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==Geography== {{climate chart | Porto Seguro |22 |30 |88 |22 |30 |96 |22 |29 |118 |21 |28 |169 |20 |27 |159 |19 |26 |151 |18 |26 |176 |19 |27 |101 |20 |28 |131 |21 |28 |148 |22 |29 |143 |21 |29 |130 |float = right |clear = none |source = ''Weather to Travel''<ref>{{cite web|title=Porto Seguro Climate and Weather Averages, Brazil|url=http://www.weather2travel.com/climate-guides/brazil/porto-seguro.php|publisher=Weather to Travel|access-date=13 July 2013}}</ref> }} ===Climate=== The climate in Porto Seguro is warm, pleasant, and partly cloudy. Over the course of the year, the temperature typically varies from 19 °C lows (67 °F) to 29C highs (84 °F) and is rarely below 18 °C (65 °F) or above 31 °C (88 °F). The temperature in Porto Seguro varies so little throughout the year that it is not entirely meaningful to discuss hot and cold seasons. ===Subdivisions=== Porto Seguro is divided into five districts *Porto Seguro (city seat); *[[Arraial da Ajuda|Arraial d'Ajuda]]; *[[Caraíva]] *[[Trancoso, Bahia|Trancoso]] *[[Vale Verde (Bahia)|Vale Verde]] ===Conservation=== The municipality contains the {{convert|1151|ha}} [[Pau-Brasil Ecological Station (Bahia)|Pau-Brasil Ecological Station]], a fully protected conservation unit created in 1997 to protect a fragment of [[Atlantic Forest]], and specifically to protect Brazil wood (''Pau Brasil'', [[Caesalpinia echinata]]).<ref>{{citation|language=pt |title=Estação Ecológica do Pau Brasil|work=Ambiente Brasil |date=18 May 2010|url=http://ambientes.ambientebrasil.com.br/unidades_de_conservacao/estacao_ecologica/estacao_ecologica_do_pau_brasil.html|access-date=2016-05-28}}</ref> It contains the {{convert|894|ha}} [[Rio dos Frades Wildlife Refuge]], created in 2007 to protect the mouth of the [[Frades River (Bahia)|Frades River]].<ref>{{citation |title=Elaboração de estudo de socioeconomia e áreas correlatas para atender as necessidades no Refúgio de Vida Silvestre do Rio dos Frades: Produto 2 |last1=Castro |last2=Bonecker |first1=Márcia Salustiano de |first2=Ana Cristina T. |location=Rio de Janeiro/RJ |date=May 2013 |url=http://www.icmbio.gov.br/portal/images/stories/Produto_2_versao_final.pdf|access-date=2016-10-23}}</ref> The municipality also contains part of the [[Corumbau Marine Extractive Reserve]], a protected offshore fishing area of {{convert|89,597|ha}}.<ref>{{citation|ref={{harvid|RESEX Marinha do Corumbau – ISA}}|language=pt |title=RESEX Marinha do Corumbau|publisher=ISA: Instituto Socioambiental |url=https://uc.socioambiental.org/en/uc/590502|access-date=2016-06-06}}</ref>
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