Óbidos, Pará

Municipio in North, Brazil

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Location in the State of Pará

Country

BrazilRegionNorthState

ParáFoundedSeptember 23, 1867Government

• 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)

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 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

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

Missão Tiriyó

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
Mean daily maximum °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)
Mean daily minimum °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]

Notable people

José Veríssimo — Writer

References

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

Almeirim	Almeirim Porto de Moz
Óbidos	Faro Juruti Óbidos Oriximiná Terra Santa
Santarém	Alenquer Belterra Curuá Mojuí dos Campos Monte Alegre Placas Prainha Santarém

Arari	Cachoeira do Arari Chaves Muaná Ponta de Pedras Salvaterra Santa Cruz do Arari Soure
Furos de Breves	Afuá Anajás Breves Curralinho São Sebastião da Boa Vista
Portel	Bagre Gurupá Melgaço Portel

Belém	Ananindeua Barcarena Belém Benevides Marituba Santa Bárbara do Pará
Castanhal	Bujaru Castanhal Inhangapi Santa Isabel do Pará Santo Antônio do Tauá

Bragantina	Augusto Corrêa Bonito Bragança Capanema Igarapé-Açu Nova Timboteua Peixe-Boi Primavera Quatipuru Santa Maria do Pará Santarém Novo São Francisco do Pará Tracuateua
Cametá	Abaetetuba Baião Cametá Igarapé-Miri Limoeiro do Ajuru Mocajuba Oeiras do Pará
Guamá	Aurora do Pará Cachoeira do Piriá Capitão Poço Garrafão do Norte Ipixuna do Pará Irituia Mãe do Rio Nova Esperança do Piriá Ourém Santa Luzia do Pará São Domingos do Capim São Miguel do Guamá Viseu
Salgado	Colares Curuçá Magalhães Barata Maracanã Marapanim Salinópolis São Caetano de Odivelas São João da Ponta São João de Pirabas Terra Alta Vigia
Tomé-Açu	Acará Concórdia do Pará Moju Tailândia Tomé-Açu

Mesoregion
Southeastern Pará

Conceição do Araguaia	Conceição do Araguaia Floresta do Araguaia Santa Maria das Barreiras Santana do Araguaia
Marabá	Brejo Grande do Araguaia Marabá Palestina do Pará São Domingos do Araguaia São João do Araguaia
Paragominas	Abel Figueiredo Bom Jesus do Tocantins Dom Eliseu Goianésia do Pará Paragominas Rondon do Pará Ulianópolis
Parauapebas	Água Azul do Norte Canaã dos Carajás Curionópolis Eldorado dos Carajás Parauapebas
Redenção	Pau d'Arco Piçarra Redenção Rio Maria São Geraldo do Araguaia Sapucaia Xinguara
São Félix do Xingu	Bannach Cumaru do Norte Ourilândia do Norte São Félix do Xingu Tucumã
Tucurui	Breu Branco Itupiranga Jacundá Nova Ipixuna Novo Repartimento Tucuruí

Mesoregion
Southwestern Pará

Altamira	Altamira Anapu Brasil Novo Medicilândia Pacajá Senador José Porfírio Uruará Vitória do Xingu
Itaituba	Aveiro Itaituba Jacareacanga Novo Progresso Rurópolis Trairão