Vitória do Jari
Vitória do Jari Beiradinho | |
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| The Municipality of Vitória do Jari | |
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| Nickname: "Beiradinho" | |
 Location of Vitória do Jari in the State of Amapá | |
| Coordinates: 0°55′45″S 52°25′35″W / 0.9293°S 52.4264°W | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Region | North |
| State |  Amapá |
| Founded | 8 September 1994 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Raimundo de Alcimar Ney de Souza (PT) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,509 km2 (969 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 3 m (10 ft) |
| Population (2020)[1] | |
| • Total | 16,254 |
| • Density | 6.5/km2 (17/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
| HDI (2000) | 0.659 – medium[2] |
Vitória do Jari (Portuguese pronunciation: [viˈtɔɾi.ɐ du ʒaˈɾi]), (Jari's Victory) is a municipality located in the southernmost tip of the state of Amapá in Brazil. Its population is 16,254[3] and its area is 2,509 km2 (969 sq mi). Vitória do Jari has a population density of 5.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. The town is located on the Jari River on the other side of Munguba,[4] and was originally called Beiradinho.
History
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The town started as a shanty town for the Jari project. It was originally called Beiradinho.[5] People in the informal economy who worked in Munguba could not afford housing in the Munguba or Monte Dourado.[6] In 1994, the town was renamed Vitória do Jari and became an independent municipality.[5]
Geography
[edit]Nature
[edit]The municipality contains 17% of the 501,771 hectares (1,239,900 acres) Rio Cajari Extractive Reserve, created in 1990.[7]
Economy
[edit]The economy is based on agricultural with an emphasis on corn, bananas, and watermelons, and cattle and buffalo ranches.[8] CADAM, a kaolin mining company is a major employer in the region.[4]
Jarilândia
[edit]Jarilândia is the location where Gmelina arborea was planted on a large scale for the pulp industry as part of the Jari project. In 1969, planting began, but soon the trees failed to grow.[9] The project was cancelled in 1982.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Vitória do Jari" (in Portuguese). Brasília, Brazil: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística. 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
- ^ [1] UNDP
- ^ IBGE 2020
- ^ a b "Vitória do Jari". Amapá Digital (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2 April 2021.
- ^ a b "Informações da Comarca de Vitória do Jarí". Tribunal de Justiça do Estado do Amapá (in Portuguese). Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ^ Neila Soares da Silva (2008). Like a Murure: Social Change in a Terra-Firme Community on the Amazon Estuary (PDF) (Thesis). University of Florida. p. 57.
- ^ RESEX do Rio Cajari (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 6 November 2016
- ^ "Vitória do Jari". Government of Amapá (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2 April 2021.
- ^ A. GREAVES (1979). "GMELINA – LARGE SCALE PLANTING, JARILANDIA, AMAZON BASIN". The Commonwealth Forestry Review. 4 (178): 267–269. JSTOR 42607638.
- ^ Pace, Eric (29 August 1992). "Daniel Ludwig, Billionaire Businessman, Dies at 95". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
External links
[edit]- Official site (in Portuguese)
Media related to Vitória do Jari at Wikimedia Commons
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