São Gabriel da Cachoeira
São Gabriel da Cachoeira on the map of Brazil
São Gabriel da Cachoeira ( German about St. Gabriel of the waterfall ) is a municipality in the north west of the Brazilian state of Amazonas, 852 km away from the state capital Manaus. It borders Colombia and Venezuela. Much of the municipality is part of the National Park " Pico da Neblina " as well as reserves of the indigenous population of Brazil. The Church is Catholic bishopric.
After the appearance of the community on the map it is called Cabeça do Cachorro ( dog's head ).
As one of the largest municipalities in the country with an area of 109 185 km2 - larger than Austria - makes São Gabriel da Cachoeira about 1.3 % of the Brazilian territory from.
Demography
São Gabriel da Cachoeira is the municipality with the largest proportion of indigenous people in Brazil, nine out of ten residents are Indigenous. They belong to different indigenous tribes, including the Arapaço, Baniwa, Barasana, Baré Desana, Hupda, Karapanã, Kubeo, Kuripako, Makuna, Miriti - tapuya, Nadob, Pira - tapuya, Siriano, Tariano, Tucano, Tuyuka, Wanana, Werekena and Yanomami to. This makes São Gabriel da Cachoeira also to the municipality with the largest number of different indigenous ethnic groups in Brazil.
They live in more than 400 small indigenous communities, spread over the area in the village Iauaretê where the headquarters is located, and along the rivers that run through the area, including the Río Vaupés and the Rio Negro.
In a case präzendenzlosen Cachoeira were next to the Portuguese spoken by the majority of the population indigenous languages Nheengatu, Tucano and Baniwa recognized in 2002 as official languages in São Gabriel da. The experiences of the community with this multilingualism have already taken other communities in Brazil as a model.
Again, an indigenous mayor was elected for the first time in Brazil, 2008: Pedro Garcia, a Tariano.
In the 1990s the annual population growth rate was about 40 %. The IBGE estimated the population in 2009 to 41 885.
Mainly subsistence agriculture is operated, especially the cultivation of cassava, bananas, pineapples, avocados, sweet potatoes and lemons.
The municipality is classified due to its strategic location as a " field of national security." In its territory is a former fort, now the Second Jungle Infantry Brigade and the Fifth Battalion of Infantry of the Brazilian jungle army stationed in São Gabriel. Likewise, the 21 Companhia de Engenharia de Construção as well as a division of the airspace control here her seat
History
The village and fort of São Gabriel da Cachoeira were founded in 1761 by the Portuguese captain José da Silva Delgado. The legal status changed variously, 1991, the 100 - year celebration of political independence was committed.
From 1943 to 1966 the community was named " Uaupés ", after the Vaupés River. It was declared a field of national security in 1968.
Climate
The São Gabriel da Cachoeira lowest temperature ever recorded was 16.6 ° C, measured on 19 July 1975 the highest was measured on 22 September 2002. 39.0 ° C. On 30 May 1973, the highest rainfall was measured within 24 hours, 179.5 mm.