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Paulo Afonso | |
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Municipality | |
| The Municipality of Paulo Afonso | |
 Flag  Seal | |
 Location in Bahia | |
  Paulo Afonso Location of Paulo Afonso | |
| Coordinates:9°24′00″S38°13′30″W / 9.40000°S 38.22500°W /-9.40000; -38.22500 | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Region | Northeast |
| State |  Bahia |
| Founded | 1958 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Luiz de Deus (PSD) |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,545.192 km2 (596.602 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 243 m (797 ft) |
| Population (2020 est.[2]) | |
• Total | 118,516 |
| • Density | 76.6999/km2 (198.652/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
| HDI (2010) | 0.674 –medium[3] |
Paulo Afonso is a city inBahia,Brazil. It was founded in 1958.
The city is the seat of theRoman Catholic Diocese of Paulo Afonso.The city is served byPaulo Afonso Airport.
The municipality contains part of theRaso da Catarina ecoregion.[4]The municipality holds part of the 26,736 hectares (66,070 acres)Rio São Francisco Natural Monument, which protects the spectacular canyons of theSão Francisco River between thePaulo Afonso Hydroelectric Complex and theXingó Dam.[5]It contains part of the 104,842 hectares (259,070 acres)Raso da Catarina Ecological Station, created in 2001.[6]
Paulo Afonso experiences a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Koppen climate classification system.
| Climate data for Paulo Afonso (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) | 34.4 (93.9) | 34.3 (93.7) | 33.7 (92.7) | 32.5 (90.5) | 30.7 (87.3) | 28.5 (83.3) | 27.9 (82.2) | 29.1 (84.4) | 31.7 (89.1) | 33.8 (92.8) | 34.8 (94.6) | 34.6 (94.3) | 32.2 (90.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 28.0 (82.4) | 28.0 (82.4) | 27.8 (82.0) | 26.9 (80.4) | 25.5 (77.9) | 23.7 (74.7) | 22.9 (73.2) | 23.3 (73.9) | 25.1 (77.2) | 26.8 (80.2) | 27.8 (82.0) | 28.0 (82.4) | 26.2 (79.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 23.1 (73.6) | 23.2 (73.8) | 23.2 (73.8) | 22.8 (73.0) | 21.9 (71.4) | 20.5 (68.9) | 19.5 (67.1) | 19.4 (66.9) | 20.3 (68.5) | 21.6 (70.9) | 22.5 (72.5) | 22.8 (73.0) | 21.7 (71.1) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 49.2 (1.94) | 38.3 (1.51) | 76.8 (3.02) | 75.3 (2.96) | 54.2 (2.13) | 62.6 (2.46) | 49.3 (1.94) | 29.0 (1.14) | 11.7 (0.46) | 17.1 (0.67) | 19.5 (0.77) | 30.0 (1.18) | 513.0 (20.20) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 1.0 mm) | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 66 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 58.7 | 59.6 | 63.2 | 67.7 | 73.4 | 78.7 | 77.7 | 72.7 | 63.6 | 58.9 | 56.1 | 57.1 | 65.6 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 256.0 | 232.2 | 236.3 | 222.6 | 195.3 | 151.5 | 167.9 | 194.0 | 236.6 | 271.7 | 273.7 | 267.0 | 2,704.8 |
| Source: Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia[7] | |||||||||||||
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