Paragominas

History

The city was founded in In the 1950s, the colonization of the municipality of Paragominas was effected by people, who arrived in the region, before the construction of the Belém - Brasilia highway. In 1958, precisely with the pioneer Ariston Alves da Silva, when he crossed the Capim basin and established first plantation of Rice. On April 12, 2018, a storm of unprecedented proportions occurred in the city, in just one hour it rained 110 millimeters, causing flooding in several neighborhoods of the city and on state highways. The storm caused the death of two children who were dragged by the force of the waters and a woman died days later because she ingested too much contaminated water. This flooding left several people without homes.

Geography

Paragominas is located in the Região Geográfica Imediata de Paragominas (one of the 5 immediate regions that make up the Região Geográfica Intermediária de Castanhal.) The city has a tropical climate according to Köppen-Geiger. The average temperature is 26.6 °C. Average annual precipitation is 1805 mm. {| class="wikitable" |- align="center" | style="height:15px" | | style="width:45px" | Jan | style="width:45px" | Feb | style="width:45px" | Mar | style="width:45px" | Apr | style="width:45px" | May | style="width:45px" | Jun | style="width:45px" | Jul | style="width:45px" | Aug | style="width:45px" | Sep | style="width:45px" | Oct | style="width:45px" | Nov | style="width:45px" | Dec | style="border-left: 6px solid #E5E5E5; border-right: 3px solid #E5E5E5;" | | style="width:45px" | |- align="center" | style="height:20px; text-align:left;" | Temperature (°C) | style="background: #FFFFFF;" | 26.3 | style="background: #FFFFFF;" | 26.3 | style="background: #FFFF99;" | 26.3 | style="background: #FFCC66;" | 26.6 | style="background: #FFA500;" | 26.5 | style="background: #FFA500;" | 26.3 | style="background: #FF8C00;" | 26.5 | style="background: #FFA500;" | 26.8 | style="background: #FFA500;" | 26.9 | style="background: #FFCC66;" | 27.1 | style="background: #FFFF99;" | 27.2 | style="background: #FFFFFF;" | 26.9 | style="border-left: 6px solid #E5E5E5; border-right: 3px solid #E5E5E5; font-size: 110%" | Ø | style="background: #FFCC66;" | 26.6 |- align="center" | style="height:20px; text-align:left;" | Precipitation ( mm ) | style="background: #CFE8FF;" | 240 | style="background: #CFE8FF;" | 316 | style="background: #B9D3FF;" | 391 | style="background: #CFE8FF;" | 304 | style="background: #6495ED;" | 149 | style="background: #6495ED;" | 66 | style="background:…

Most-observed species

• Silver-beaked Tanager

  Ramphocelus carbo (Pallas, 1764) · Aves
  24
• Pale-breasted Thrush

  Turdus leucomelas Vieillot, 1818 · Aves
  13
• Blue-gray Tanager

  Thraupis episcopus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  12
• Palm Tanager

  Thraupis palmarum (Wied-Neuwied, 1821) · Aves
  12
• Reddish Hermit

  Phaethornis ruber (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  10
• White-throated Toucan

  Ramphastos tucanus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  10
• Piratic Flycatcher

  Legatus leucophaius (Vieillot, 1818) · Aves
  10
• Slate-headed Tody-Flycatcher

  Poecilotriccus sylvia (Desmarest, 1806) · Aves
  10