Valença, Rio De Janeiro
Valença (Portuguese pronunciation: [vaˈlẽsɐ]) is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. Its population was estimated at 76,869 in 2020 and its area is 1,305 square kilometres (504 sq mi). The city is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Valença.
Valença has five districts: Conservatória ("City of Serenades"), Barão de Juparanã ("City of the Barons), Parapeúna, Santa Isabel do Rio Preto and Pentagna. Today its economy is geared especially for agriculture and the existing university center in the municipal headquarters.
The municipality contains part of the 5,952 hectares (14,710 acres) Serra da Concórdia State Park, created in 2002.
People
- Sérgio Chapelin; (1941-), brazilian journalist, reporter, announcer and television presenter
- Solange Paiva Vieira; (1969–), economist
- Clementina de Jesus; (1901-1987), samba singer
- Paulo Cezar Costa; (1967-), prelate of Catholic Church; cardinal (2022-), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Brasília
Climate
| Climate data for Santa Monica (Valença), Rio de Janeiro, elevation 364 m (1,194 ft), (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) | 30.5 (86.9) |
31.3 (88.3) |
30.2 (86.4) |
28.9 (84.0) |
26.0 (78.8) |
25.8 (78.4) |
25.4 (77.7) |
26.6 (79.9) |
26.4 (79.5) |
28.3 (82.9) |
29.1 (84.4) |
29.8 (85.6) |
28.2 (82.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 24.4 (75.9) |
24.6 (76.3) |
23.7 (74.7) |
22.4 (72.3) |
19.9 (67.8) |
18.6 (65.5) |
18.2 (64.8) |
19.1 (66.4) |
20.2 (68.4) |
22.1 (71.8) |
22.8 (73.0) |
23.5 (74.3) |
21.6 (70.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 18.5 (65.3) |
18.4 (65.1) |
17.9 (64.2) |
16.6 (61.9) |
14.5 (58.1) |
12.3 (54.1) |
11.9 (53.4) |
12.6 (54.7) |
14.5 (58.1) |
16.0 (60.8) |
16.8 (62.2) |
17.5 (63.5) |
15.6 (60.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 247.9 (9.76) |
154.2 (6.07) |
138.1 (5.44) |
59.2 (2.33) |
49.1 (1.93) |
20.9 (0.82) |
21.7 (0.85) |
17.1 (0.67) |
61.2 (2.41) |
97.9 (3.85) |
156.3 (6.15) |
207.8 (8.18) |
1,231.4 (48.48) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 15 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 96 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 76.9 | 75.6 | 78.9 | 78.2 | 78.3 | 77.4 | 75.8 | 71.3 | 72.5 | 72.6 | 75.4 | 77.4 | 75.9 |
| Source: Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ IBGE 2020
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
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- ^ Parque Estadual da Serra da Concórdia (in Portuguese), Inea: Instituto Estadual do Ambiente, retrieved 2017-01-18
- ^ "Normais Climatológicas Do Brasil 1981–2010" (in Portuguese). Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
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