Caracaraí

Caracaraí
Caracaraí
Municipality
	The Municipality of Caracaraí
	An avenue in Caracaraí
	Flag Seal
	Location of Caracaraí in the State of Roraima
	Coordinates: 1°48′43″N 61°08′18″W / 1.8119°N 61.1384°W
Country	Brazil
Region	North
State	Roraima
Founded	1955
Government
• Mayor	Socorro Guerra (PROS)
Area
• Total	47,411 km2 (18,305 sq mi)
Elevation	52 m (171 ft)
Population (2022 )
• Total	20,957
• Density	0.44/km2 (1.1/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−4 (AMT)
HDI (2000)	0.702 – medium
Website	www.caracarai.rr.gov.br

Caracaraí (Portuguese pronunciation: [kaɾɐkaɾaˈi]) is a municipality located in the state of Roraima in Brazil. Its population is 22,283 and its area is 47,411 square kilometres (18,305 sq mi), making it the largest municipality in Roraima state. Caracaraí is located on the Branco River.

Overview

Caracaraí was founded by cattle ranchers from Moura. The town was originally known as Cidade Porto and was the capital of the Rio Branco Territory which was later renamed Roraima.^[3]

The word caracaraí means "little hawk", a very common bird in the region.^[4] Its territory cuts Roraima's in two and keeps boundaries with both the Brazilian state of Amazonas and the country of Guyana, though the Guyana portion it borders is disputed with Venezuela It is not the only municipality in the state to do so; Caroebe also borders both Amazonas and Guyana, and has boundaries with Pará as well.

Caracaraí is located near the intersection of the BR-174 and BR-210 highways.^[5] Caracaraí became an independent municipality in 1955. Between 1960 and 1982, the municipality contained the districts of Santa Maria do Boiaçu and São José de Anauá.^[6] Santa Maria do Boiaçu became part of the municipality of Rorainópolis.^[7]

The municipality contains the Caracaraí Ecological Station and the Niquiá Ecological Station.^[4]^[8]

The economy used to be based on cattle ranching. The cattle used to shipped to Manaus. Caracaraí developed in the supply centre for the region,^[3] because it is located on the Branco River south of the waterfalls.^[5] It is the largest producer of fish in the state.^[3]

Climate

Climate data for Caracaraí (1981–2010)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	32.6 (90.7)	33.0 (91.4)	33.3 (91.9)	32.7 (90.9)	31.0 (87.8)	30.9 (87.6)	31.1 (88.0)	32.3 (90.1)	33.4 (92.1)	34.2 (93.6)	33.8 (92.8)	32.8 (91.0)	32.6 (90.7)
Daily mean °C (°F)	27.0 (80.6)	27.3 (81.1)	27.6 (81.7)	27.2 (81.0)	26.2 (79.2)	26.0 (78.8)	25.8 (78.4)	26.5 (79.7)	27.4 (81.3)	28.0 (82.4)	27.8 (82.0)	27.1 (80.8)	27.0 (80.6)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	21.4 (70.5)	21.6 (70.9)	21.7 (71.1)	22.2 (72.0)	21.8 (71.2)	21.6 (70.9)	21.6 (70.9)	21.9 (71.4)	22.2 (72.0)	22.5 (72.5)	22.5 (72.5)	22.1 (71.8)	21.9 (71.4)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	64.9 (2.56)	50.9 (2.00)	93.4 (3.68)	196.1 (7.72)	321.1 (12.64)	336.1 (13.23)	296.1 (11.66)	216.7 (8.53)	150.7 (5.93)	100.8 (3.97)	89.6 (3.53)	84.7 (3.33)	2,001.1 (78.78)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	7	6	7	14	21	21	22	18	12	8	6	9	151
Average relative humidity (%)	77.5	76.3	76.0	80.1	83.5	84.6	85.1	82.4	79.8	78.0	78.8	80.1	80.2
Mean monthly sunshine hours	200.3	166.7	177.6	147.4	128.0	124.7	159.6	187.8	204.5	218.3	215.9	198.2	2,129
Source: Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia^[9]

References

^ IBGE 2022
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^ ^a ^b ^c "História de Caracaraí". Municipality of Caracaraí (in Portuguese). Retrieved 14 April 2021.
^ ^a ^b Estação Ecológica de Caracaraí (in Portuguese), Via Rural, archived from the original on 2016-12-20, retrieved 2016-04-23{{citation}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ ^a ^b "Caracaraí: port for cattle shipping". Panda.org. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
^ "Caracaraí". IBGE (in Portuguese). Retrieved 14 April 2021.
^ "SANTA MARIA DO BOIAÇU - Unidade recebe primeira grande reforma e ampliação na estrutura" (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2019-10-16. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
^ "Estação Ecológica de Níquia", Ambiente Brasil, 23 June 2010, retrieved 2016-04-16
^ "Normais Climatológicas Do Brasil 1981–2010" (in Portuguese). Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia. Retrieved 21 May 2024.