Novo Progresso

Novo Progresso
Municipality
Country  Brazil
Region Northern
State Pará
Mesoregion Sudoeste Paraense
Time zone UTC -3

Novo Progresso is a municipality in the state of Pará in the Northern region of Brazil.[1][2][3][4]

The city is served by Novo Progresso Airport

The municipality contains part of the 342,192 hectares (845,570 acres) Nascentes da Serra do Cachimbo Biological Reserve, a strictly protected conservation unit established in 2005.[5] It also contains part of the 538,151 hectares (1,329,800 acres) Rio Novo National Park, a conservation unit created in 2006.[6] In contains the 1,301,683 hectares (3,216,530 acres) Jamanxim National Forest, a sustainable use conservation unit created in 2006 in which uncontrolled clearance of the Amazon rainforest was proceeding at a rapid pace.[7]

Climate

Climate data for Novo Progresso
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 29.9
(85.8)
29.8
(85.6)
30.4
(86.7)
31.4
(88.5)
31.8
(89.2)
32.4
(90.3)
33.3
(91.9)
34.5
(94.1)
33.4
(92.1)
32.7
(90.9)
31.9
(89.4)
30.8
(87.4)
31.86
(89.32)
Daily mean °C (°F) 25.2
(77.4)
25.1
(77.2)
25.7
(78.3)
26.0
(78.8)
26.0
(78.8)
25.3
(77.5)
25.3
(77.5)
26.0
(78.8)
26.4
(79.5)
26.5
(79.7)
26.1
(79)
25.6
(78.1)
25.77
(78.38)
Average low °C (°F) 20.5
(68.9)
20.5
(68.9)
21.0
(69.8)
20.6
(69.1)
20.3
(68.5)
18.3
(64.9)
17.3
(63.1)
17.6
(63.7)
19.5
(67.1)
20.3
(68.5)
20.4
(68.7)
20.5
(68.9)
19.73
(67.51)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 326
(12.83)
360
(14.17)
334
(13.15)
250
(9.84)
88
(3.46)
36
(1.42)
14
(0.55)
26
(1.02)
117
(4.61)
183
(7.2)
215
(8.46)
318
(12.52)
2,267
(89.23)
Source: http://en.climate-data.org/location/44150/

See also

References

  1. "Divisão Territorial do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Divisão Territorial do Brasil e Limites Territoriais, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). July 1, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  2. "Estimativas da população para 1º de julho de 2009" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Estimativas de População, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). August 14, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  3. "Ranking decrescente do IDH-M dos municípios do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humano, Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento (PNUD). 2000. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  4. "Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios 2002-2005" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). December 19, 2007. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  5. Unidade de Conservação: Reserva Biológica Nascentes Serra do Cachimbo (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-05-27
  6. Unidade de Conservação: Parque Nacional do Rio Novo (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-05-27
  7. FLONA do Jamanxim (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-05-30

Coordinates: 7°08′49″S 55°22′55″W / 7.14694°S 55.3819°W / -7.14694; -55.3819

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