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Arraial do Cabo

Coordinates:22°57′57″S42°01′40″W/ 22.96583°S 42.02778°W/-22.96583; -42.02778
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Arraial do Cabo
Municipality
Municipality of Arraial do Cabo
Flag of Arraial do Cabo
Flag
Official seal of Arraial do Cabo
Seal
Location in Rio de Janeiro
Location in Rio de Janeiro
Coordinates:22°57′57″S42°01′40″W/ 22.96583°S 42.02778°W/-22.96583; -42.02778
CountryBrazil
RegionSoutheast
StateRio de Janeiro
Government
•MayorMarcelo Magno (Solidarity)
Area
• Total152.305 km2(58.805 sq mi)
Elevation
8 m (26 ft)
Population
(2020)[1]
• Total30,593
• Density200/km2(520/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-3(UTC-3)
HDI(2010)0.733 –high[2]
Websitearraialdocabo.rj.gov.br

Arraial do Cabo(Portuguese pronunciation:[ɐʁɐjˈawduˈkabu]) is amunicipalitylocated in theBrazilian stateofRio de Janeiro.Its population was 30,593 as of 2020censusand its total area is 160 square kilometres (62 sq mi).[3]

It was founded in 1503 by the conquerorAmerigo Vespucci.In 1960 a documentary film was made directed by Mário Carneiro and Paulo Cesar Saraceni about the local fishing industry.[4]

Its geography made Arraial do Cabo an important and dangerous point in the age of sail. From the arrival of the Portuguese Navy in 1503 through the nineteenth century, many shipwrecks occurred. Due to this fact (and other biological factors) Arraial do Cabo is well known as the "Dive Capital".

The municipality operates theIlha do Cabo Frio Biological Reserve,a fully protected conservation unit on an Atlantic island in the south east of the municipality.[5] It contains the 56,769 hectares (140,280 acres)Arraial do Cabo Marine Extractive Reserve,created in 1997.[6]

Climate

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Climate data for Arraial do Cabo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 28.5
(83.3) 		28.6
(83.5) 		27.9
(82.2) 		26.5
(79.7) 		25.2
(77.4) 		24.4
(75.9) 		23.7
(74.7) 		23.9
(75.0) 		24.3
(75.7) 		25.3
(77.5) 		26.4
(79.5) 		26.9
(80.4) 		26.0
(78.7)
Daily mean °C (°F) 25.1
(77.2) 		25.4
(77.7) 		25.1
(77.2) 		23.7
(74.7) 		22.4
(72.3) 		21.2
(70.2) 		20.6
(69.1) 		20.8
(69.4) 		21.2
(70.2) 		22.1
(71.8) 		23.0
(73.4) 		24.1
(75.4) 		22.9
(73.2)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 21.7
(71.1) 		22.2
(72.0) 		22.4
(72.3) 		21.0
(69.8) 		19.6
(67.3) 		18.1
(64.6) 		17.6
(63.7) 		17.7
(63.9) 		18.1
(64.6) 		18.9
(66.0) 		19.6
(67.3) 		21.4
(70.5) 		19.9
(67.8)
Averageprecipitationmm (inches) 82
(3.2) 		58
(2.3) 		67
(2.6) 		85
(3.3) 		71
(2.8) 		44
(1.7) 		43
(1.7) 		37
(1.5) 		58
(2.3) 		77
(3.0) 		88
(3.5) 		105
(4.1) 		815
(32)
Source: climate-data.org[7]

Notable people

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References

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Wikivoyage has a travel guide forArraial do Cabo.
  1. ^IBGE 2020
  2. ^"Archived copy"(PDF).United Nations Development Programme(UNDP). Archived fromthe original(PDF)on July 8, 2014.RetrievedAugust 1,2013.{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^"Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics Website".RetrievedNovember 20,2013.
  4. ^Arraial do Cabo, film by Mário Carneiro and Paulo Cesar Saraceni on YouTube
  5. ^Unidades de Conservação da Região dos Lagos(PDF)(in Portuguese), Petrobras,retrieved2016-04-26[permanent dead link]
  6. ^RESEX Marinha do Arraial do Cabo(in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental,retrieved2016-09-13
  7. ^"Climate: Arraial do Cabo".RetrievedMarch 30,2018.
  8. ^"Quem é Alexandre Pantoja, o novo brasileiro campeão do UFC".ESPN Brasil(in Brazilian Portuguese). 2023-07-09.Retrieved2023-09-08.


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