Valença | |
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| Municipality of Valença | |
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 Location in Rio de Janeiro | |
| Coordinates:22°14′45″S43°42′00″W / 22.24583°S 43.70000°W /-22.24583; -43.70000 | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Region | Southeast |
| State |  Rio de Janeiro |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Fernando Graça (PP) |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,304.813 km2 (503.791 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 560 m (1,840 ft) |
| Population (2020)[1] | |
• Total | 76,869 |
| • Density | 58.912/km2 (152.58/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
| HDI (2010) | 0.738 –high[2] |
| Website | valenca |
Valença (Portuguese pronunciation:[vaˈlẽsɐ]) is amunicipality located in theBrazilian state ofRio de Janeiro. Its population was estimated at 76,869 in 2020 and its area is 1,305 square kilometres (504 sq mi).[3] The city is the seat of theRoman 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 andPentagna.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-hectare (14,710-acre)Serra da Concórdia State Park, created in 2002.[4]
| 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) |
| Averageprecipitation 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 |
| Averagerelative 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[5] | |||||||||||||
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