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Ilha Grande
Piauítown
Total population
9,274
Air quality index
Demographic figures from IBGE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Facts from Wikidata (CC0).
Overview
Set in Piauí, Brazil, Ilha Grande is recorded in open geodata as a small town. It is home to roughly 9,274 residents. Geographically it lies in the southern hemisphere at a equatorial latitude (-2.852°, -41.817°). The location receives about 2,137 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year and sunshine for roughly 84% of daylight hours. The latitude suggests hot and humid year-round with little seasonal temperature variation. Further detail — demographics, climate, nearby amenities and natural-hazard data — is compiled below from public open-data sources.
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History & geography
History
For almost a century, the Brazilian government declared the island off-limits, banning unauthorized entry, as it had contained an immigration quarantine station and, later, a maximum-security prison (Colônia Penal de Dois Rios, later known as Instituto Penal Cândido Mendes). The Cândido Mendes Penal Colony, which housed some of the most dangerous offenders in Brazil, was closed in 1994. On 1 January 2010, devastating mudslides killed at least 19 people on the island. On 5 July 2019, Ilha Grande and Paraty were inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus (Bechstein, 1793) · Aves51
- Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves48
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves40
- House SparrowPasser domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves34
- Scaled DoveColumbina squammata (R.Lesson, 1831) · Aves32
- Smooth-billed AniCrotophaga ani Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves27
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula (Molina, 1782) · Aves26
- Southern House-WrenTroglodytes musculus J.F.Naumann, 1823 · Aves25
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
Books about this place
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Events
Gallery
Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Ilha Grande, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.
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4.7 miPhotos via Wikimedia Commons — see each image page for license & attribution.
Official Identifiers
IBGE — Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics
- IBGE code
- 2204659
- UF
- PI
- Mesorregião
- Norte Piauiense
- Microrregião
- Litoral Piauiense
servicodados.ibge.gov.br
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikimedia Commons
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS)
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • IBGE — Brazilian national statistics, via servicodados.ibge.gov.br (official municipal code, UF, mesorregião, microrregião, region)
- • IBGE — Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics — servicodados.ibge.gov.br