Santo Antônio do Boqueirão de Quixeramobim; formerly Nova Vila do Campo Maior) is a municipality in central State of Ceará, northeastern Brazil. It has a population of about 81,778 (2020 est). The local biome is caatinga hiperxerófila.
Climate
Semi-arid tropical warm with rainfall concentrated from February to April. The average temperature is 26–28 °C and the average annual rainfall is 499 mm.[2]
The Paus Brancos district of the municipality was designated a priority area for conservation and sustainable use when the Caatinga Ecological Corridor was created in 2006.[3]
| Climate data for Quixeramobim (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) | 33.9 (93.0) |
33.3 (91.9) |
32.4 (90.3) |
31.4 (88.5) |
31.0 (87.8) |
31.1 (88.0) |
32.1 (89.8) |
33.4 (92.1) |
34.8 (94.6) |
35.4 (95.7) |
35.5 (95.9) |
35.1 (95.2) |
33.3 (91.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 27.8 (82.0) |
27.5 (81.5) |
26.8 (80.2) |
26.4 (79.5) |
26.0 (78.8) |
25.7 (78.3) |
26.2 (79.2) |
27.1 (80.8) |
27.9 (82.2) |
28.2 (82.8) |
28.5 (83.3) |
28.5 (83.3) |
27.2 (81.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 23.8 (74.8) |
23.6 (74.5) |
23.2 (73.8) |
22.9 (73.2) |
22.5 (72.5) |
21.8 (71.2) |
21.8 (71.2) |
22.2 (72.0) |
22.9 (73.2) |
23.4 (74.1) |
23.8 (74.8) |
24.0 (75.2) |
23.0 (73.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 87.7 (3.45) |
77.8 (3.06) |
146.2 (5.76) |
173.1 (6.81) |
105.2 (4.14) |
55.3 (2.18) |
23.4 (0.92) |
16.3 (0.64) |
2.3 (0.09) |
1.3 (0.05) |
3.3 (0.13) |
20.9 (0.82) |
712.8 (28.06) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm 0) | 8 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 68 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 63.0 | 66.4 | 71.9 | 73.3 | 72.9 | 66.8 | 59.3 | 53.4 | 52.0 | 53.1 | 54.8 | 58.1 | 62.1 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 220.1 | 197.9 | 206.3 | 195.3 | 215.2 | 226.1 | 255.4 | 279.3 | 282.4 | 292.5 | 268.2 | 253.0 | 2,891.7 |
| Source: Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia[4] | |||||||||||||
History
It was founded in the 17th century on lands adjacent to Rio Ibu (Quixeramobim) and became a municipality in 1755.
Economy
The primary economic occupations are farming and ranching.
Famous residents
- Iarley (born 1974), football player, World Champion at the 2006 FIFA Club World Cup
References
- ↑ IBGE 2020
- ↑ Wernstadt, Frederick L.; World Climatic Data; published 1972 by Climatic Data Press; p. 102.
- ↑ Mattos, Marluza (2006), Ministério cria Corredor Ecológico da Caatinga (in Portuguese), Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-11-01
- ↑ "Normais Climatológicas Do Brasil 1981–2010" (in Portuguese). Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
External links
Media related to Quixeramobim at Wikimedia Commons- Quixeramobim
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