Tefé
Municipality of Amazonas, Brazil
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::summary Municipality of Amazonas, Brazil ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Tefé, Amazonas, Brasil |
| settlement_type | Municipality |
| official_name | Municipality of Tefé |
| nickname | Princesinha do Rio Solimões (* Princess of the Solimões River * in Portuguese) |
| image_skyline | Reserva de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Mamirauá e Amanã (51125990637).jpg |
| image_caption | Tefé, Brazil |
| image_flag | Flag of Tefé (Amazonas).svg |
| image_seal | Brasão de Tefé – AM.svg |
| image_map | Amazonas Municip Tefe.svg |
| mapsize | 250px |
| map_caption | Location in Tefé, Amazonas |
| pushpin_map | Brazil |
| pushpin_label_position | bottom |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location in Brazil |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_type1 | Region |
| subdivision_type2 | State |
| subdivision_name | Brazil |
| subdivision_name1 | North |
| subdivision_name2 | [[File:Bandeira do Amazonas.svg |
| leader_title | Mayor |
| leader_name | Nicson Marreira |
| established_title | Founded |
| established_date | 1759 |
| area_total_km2 | 23704.426 |
| population_as_of | 2020 |
| population_total | 59,547 |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| timezone | AMT |
| utc_offset | −4 |
| coordinates | |
| elevation_m | 75 |
| blank_name | Demonym |
| blank_info | tefeense |
| :: |
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Tefé, known in early accounts as Teffé, is a municipality in the state of Amazonas, northern Brazil.
History
As early as 1620 the Portuguese Carmelites could already boast of converts among the Muras, those natives of the Amazon established around Lake Teffé and on the borders of the neighbouring rivers. Tefé, also called Ega at one time, was the fourth of eight aldeias founded by Carmelite missionaries between 1697 and 1751 along the Solimões and Negro Rivers. In 1759 the commandant Joaquim de Mello da Povoas converted the Carmelite mission on Lake Tefé into a town, which he named Ega; it was elevated to a city named Tefé in 1855 (but was known as Tefé before that time). The mission, called Parauarí, was originally established on Ilha dos Veados three leagues from the location on the opposite shore of Lake Tefe, called today by the name of Nogueira. It was abandoned due to a smallpox outbreak in the early 18th century and moved across the lake, where it remains today. The survivors were taken to its present site by F. Andre da Costa in 1817.
Henry W. Bates also describes in detail the cultural interactions of the natives with those in the town from his trip in the 1850s. He describes that the natives learned Tupi very quickly, and despite having a very large and diverse array of languages spoken all around the Amazon, Tupi was spoken "with little corruption along the banks of the main Amazons for a distance of 2,500 miles."
In 1910, an apostolic prefecture, the current Prelature of Teffe, was founded by priests of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit.
Geography
Tefé is located about 525 km by air or 595 km by river to the west of Manaus on the south bank of the Rio Solimões (the upper Amazon), on the lake formed by the mouth of the Tefé River. The nearest large city is Coari, 192 km SE by east of Tefé.
The municipal seat of Tefé is the largest town and commercial center of the middle Solimões region. Its population was 59,547 evenly divided between urban and rural, and its area is 23704 km2. There are no roads into Tefé and the only access is by river boat or plane. By fast boat it is about 12 hours from Manaus. Azul Linhas Aereas and Voepass operate flights from Manaus to Tefé Airport.
The city is the home of the Territorial Prelature of Tefé. Tefé is also the major starting point for trips into the Mamiraua Reserve.
The municipality is in the Juruá-Purus moist forests ecoregion.{{citation |title=South America: Amazon Basin, northwestern Brazil (NT0133) |last=Sears|first=Robin |publisher=WWF: World Wildlife Fund |url=http://www.worldwildlife.org/ecoregions/nt0133|access-date=2017-03-28}} It contains 46% of the Tefé National Forest, created in 1989.{{citation|ref=|language=pt |title=FLONA de Tefé|publisher=ISA: Instituto Socioambiental |url=https://uc.socioambiental.org/uc/6656|access-date=2016-10-19}} The municipality contains 33.85% of the 217486 ha Catuá-Ipixuna Extractive Reserve, established in 2003 as the first extractive reserve in the state of Amazonas.{{citation|ref=|language=pt |title=RESEX Catuá-Ipixuna|publisher=ISA: Instituto Socioambiental |url=https://uc.socioambiental.org/en/uc/1686|access-date=2016-08-30}}
Climate
|location = Tefé (1981–2010, extremes 1969–present) |metric first = yes |single line = yes |width = auto |Jan record high C = 37.4 |Feb record high C = 39.7 |Mar record high C = 37.2 |Apr record high C = 36.4 |May record high C = 36.0 |Jun record high C = 36.8 |Jul record high C = 37.4 |Aug record high C = 37.6 |Sep record high C = 38.6 |Oct record high C = 38.2 |Nov record high C = 37.6 |Dec record high C = 37.6 |year record high C = 39.7 |Jan high C = 32.1 |Feb high C = 32.1 |Mar high C = 32.3 |Apr high C = 32.1 |May high C = 31.7 |Jun high C = 31.7 |Jul high C = 32.2 |Aug high C = 33.0 |Sep high C = 33.4 |Oct high C = 33.3 |Nov high C = 32.8 |Dec high C = 32.5 |year high C = 32.4 |Jan mean C = 26.6 |Feb mean C = 26.5 |Mar mean C = 26.7 |Apr mean C = 26.7 |May mean C = 26.5 |Jun mean C = 26.3 |Jul mean C = 26.4 |Aug mean C = 27.0 |Sep mean C = 27.3 |Oct mean C = 27.1 |Nov mean C = 27.1 |Dec mean C = 26.8 |year mean C = 26.8 |Jan low C = 22.6 |Feb low C = 22.6 |Mar low C = 22.5 |Apr low C = 22.7 |May low C = 22.7 |Jun low C = 22.1 |Jul low C = 21.9 |Aug low C = 22.2 |Sep low C = 22.3 |Oct low C = 22.5 |Nov low C = 22.7 |Dec low C = 22.6 |year low C = 22.5 |Jan record low C = 18.0 |Feb record low C = 15.8 |Mar record low C = 18.2 |Apr record low C = 18.9 |May record low C = 18.4 |Jun record low C = 14.6 |Jul record low C = 14.9 |Aug record low C = 15.4 |Sep record low C = 18.8 |Oct record low C = 19.4 |Nov record low C = 18.8 |Dec record low C = 19.0 |year record low C = 14.6 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 274.2 |Feb precipitation mm = 247.1 |Mar precipitation mm = 306.5 |Apr precipitation mm = 297.1 |May precipitation mm = 254.3 |Jun precipitation mm = 158.2 |Jul precipitation mm = 120.5 |Aug precipitation mm = 96.4 |Sep precipitation mm = 132.9 |Oct precipitation mm = 160.3 |Nov precipitation mm = 181.0 |Dec precipitation mm = 217.2 |year precipitation mm = 2445.7 |unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm |Jan precipitation days = 18 |Feb precipitation days = 17 |Mar precipitation days = 18 |Apr precipitation days = 19 |May precipitation days = 17 |Jun precipitation days = 14 |Jul precipitation days = 11 |Aug precipitation days = 9 |Sep precipitation days = 11 |Oct precipitation days = 12 |Nov precipitation days = 13 |Dec precipitation days = 16 |year precipitation days = |Jan humidity = 90.0 |Feb humidity = 89.0 |Mar humidity = 89.4 |Apr humidity = 89.9 |May humidity = 90.8 |Jun humidity = 89.0 |Jul humidity = 88.1 |Aug humidity = 86.8 |Sep humidity = 86.6 |Oct humidity = 87.5 |Nov humidity = 88.2 |Dec humidity = 89.2 |year humidity = 88.7 |Jan sun = 140.2 |Feb sun = 112.3 |Mar sun = 127.5 |Apr sun = 125.2 |May sun = 130.9 |Jun sun = 142.5 |Jul sun = 181.0 |Aug sun = 191.8 |Sep sun = 180.2 |Oct sun = 170.3 |Nov sun = 148.3 |Dec sun = 140.9 |year sun = 1791.1 |source 1 = Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia{{cite web | url = http://www.inmet.gov.br/portal/index.php?r=clima/normaisclimatologicas | title = Normais Climatológicas Do Brasil 1981–2010 | publisher = Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia | language = pt | access-date = 4 November 2018 | archive-date = 22 September 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190922133747/http://www.inmet.gov.br/portal/index.php?r=clima%2Fnormaisclimatologicas | url-status = dead |source 2 = Meteo Climat (record highs and lows) | url = http://meteo-climat-bzh.dyndns.org/station-1458-Tefe.php | title = Station Tefe | publisher = Meteo Climat |language = fr | access-date = 4 November 2018}}
References
Notes
References
- de Magalhães Lima-Ayres, Deborah. (1992). "The Social Category Caboclo.".
- (1875). "The Naturalist on the River Amazons: A Record of Adventures, Habits of Animals, Sketches of Brazilian and Indian Life, and Aspects of Nature Under the Equator, During Eleven Years of Travel". J. Murray.
- [https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/am/tefe/panorama IBGE 2020]
- [[Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. IBGE]] - [http://www.ibge.gov.br/cidadesat/default.php]
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