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Óbidos is a municipality in Pará, Brazil located at the narrowest and swiftest part of the Amazon River. The town was founded in 1697, and is located between Santarém and Oriximiná. It is the seat of the Diocese of Óbidos. The town was named after Óbidos, Portugal.

For the town in Portugal, see Óbidos, Portugal.
Óbidos
Municipio
The Municipality of Óbidos
Flag
Seal
Location in the State of Pará
Country Brazil
RegionNorth
State Pará
FoundedSeptember 23, 1867
Government
 • MayorJaime Barbosa da Silva(PTB)
Area
 • Total28,021.287 km2 (10,819.079 sq mi)
Population
 (2020 [1])
 • Total52,306
 • Density1.76/km2 (4.6/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)

Conservation


The north of the municipality contains part (7.36%) of the 4,245,819 hectares (10,491,650 acres) Grão-Pará Ecological Station, the largest fully protected tropical forest conservation unit on the planet.[2] It contains 10% of the 3,172,978 hectares (7,840,600 acres) Trombetas State Forest, created in 2006.[3]


Transportation


Óbidos is served by Óbidos Airport.


Sobral Santos II disaster


Main article: Sobral Santos II

Óbidos, Pará, in Brazil, was the scene of the sinking of Sobral Santos II in September 1981, one of the worst maritime tragedies in the history of the Amazon River. The riverboat was making its weekly trip between Santarém and Manaus and was claimed to be overcrowded when it sank in Óbidos harbour.[4] It is assumed over 300 people died in the disaster, with hundreds of bodies and body parts never identified.


Villages



Climate


The climate is tropical monsoon (Köppen: Am), with great differences in precipitation according to the seasons.[5]

Climate data for Óbidos (Downtown), elevation: 37 m or 121 ft, 1961-1990 normals and extremes
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 31.0
(87.8)		 30.3
(86.5)		 30.4
(86.7)		 30.4
(86.7)		 30.5
(86.9)		 30.7
(87.3)		 31.2
(88.2)		 32.2
(90.0)		 33.0
(91.4)		 33.3
(91.9)		 33.1
(91.6)		 32.1
(89.8)		 31.5
(88.7)
Daily mean °C (°F) 26.2
(79.2)		 25.7
(78.3)		 25.8
(78.4)		 26.0
(78.8)		 26.1
(79.0)		 26.2
(79.2)		 26.2
(79.2)		 27.0
(80.6)		 27.4
(81.3)		 27.8
(82.0)		 27.7
(81.9)		 26.9
(80.4)		 26.6
(79.9)
Average low °C (°F) 22.2
(72.0)		 22.0
(71.6)		 22.2
(72.0)		 22.2
(72.0)		 22.0
(71.6)		 21.9
(71.4)		 21.6
(70.9)		 22.0
(71.6)		 22.2
(72.0)		 22.5
(72.5)		 22.5
(72.5)		 22.1
(71.8)		 22.1
(71.8)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 238.2
(9.38)		 272.3
(10.72)		 305.6
(12.03)		 289.7
(11.41)		 288.3
(11.35)		 107.0
(4.21)		 70.2
(2.76)		 36.0
(1.42)		 49.5
(1.95)		 71.4
(2.81)		 78.4
(3.09)		 179.4
(7.06)		 1,986
(78.19)
Average relative humidity (%) 86.0 88.0 89.0 88.0 88.0 86.0 84.0 81.0 78.0 78.0 78.0 82.0 83.8
Mean monthly sunshine hours 146.1 108.2 111.8 129.2 165.0 192.8 210.2 244.8 234.2 206.9 187.2 149.6 2,086
Source: NOAA[6]

References


  1. IBGE 2020
  2. Estação Ecológica Grão-Pará (in Portuguese), Ideflor-bio (Government of Pará), retrieved 2016-05-12
  3. FES do Trombetas (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-09-07
  4. "300 Die as Amazon Boat Sinks". New York Times. 20 September 1981. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  5. "Clima Óbidos: Temperatura, Tempo e Dados climatológicos Óbidos - Climate-Data.org". pt.climate-data.org. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
  6. "Óbidos (82178 - WMO Weather Station". NOAA. Retrieved March 27, 2019.

Further reading



На других языках

[de] Óbidos (Pará)

Óbidos, offiziell portugiesisch Município de Óbidos, ist eine 1697 von den portugiesischen Eroberern gegründete Gemeinde im heutigen Brasilien. Sie liegt an der engsten Stelle des gesamten Amazonas im Bundesstaat Pará zwischen Belém und der Landeshauptstadt des Bundesstaates Amazonas, Manaus. Der Fluss ist hier nur circa 2 Kilometer breit, aber immer noch 93 Meter tief. Sie ist nach dem portugiesischen Ort Óbidos benannt.
- [en] Óbidos, Pará

[ru] Обидус (Пара)

Обидус (порт. Óbidos) — муниципалитет в Бразилии, входит в штат Пара. Составная часть мезорегиона Байшу-Амазонас. Входит в экономико-статистический микрорегион Обидус. Население составляет 49 333 человек на 2010 год. Занимает площадь 28 021,420 км². Плотность населения — 1,76 чел./км².


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