Sousa
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Municipality
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Church catholic in Souza
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Flag 
Seal | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Region | Northeast |
| State | Paraíba |
| Mesoregion | Sertao Paraibana |
| Population
(2020 [1])
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| • Total | 69,723 |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
Sousa is a municipality in the stateofParaíba in the Northeast RegionofBrazil.[2][3][4][5]
It lies in the region called the Valley of the Dinosaurs, which contains a protected area containing dinosaur tracks.[6] The municipality established the Valley of the Dinosaurs Natural Monument, a fully protected area, in 2002.[7]
| Climate data for Sousa (São Gonçalo), Paraíba (1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 33.6 (92.5) |
32.6 (90.7) |
32.1 (89.8) |
31.6 (88.9) |
31.2 (88.2) |
31.3 (88.3) |
31.9 (89.4) |
33.2 (91.8) |
34.7 (94.5) |
35.4 (95.7) |
35.4 (95.7) |
34.7 (94.5) |
33.1 (91.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 27.0 (80.6) |
26.4 (79.5) |
26.1 (79.0) |
25.9 (78.6) |
25.6 (78.1) |
25.1 (77.2) |
25.5 (77.9) |
26.5 (79.7) |
27.6 (81.7) |
27.9 (82.2) |
28.2 (82.8) |
27.8 (82.0) |
26.6 (79.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22.3 (72.1) |
21.9 (71.4) |
22.0 (71.6) |
21.8 (71.2) |
21.0 (69.8) |
19.5 (67.1) |
19.2 (66.6) |
19.9 (67.8) |
20.9 (69.6) |
21.5 (70.7) |
22.1 (71.8) |
22.1 (71.8) |
21.2 (70.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 163.2 (6.43) |
163.5 (6.44) |
252.9 (9.96) |
181.4 (7.14) |
124.4 (4.90) |
37.8 (1.49) |
21.0 (0.83) |
10.7 (0.42) |
2.0 (0.08) |
9.9 (0.39) |
12.2 (0.48) |
71.2 (2.80) |
1,050.2 (41.35) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 10 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 71 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 69.0 | 73.7 | 76.1 | 76.6 | 73.3 | 64.6 | 56.1 | 51.0 | 49.6 | 54.4 | 56.8 | 62.9 | 63.7 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 261.7 | 235.2 | 253.3 | 248.8 | 253.6 | 251.8 | 262.8 | 291.6 | 294.9 | 315.6 | 303.6 | 283.7 | 3,256.6 |
| Source: Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia[8] | |||||||||||||
Sousa Esporte Clube is the municipality's football club.
6°45′39″S 38°13′51″W / 6.76083°S 38.2308°W / -6.76083; -38.2308
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