Carmo | |
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| Município de corvinal | |
 Ilha dos Pombos hydropower plant | |
.svg) Flag  Seal | |
| Nickname: Cidade Bela | |
 Location of Carmo in the state of Rio de Janeiro | |
  Carmo Location of Carmo in Brazil | |
| Coordinates: 21°56′02″S 42°36′32″W / 21.93389°S 42.60889°W | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Region | Southeast |
| State |  Rio de Janeiro |
| Government | |
| • Prefeito | Paulo Cezar Gonçalves Ladeira (PSB) |
| Area | |
• Total | 321.187 km2 (124.011 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 347 m (1,138 ft) |
| Population (2020 [1]) | |
• Total | 19,030 |
| Time zone | UTC-3 (UTC-3) |
| Website | [1] |
Carmo (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈkaʁmu]) is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. Its nickname is the Cidade Bela (Beautiful City).[2]
Geography
[edit]Carmo encompasses an area of about 320 square kilometres (120 sq mi).
Its current population is estimated to be more than 19,000 inhabitants, of which 72.3% live in the suburban area.
The municipality neighbors Sumidouro, Cantagalo, Duas Barras, Sapucaia, as well as bordering Além Paraíba.
Part of the city is situated in the basin of the Paquequer River, one of the last tributaries of the Paraíba do Sul that has little aquatic pollution.
Climate
[edit]| Climate data for Carmo, Rio de Janeiro (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) | 32.2 (90.0) |
33.3 (91.9) |
32.3 (90.1) |
31.0 (87.8) |
28.4 (83.1) |
27.3 (81.1) |
27.1 (80.8) |
28.5 (83.3) |
28.9 (84.0) |
29.9 (85.8) |
30.7 (87.3) |
31.5 (88.7) |
30.1 (86.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 21.3 (70.3) |
21.3 (70.3) |
20.8 (69.4) |
19.2 (66.6) |
16.4 (61.5) |
14.5 (58.1) |
13.9 (57.0) |
14.8 (58.6) |
16.8 (62.2) |
18.8 (65.8) |
20.1 (68.2) |
20.9 (69.6) |
18.2 (64.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 237.3 (9.34) |
134.7 (5.30) |
147.9 (5.82) |
74.6 (2.94) |
45.1 (1.78) |
18.0 (0.71) |
18.3 (0.72) |
18.7 (0.74) |
63.4 (2.50) |
105.1 (4.14) |
179.7 (7.07) |
286.8 (11.29) |
1,329.6 (52.35) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 15 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 16 | 99 |
| Source: Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia[3] | |||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ IBGE 2020
- ^ "IBGE | Brasil em SĂntese". Cidades.ibge.gov.br. Retrieved 2022-08-26.
- ^ "Normais Climatológicas Do Brasil 1981–2010" (in Portuguese). Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
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| Mesoregion Sul Fluminense |
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