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Summary about Boa Vista
Boa Vista is the capital of the state of Roraima, in the northern region of Brazil.
It is a planned city whose initial settlement came from a farm.
It is the only Brazilian capital in the Northern Hemisphere.
Inserted in the Amazon biome, it has a humid tropical climate and relief that varies from flat to gently undulating.
It is the most populous city in Roraima, with 419,652 inhabitants.
It stands out for its indigenous population, which represents 3% of its inhabitants, and for the large presence of Venezuelan immigrants.
Boa Vista's GDP is R$ 10 billion, which makes it the largest and main economy in Roraima.
The tertiary sector is the main generator of income for the municipality.
Among the tourist and leisure points of Boa Vista is the Orla de Taumanan, on the banks of the Branco river.
General data of Boa Vista
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Location
Parents: Brazil
Federative unit: Roraima
Intermediate region[1]: Good view
Immediate region[1]: Good view
Metropolitan region: Metropolitan Region of Boa Vista, formed by the following municipalities: Boa Vista, Alto Alegre, Mucajaí, Bonfim, Cantá.
Bordering municipalities: Alto Alegre, Mucajaí, Bonfim, Cantá, Amajari, Pacaraima, Normandy.
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geography
Total area: 5687.037 km² (IBGE, 2020)
Total population: 419,652 inhabitants (IBGE, 2020)
Density: 49.99 inhab./km² (IBGE, 2010)
Climate: wet tropical
Altitude: 85 meters
Time zone: GMT -4
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Historic
Foundation: July 9, 1890
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Boa Vista geography
Boa Vista is a Brazilian municipality and capital of the state of Roraima, the northernmost federative unit in the country. The city of Boa Vista is the only capital of Brazil located in the Northern Hemisphere, since the equator line, parallel that divides the Earth into two hemispheres, crosses the south of Roraima. Its area is approximately 5687 km² or 2.54% of the entire Roraima area. It borders seven other municipalities:
Pacaraima, to the north
Normandy, northeast
bonfim, east
Canta, southeast
Mucajai, southwest
Alto Alegre, to the west
Amajari, northwest
Since 2007, the capital of Roraima forms the Metropolitan Region of Boa Vista, comprising a group of five municipalities. Let's see below the main physiographic characteristics of the city of Boa Vista.
Boa Vista climate
The prevailing climate in Boa Vista is the Twet tropical, characterized by high temperatures throughout the year, with low thermal amplitude, as well as winters rainy and summers dry. The rains are concentrated between the months of April/May and August, and annually add up to a volume of around 1700 mm. Temperatures vary between 23 ºC and 34 ºC, with maximum temperatures that can exceed 40 ºC.
Boa Vista relief
According to the classification of Aziz Ab’Sáber, Boa Vista is in the domain of the Guyana Plateau. Located at 85 meters above sea level, the capital of Roraima is marked by terrain that varies from flat to gently undulating. The city is 265 km from the highest point in the state, Mount Roraima.
Vegetation of Boa Vista
The city of Boa Vista is included in the biome Amazon. Its vegetation cover, however, is predominantly composed of plowed fields, as the savannah is known. or Campo Roraima, a formation that is divided between the Brazilian, Venezuelan and Guyana.|1|
Boa Vista Hydrography
The city of Boa Vista is located on the right bank of the rio Branco, the main watercourse that bathes the capital of Roraima. The city's hydrographic network is also made up of numerous lakes, lakes and streams.
Boa Vista map
Boa Vista Demographics
Boa Vista has 419,652 inhabitants, according to the information of the IBGE for the year 2020. It is the largest population contingent in the state of Roraima, representing a share of 66.48% of all those living in that unit of the federation. Still, Boa Vista is the third least populous capital in the North region, second only to Palmas (TO) and White River (B.C). In the population ranking of capitals, the city is in 24th place.
The capital is more densely populated than the state of Rondônia., which has two inhab./km². In Boa Vista, this indicator is 49.99 inhab./km². The last Census also indicated that 97.7% of the population lives in households in the urban area, while the rural area was composed of 2.3% of the residents of Boa Vista.
With regard to population composition, Boa Vista stands out among the state headquarters for the proportion of people who declare themselves indigenous, which, in 2010, was 3.01%. Browns represented 64.37% of the city's residents, whites were 24.75%, blacks 6.23%, and yellows accounted for 1.04%.
The capital of Roraima also has a significant contingent of migrants, especially Venezuelans who flocked to Brazil from 2015 onwards. Between 2018 and 2019, Unicef estimated that there were at least 32,000 Venezuelans living in Boa Vista.
See too: Causes and consequences of Venezuelan immigration to Brazil
Geographical division of Boa Vista
The city of Boa Vista is made up of 56 districts. These units are divided into four different urban areas, which were named according to their location in space. Are they:
North Zone
South Zone
East zone
West Zone
Boa Vista Economy
Boa Vista has the main and largest economy in the state of Roraima. According to the IBGE, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the capital is R$ 10 billion, an amount that represents almost 75% of the state's wealth. On a national scale, Boa Vista ranks as the 103rd richest city in Brazil.
Following a pattern observed in the vast majority of Brazilian municipalities, O tertiary sector is responsible for the largest portion of the GDP of the capital of Roraima. This segment accounts for 45.20% of the wealth generated in the municipality, a value that disregards the public administration, which, in the case in question, plays a central role in the composition of the economy. of Boa Vista. Thus, in addition, of course, to public services, commerce and the provision of services in general make up the group of main income generators for the capital of Roraima.
O secondary sector, composed of industrial activity, accounts for a portion of 13.01%. The city houses an industrial district, which concentrates the main companies installed in it. Agriculture, in turn, accounts for only 1.02% of GDP, with emphasis on the production of rice and soy, vegetal extraction and fishing.
Boa Vista government
The government of the municipality of Boa Vista is of the representative democratic type. Under this system, Boa Vistas have the right to elect their representatives through municipal elections, held every four years. O Mayor is the head of FOROder ANDmunicipal executive. The Legislative Power is represented by the City Council, which is composed of 21 councilors.
Boa Vista is the capital of Roraima and, therefore, houses the official seat of the state government. This is in the Senador Hélio Campos Palace, located in the Praça do Centro Cívico.
Boa Vista Infrastructure
The city of Boa Vista has the largest contingent of its population living in an urbanized area. Still, the information from IBGE indicate some structural problems in the capital of Roraima. One of them is access to adequate sewerage, which covers 54.1% of Boa Vista households. Houses on public roads equipped with paving, sidewalks and manholes totaled 4.3%. Many more houses were connected to the water network than we have seen so far, totaling 96%, and electricity reached 99.6% of households.
Despite the presence of the Branco river, its stretches that are more favorable to navigation do not directly include the capital. There is, however, tourist river navigation from the edge of Taumanan and also for economic purposes, such as fishing. Many highways that cross the state communicate with neighboring countries, which are the Guyana and the Venezuela, in addition, of course, to the connection between Boa Vista and other regions of Brazil. The city is home to Roraima's main airport, which is the Boa Vista International Airport.
culture of Boa Vista
As the northernmost capital of Brazil and part of the Amazon, the capital of Roraima has a rich culture with many indigenous and migrant cultural influences from other Brazilian regions and from neighboring countries that live there.
The city has several areas and cultural establishments that attract visitors, some of them newly created, such as the Edileusa Lóz Viewpoint, inaugurated in 2020 and which has become one of the main landscape elements of Boa Vista. Another tourist spot and meeting and leisure place for residents is the Taumanan shore, on the banks of the Branco river. Next to it is the forbig streak, one of the river beaches in the capital of Roraima.
Several buildings and monuments recount the history of Boa Vista. The oldest house in the city was built in 1888, and is now a Historic Landmark. Also noteworthy are the Prelature building and the parish church of Nossa Senhora do Carmo. The city plan itself is an important landscape and historical element. Its fan shape was inspired by the urban model of garden cities|2|, and a trace of it remains until today.
![Boa Vista has a radial shape inspired by the garden city concept.[1]](/f/a3ec6b62e7ff1c52ef5487bb30a91591.jpg)
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Boa Vista Story
The nucleus that gave rise to the city of Boa Vista was a farm dedicated to raising cattle, which differs greatly from other settlements in the North of Brazil, which emerged as a result of the advance of extractive activities. The parish of Nossa Senhora do Carmo was formed around this farm, which was elevated to the status of a village in the year 1890, under the name of village of Boa Vista do Rio Branco, through a decree. Almost three decades later, Boa Vista officially became a city.
In 1943, the Federal Territory of Rio Branco was created, which corresponds to Roraima. At that time, Boa Vista joined the new area and becomes its capital. Livestock activity declined in the region in the mid-twentieth century, and mining led to a rapid process of population growth in Rio Branco, between the 1970s and 1980s, mainly through migratory currents heading to Roraima and other regions in the North of the parents. Boa Vista today has nearly 420,000 inhabitants, being the largest city in the state and its main economic and political center.
Grades
|1| BIRTH, C. H.; LINS, J. W. A. Carved: the invisible landscape. Paisagens Híbridas Magazine – Amazon, Cities and Gardens, UFRJ, v. 1, no. 2, 2018, p. 136-155. Available on here. Accessed on July 21 2021.
|2| BELT, Luan Guilherme. Architect dispels the myth that Capital was designed with inspiration from Paris. Boa Vista Leaf, 07 Dec. 2012. Available on here.
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By Paloma Guitarrara
geography teacher
