Japaratinga is a municipality

Municipality

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 located in the Brazilian state of Alagoas

Alagoas

Alagoas is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil and is situated in the eastern part of the Northeast Region. It borders: Pernambuco ; Sergipe ; Bahia ; and the Atlantic Ocean . It occupies an area of 27,767 km², being slightly larger than Haiti...

. Its population is 6,727 (2005) and its area is 86 km².

Climate

Japaratinga has a Tropical forest. Rainforests are characterized by high rainfall, with definitions setting minimum normal annual rainfall between 2,000 mm (about 78 inches or 2 meters) and 1700 mm (about 67 inches). The soil can be poor because high rainfall tends to leach out soluble nutrients. There are several common characteristics of tropical rainforest trees. Tropical rainforest species frequently possess one or more of the following attributes not commonly seen in trees of higher latitudes or trees in drier conditions on the same latitude.

Demographics

As of the census of 2005, there were around 6.727 people, living in Japaratinga city. According to the census 2005, the racial makeup of the city was majority White

White people

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 and Mixed

Mixed

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; minority Black

Black

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 or African American

African American

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. People of Portuguese

Portuguese people

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, Italian

Italian people

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, Spanish

Spanish people

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, French

French people

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, American

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 and English

English people

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descent form the largest ethnic groups in the city.

Economy

Japaratinga has a number of Hotels and Pousadas (small hotels). Tourism is the most important economic activity in the city, because.