Monte Alegre, Pará Explained

Official Name:Monte Alegre, Pará
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Map:Pará#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:Baixo Amazonas
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population As Of:2020 [1]
Population Total:58,162
Timezone:BRT
Utc Offset:-3
Coordinates:-2.0023°N -54.0717°W

Monte Alegre, Pará is a municipality in the state of Pará in the Northern region of Brazil.[2] [3] [4] [5] It is located along the Amazon River in northern Brazil.

Near this area along the Amazon River is the Caverna da Pedra Pintada, an ancient archeological site with numerous rock paintings and pictographs. Excavations at the cave have found evidence of ancient peoples.

Nature

The north of the municipality contains a small part (3.44%) of the Grão-Pará Ecological Station, the largest fully protected tropical forest conservation unit on the planet.It also includes a small part (5.51%) of the Maicuru Biological Reserve.The municipality contains roughly half of the Mulata National Forest, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 2001.It contains all of the fully protected Monte Alegre State Park, created in 2001.

Transportation

The city is served by Monte Alegre Airport.

Climate

The climate is tropical savanna (Köppen: Aw) with dry season defined.[6]

See also

Notes and References

  1. https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/pa/monte-alegre/panorama IBGE 2020
  2. Web site: Divisão Territorial do Brasil . July 1, 2008 . Divisão Territorial do Brasil e Limites Territoriais, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) . December 17, 2009. pt.
  3. Web site: Estimativas da população para 1º de julho de 2009. Estimativas de População, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) . August 14, 2009 . December 17, 2009 . PDF. pt .
  4. Web site: Ranking decrescente do IDH-M dos municípios do Brasil . 2000 . Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humano, Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento (PNUD) . December 17, 2009 . pt . https://web.archive.org/web/20091003103229/http://www.pnud.org.br/atlas/ranking/IDH-M%2091%2000%20Ranking%20decrescente%20%28pelos%20dados%20de%202000%29.htm . October 3, 2009 . dead .
  5. Web site: Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios 2002-2005 . December 19, 2007 . Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) . December 17, 2009. pt.
  6. Web site: Clima Monte Alegre: Temperatura, Tempo e Dados climatológicos Monte Alegre - Climate-Data.org. pt.climate-data.org. 2019-03-27.