Caracol, Piauí
Caracol | |
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Municipality | |
 Location in Piauí | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Region | Nordeste |
| State | Piauí |
| Mesoregion | Sudoeste Piauiense |
| Population (2020 [1]) | |
| • Total | 10,964 |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
Caracol is a municipality in the state of Piauí in the Northeast region of Brazil.[2][3][4][5]
The municipality contains part of the 823,843 hectares (2,035,760 acres) Serra das Confusões National Park, created in 1998, which protects an area of the Caatinga biome.[6] The municipality is in the Capivara-Confusões Ecological Corridor, created in 2006 to link the Serra da Capivara National Park to the Serra das Confusões National Park.[7]
Climate[edit]
| Climate data for Caracol, Piauí (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) | 30.6 (87.1) |
30.4 (86.7) |
30.2 (86.4) |
30.5 (86.9) |
30.9 (87.6) |
30.8 (87.4) |
31.1 (88.0) |
32.3 (90.1) |
33.9 (93.0) |
34.4 (93.9) |
33.0 (91.4) |
31.4 (88.5) |
31.6 (88.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 24.8 (76.6) |
24.5 (76.1) |
24.4 (75.9) |
24.3 (75.7) |
24.0 (75.2) |
23.3 (73.9) |
23.3 (73.9) |
24.4 (75.9) |
26.1 (79.0) |
27.3 (81.1) |
26.4 (79.5) |
25.3 (77.5) |
24.8 (76.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 20.1 (68.2) |
19.9 (67.8) |
20.0 (68.0) |
19.6 (67.3) |
18.5 (65.3) |
16.9 (62.4) |
16.4 (61.5) |
17.1 (62.8) |
18.8 (65.8) |
20.4 (68.7) |
20.4 (68.7) |
20.3 (68.5) |
19.0 (66.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 131.5 (5.18) |
121.3 (4.78) |
126.5 (4.98) |
79.1 (3.11) |
18.0 (0.71) |
1.1 (0.04) |
0.6 (0.02) |
0.0 (0.0) |
5.0 (0.20) |
36.5 (1.44) |
86.9 (3.42) |
107.1 (4.22) |
713.6 (28.09) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 60 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 71.0 | 75.4 | 76.6 | 73.6 | 66.4 | 58.7 | 53.0 | 49.7 | 46.6 | 50.1 | 58.4 | 68.3 | 62.3 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 209.6 | 184.1 | 196.0 | 224.2 | 250.8 | 262.0 | 295.5 | 312.7 | 288.9 | 269.6 | 231.7 | 211.4 | 2,936.5 |
| Source: Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia[8] | |||||||||||||
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ IBGE 2020
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Ranking decrescente do IDH-M dos municípios do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humano, Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento (PNUD). 2000. Archived from the original on October 3, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
- ^ "Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios 2002-2005" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). December 19, 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 2, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
- ^ Unidade de Conservação: Parque Nacional Serra das Confusões (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-06-09
- ^ Operação combate caça em corredor ecológico no Piauí (in Portuguese), ICMBio, 25 July 2012, archived from the original on 2016-11-05, retrieved 2016-11-04
- ^ "Normais Climatológicas Do Brasil 1981–2010" (in Portuguese). Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
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