
Boa Vista is the capital and the most populous municipal district of the Brazilian state of Roraima. Concentrating two thirds of the roraimenses approximately, he/she locates in the right margin of Rio Branco. It is the only Brazilian capital totally located above the line of Ecuador. Modern, the city stands out among the capitals of the North Area of Brazil for the organized urban plan in a radial way, drifted by architect Darci Aleixo Deregusson, reminding a fan, in allusion to the streets of Paris, in France. It was built in captain Ene Garcez's government, the first governor that Roraima had. The main avenues of the city converge for the Square of the Civic Center, where they concentrate the headquarters of the
three powers (Legislative, Judiciary and Executive). Besides cultural points (theaters and palaces), hotels, banks, mail and religious cathedrals. It is typically a city administrative and he/she concentrates all the state services. History THE municipío of Boa Vista formed the first povoamento characteristically urban of the state of Roraima. Strong São Joaquim (located to 32 km of the capital), founded in 1775, he/she gave considerable importance to the area. It was founded in the century XIX, 1830 for Magalhães' captain Inácio Lopes. He/she originated from one of the countless located cattle farms along the rivers that copõem the basin of the White belonging to the then county " São José of Rio Negro ", current Amazonas. In 1858 the povoação the villa category was elevated, with the name of Freguesia of Our Lady of Carmo of Rio Branco and on July 9, 1890 the freguesia was elevated to the category of headquarters of a new denominated municipal district Boa Vista of Rio Branco (created then by the governor amazonenese, Augusto Villeroy), that he/she started to witness an adult and faster growth thanks to the construction of the so wanted BR-174 tying it Manaus, the provincial capital (although its exponential growth only has if begun in the middle of 1970). Capital In full Second World War, in 1943, became the recently-servant's Federal Territory from Rio Branco capital and it tried yours I supply of growth due to the claim. The then Federal Territory of Rio Branco was elevated later at the state category and times he/she passed calling her Federal Territory of Roraima and, still then, Roraima ". Later the claim with machines was prohibited (for too many damages to the nature), what harmed the state and municipal economy. Emancipations When the city belonged to Amazonas, the territory of the municipal district occupied the whole area corresponding to the current state of Roraima. Later on it was divided in two municipal districts, with the appearance of Catrimani (that never out installed). Other municipal districts went being emancipated and Boa Vista started to occupy its current territory. Demographic growth In the beginning, the natives were the only inhabitants. From middles of 1970), however, Boa Vista has one of the higher growth rates among the Brazilian capitals, approximately 3% a year. If before the claim was important, now the one that more attracts immigrants is the employments generated by public competitions, on the part of the Brazilians, and, trade in general on the part of guianenses, Venezuelans, Bolivian etc. For character comparatório, in 1950 Boa Vista it counted with approximately 5.200 inhabitants. That number was multiplied by 46,6 in just 55 years, passing, in 2005 to have about 242 thousand inhabitants. Architecture and urbanization neoclassical Style The oldest areas of Boa Vista (especially located to the margins of the White river, in the bass Center) they possess a characteristic architecture of the style of the end of the century XIX and beginning of the century XX: the neoclassicist, inspired by the Roman and Greek forms of the antiquity. A work example belonging to this style it is Prelazia. It was built in 1907 and it worked as a hospital attended by monks beneditinos, between 1924 and 1944. In the decade of 1950 (in 1950) he/she became the state government's headquarters. Urbanization Boa Vista possesses a modern plane urbanístico. It is a planned city, and in the Center it is disposed in radial format, giving the appearance of a fan. This beautiful plan is considered, for some, the most harmonious among the Brazilian northern capitas THE first mayor of the municipal district was João Capistrano of Silva Mota (more well-known as Colonel Mota). The first aldermen were José Francisco Coelho and José Gonzaga of Souza Júnior. Ottomar of Souza Pinto went mayor from 1996 to 2000. In the period 2001-2004, the city hall was occupied by Maria Teresa S. S. Jucá, of PSDB, chosen with 44,37% of the 81.352 valid votes, winning Ottomar of Souza Pinto (PTB), that obtained 29,96%. It was reeleita, in 2004, by PPS. On March 31, 2006, Teresa Jucá gives up its mandate for if candidatar to the Senate. Its vice, Iradilson Sampaio, assumes. Geography Boa Vista locates in the center-oriental portion of the State, in the microrregião of Boa Vista, mesorregião of the North of Roraima. With an area of 5.117,9 Km² (that corresponds to at 2,54% of the state), it is limited with Pacaraima to north, Normandia to northeast, Bonfim to east, Cantá to southeast, Mucajaí to Southwest, High Cheerful to west and Amajari to northwest. They are areas índigenas 1.447,35 Km² of the municipal district (what corresponds to at 25,33% of the total territory). Climate just Happens two very defined stations: the winter and the summer; the autumn and the spring practically are not noticed. Boa Vista meets in the Tropical Climatic Zone; its climate is tropical humid, Aw in the classification of the climate of Köppen. Its annual medium precipitation is of 1.750 mm. The temperature varies from 21ºC to 36,6ºC, being the lowest in July. Its medium temperature is of about 27th annual C, being of 75% its average of the relative humidity of the air. Relief is almost a plane municipal district in its totality, what favors its organization status. 10% of its lands just possess a small inclination (included the areas of plain fluvial inundável). The main soils found in Boa Vista are: Latossolo yellow Sands Quartzosa Hidromórfica Litólicos Dark Red Latossolo it Sands Quartzosa Solos Grizzly Hidromórficos Red-yellow Latossolo Hidrografia The main rivers that compose its hidrografia they are the White, Tacutu, Uraricoera, Amajari and Cauamé (that originated the name of a neighborhood). The basin of the White river possesses a regime hidrográfico (it possesses a period of full and another of drought). In the one of full, of the months of March to September, close located areas to the margin and the ciliary forest be flood (especially the slum Beiral); in the drought period, the waters lower, decreasing the navigability of the bass White river. Culture Band in presentation in one of the nuclei of rock.A culture in Boa Vista is mainly indigenous and native of northeastern Brazil. That prevalence is going from the musical tastes (the forró is the heard gender) until the craft. However, cultural nuclei exist, typical of the great métropoles of the country, spread by the city, for private and public initiative; a nucleus of MPB, for example, meets in the Orla Taumanam, at night. Another rock nucleus and heavy metal has in the Social Service of the Trade (SESC) - Roraima, where it happens mensalmente the Espaço Rock SESC, gathering bands and local covers. Tourism Exit for Orla Taumanan's Platform 1, to the fund the Monument to the Pioneers. See of the Platform 1 retreat of the Platform 2. Church of San Francisco. Ultra-light on the White river. Monument of the Pirâmide.O tourism is still more frequent in the interior (the ecoturismo), but in capital Boa Vista he begins developing. Boa Vista has been winning hundreds of plates of tourist sinalização. Plants of the city are also being implanted by squares and avenues with its best options. The emplacamento follows the international patterns. Among the tourist points, they stand out: it Borders Taumanan: I space on Rio Branco with snack bars, restaurants, spaces for walk and rest, every night successes of MPB are played live gratuitously. It is quite florid, ventilated and it possesses a magnificent view for the White river. Complex Poliesportivo Ayrton Senna: it occupies several blocks, it possesses snack bars, infantile parks, tennis blocks, living room soccer, soccer of sand, beach volleyball, basketball blocks and other sports. Square of the Waters: it possesses source and waters with tones of different color that react with the syntony of the music that plays in acoustic boxes included below the banks (I enclose to the Sporting Complex Ayrton Senna). Portal of the Millennium: monument placed in the Square of the Waters built at the end of the second millennium, is a beautiful monument and it attracts a lot of people. Center of Craft, Tourism and Generation of Renda Velia Coutinho: a place for prestigiar and to buy the craft Roraimense (besides the Native), very beautiful and well care, the Tourist Complex also counts with a space for shows and that every night offers free classes of gymnastics. It also possesses restaurants and snack bars (I enclose to the Square of the Waters). Square of the Arts: it leaves of the Complex of Squares of the Avenida Ene Garcez, it gathers spaces for commercialization of regional foods, craft sale, stage for shows and infantile lazer. Square of the Civic Center: " the heart of the city ", " the center of the Center ". It possesses a lot of trees and several commercial kiosks, besides several squares and sporting blocks. Monument to Garimpeiro: done in honor to the garimpeiros that you/they developed Roraima at that time in that the claim with machines was allowed in the state. It is in the Square of the Civic Center, where the first track of landing of the city was built. Cathedral Cristo Redentor: it possesses a modern architecture, being one of the main religious temples of the municipal district. Main church Our Lady of Carmo: the first church of the state; it is being recuperated. Palace of the Cultura Nenê Macaggi: beautiful and rich in culture, there he/she meets the main and larger public library of the state. Olympic villa: the Olympic Villa is in a strategic point of the periphery. With gyms, blocks of several sports as athletics and futsal, are one of the most modern of the area and it is open to the public with free classes. Gym Totozão: main gym of the state, possesses block poliesportiva, great bleachers, pool and soccer field. Park Anauá: larger park of the Brazilian North Area, possesses a modern covered space for shows, the largest track of bicicross of the North area, a kart track, amphitheater, museum, infantile parks, recently-reformed public aquatic park, I space for airplane modeling, restaurants, snack bars, lake, sources and schools.

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