Vitória do Jari

Vitória do Jari
Beiradinho
Municipality
The Municipality of Vitória do Jari
Flag of Vitória do Jari
Flag
Official seal of Vitória do Jari
Seal
Nickname: 
"Beiradinho"
Location of Vitória do Jari in the State of Amapá
Location of Vitória do Jari in the State of Amapá
Coordinates: 0°55′45″S 52°25′35″W / 0.9293°S 52.4264°W / -0.9293; -52.4264
Country Brazil
RegionNorth
State Amapá
Founded8 September 1994
Government
 • MayorRaimundo de Alcimar Ney de Souza (PT)
Area
 • Total
2,509 km2 (969 sq mi)
Elevation
3 m (10 ft)
Population
 (2020)[1]
 • Total
16,254
 • Density6.5/km2 (17/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)
HDI (2000)0.659 – medium[2]

Vitória do Jari (Portuguese pronunciation: [viˈtɔɾi.ɐ du ʒaˈɾi]), (Jari's Victory) is a municipality located in the southernmost tip of the state of Amapá in Brazil. Its population is 16,254[3] and its area is 2,509 km2 (969 sq mi). Vitória do Jari has a population density of 5.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. The town is located on the Jari River on the other side of Munguba,[4] and was originally called Beiradinho.

History

Celulose plant in Munguba and Vitória do Jari on the Jari River (1995)

The town started as a shanty town for the Jari project. It was originally called Beiradinho.[5] People in the informal economy who worked in Munguba could not afford housing in the Munguba or Monte Dourado.[6] In 1994, the town was renamed Vitória do Jari and became an independent municipality.[5]

Geography

Nature

The municipality contains 17% of the 501,771 hectares (1,239,900 acres) Rio Cajari Extractive Reserve, created in 1990.[7]

Economy

The economy is based on agricultural with an emphasis on corn, bananas, and watermelons, and cattle and buffalo ranches.[8] CADAM, a kaolin mining company is a major employer in the region.[4]

Jarilândia

Jarilândia is the location where Gmelina arborea was planted on a large scale for the pulp industry as part of the Jari project. In 1969, planting began, but soon the trees failed to grow.[9] The project was cancelled in 1982.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Vitória do Jari" (in Portuguese). Brasília, Brazil: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística. 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  2. ^ [1] UNDP
  3. ^ IBGE 2020
  4. ^ a b "Vitória do Jari". Amapá Digital (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Informações da Comarca de Vitória do Jarí". Tribunal de Justiça do Estado do Amapá (in Portuguese). Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  6. ^ Neila Soares da Silva (2008). Like a Murure: Social Change in a Terra-Firme Community on the Amazon Estuary (PDF) (Thesis). University of Florida. p. 57.
  7. ^ RESEX do Rio Cajari (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 6 November 2016
  8. ^ "Vitória do Jari". Government of Amapá (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  9. ^ A. GREAVES (1979). "GMELINA – LARGE SCALE PLANTING, JARILANDIA, AMAZON BASIN". The Commonwealth Forestry Review. 4 (178): 267–269. JSTOR 42607638.
  10. ^ Pace, Eric (29 August 1992). "Daniel Ludwig, Billionaire Businessman, Dies at 95". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 April 2021.