Óbidos, Pará

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|settlement_type = Municipio

|official_name = The Municipality of Óbidos

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| image_seal = Brasão de Óbidos (Pará).jpg

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|map_caption = Location in the State of Pará

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|subdivision_type1 = Region

|subdivision_type2 = State

|subdivision_name = {{flag|Brazil}}

|subdivision_name1 = North

|subdivision_name2 = Image:Bandeira do Pará.svg Pará

|established_title = Founded

|established_date = September 23, 1867

|leader_title = Mayor |

|leader_name = Jaime Barbosa da Silva(PTB)

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| area_total_km2 = 28,021.287

| population_as_of = 2020 [https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/pa/obidos/panorama IBGE 2020]

| population_total = 52,306

| population_density_km2 = 1.76

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| timezone = BRT

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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.

Conservation

The north of the municipality contains part (7.36%) of the {{convert|4245819|ha}} Grão-Pará Ecological Station, the largest fully protected tropical forest conservation unit on the planet.{{citation|language=Portuguese |title=Estação Ecológica Grão-Pará|publisher=Ideflor-bio (Government of Pará) |url=http://ideflorbio.pa.gov.br/unidades-de-conservacao/regiao-administrativa-calha-norte-iii/estacao-ecologica-grao-para/|accessdate=2016-05-12}}

It contains 10% of the {{convert|3172978|ha}} Trombetas State Forest, created in 2006.{{citation|ref={{harvid|FES do Trombetas – ISA}}|language=Portuguese |title=FES do Trombetas|publisher=ISA: Instituto Socioambiental |url=https://uc.socioambiental.org/es/uc/6782|accessdate=2016-09-07}}

Transportation

Óbidos is served by Óbidos Airport.

''Sobral Santos II'' disaster

Óbidos, Pará, in Brazil, was the scene of the sinking of {{ship||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.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/09/20/world/300-die-as-amazon-boat-sinks.html |title=300 Die as Amazon Boat Sinks |work=New York Times |date=20 September 1981 |accessdate=5 January 2019}} It is assumed over 300 people died in the disaster, with hundreds of bodies and body parts never identified.

Villages

Missão Tiriyó

Climate

The climate is tropical monsoon (Köppen: Am), with great differences in precipitation according to the seasons.{{Cite web|url=https://pt.climate-data.org/america-do-sul/brasil/para/obidos-43935/|title=Clima Óbidos: Temperatura, Tempo e Dados climatológicos Óbidos - Climate-Data.org|website=pt.climate-data.org|access-date=2019-03-27}}

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|single line=y

|collapsed = Y

|location = Óbidos (1981–2010)

|Jan high C = 31.0

|Feb high C = 30.5

|Mar high C = 30.4

|Apr high C = 30.5

|May high C = 30.5

|Jun high C = 31.0

|Jul high C = 31.3

|Aug high C = 32.3

|Sep high C = 33.0

|Oct high C = 33.3

|Nov high C = 32.8

|Dec high C = 32.2

| year high C = 31.6

|Jan mean C = 26.5

|Feb mean C = 26.1

|Mar mean C = 26.1

|Apr mean C = 26.2

|May mean C = 26.4

|Jun mean C = 26.6

|Jul mean C = 26.7

|Aug mean C = 27.3

|Sep mean C = 27.7

|Oct mean C = 28.2

|Nov mean C = 27.9

|Dec mean C = 27.4

| year mean C = 26.9

|Jan low C = 23.0

|Feb low C = 22.8

|Mar low C = 22.9

|Apr low C = 23.0

|May low C = 23.1

|Jun low C = 22.9

|Jul low C = 22.7

|Aug low C = 23.0

|Sep low C = 23.3

|Oct low C = 23.7

|Nov low C = 23.7

|Dec low C = 23.5

| year low C = 23.1

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 261.7

|Feb precipitation mm = 270.6

|Mar precipitation mm = 322.2

|Apr precipitation mm = 278.7

|May precipitation mm = 222.6

|Jun precipitation mm = 103.7

|Jul precipitation mm = 75.7

|Aug precipitation mm = 34.1

|Sep precipitation mm = 41.8

|Oct precipitation mm = 54.5

|Nov precipitation mm = 95.1

|Dec precipitation mm = 151.2

|year precipitation mm = 1911.9

| unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm

| Jan precipitation days = 16

| Feb precipitation days = 17

| Mar precipitation days = 20

| Apr precipitation days = 18

| May precipitation days = 15

| Jun precipitation days = 9

| Jul precipitation days = 7

| Aug precipitation days = 4

| Sep precipitation days = 5

| Oct precipitation days = 5

| Nov precipitation days = 7

| Dec precipitation days = 11

| year precipitation days =

| Jan humidity = 85.5

| Feb humidity = 87.9

| Mar humidity = 88.5

| Apr humidity = 88.6

| May humidity = 87.6

| Jun humidity = 85.1

| Jul humidity = 82.8

| Aug humidity = 80.0

| Sep humidity = 78.3

| Oct humidity = 76.9

| Nov humidity = 78.8

| Dec humidity = 80.9

| year humidity = 83.4

|Jan sun = 157.7

|Feb sun = 122.0

|Mar sun = 126.9

|Apr sun = 135.6

|May sun = 166.2

|Jun sun = 204.4

|Jul sun = 236.1

|Aug sun = 250.5

|Sep sun = 242.4

|Oct sun = 225.5

|Nov sun = 189.3

|Dec sun = 170.4

|year sun = 2227.0

|source 1 = Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia{{cite web

| url = http://www.inmet.gov.br/portal/index.php?r=clima/normaisclimatologicas

| title = Normais Climatológicas Do Brasil 1981–2010

| publisher = Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia

| language = Portuguese

| accessdate = 21 May 2024}}

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Notable people

José Veríssimo — Writer