Guarapari
Guarapari on the map of Espírito Santo
Guarapari is a Brazilian coastal city in the state of Espírito Santo with about 105,000 inhabitants in an area of 592 km ². Guarapari is known as a seaside resort and as a destination for divers. In the borough is the nature reserve Setiba, which is important for the local turtles and bird population.
Geography
Guarapari is located about 50 kilometers south of Vitória, the capital of the state. From Rio de Janeiro is about 500 kilometers away.
In the surroundings, resorts Ubu, Castelhanos, Anchieta, Iriri, Marataízes and Meaípe lie.
History
Since the construction of a chapel in honor of Santa Ana by Jesuit missionaries to José de Anchieta in 1585 there exists the settlement Aldeia de Santa Maria de Guaraparim. Guarapari in 1679 to the place in 1891 to the city.
In the 1930s, tourism began. In the 1990s, the city has changed a lot through tourism, skyscrapers today define the image.
Radioactivity of the beaches
Exceptional is the high natural radioactivity of the beaches, which is among one of the highest levels of natural radiation worldwide. It is caused by occuring in thorium-containing monazite sand black. The energy equivalent dose is in the city of about 0.1 to 0.4 μGy / h, corresponding to 0.9 to 3.5 mGy per year, with hotspots with values up to 15.0μGy / h in Guarapari and up to 32μGy / h measured on beaches in neighboring Meiape were.
Despite, or rather because of high radiation exposure, the city is nicknamed Cidade saude, translated: City of Health. By staying at the radioactive beaches are said to have healing properties.