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Alagoinhas

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Alagoinhas is a city in the Brazilian state of Bahia, in the northeast of Brazil. It was founded in 1852, and in 1974 it became the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Alagoinhas, which gives it a role as a regional religious centre as well as a local population centre. The 2022 census of the Brazilian statistics institute counted 151,055 residents in the municipality, up from 141,463 in 2010 and 130,095 in 2000, and about 129,916 of them lived in the continuous urban area of the town itself. That makes it one of the larger municipalities of the interior of Bahia and a steadily growing one.

Facts
Population
151,055 1
Founding Year
1852 2
Elevation (m)
158 3
Latitude
12.13556 degrees south 3
Longitude
38.41917 degrees west 3
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Tropical 4
Time Zone
UTC-03:00 3
Sources
1. citypopulation.de: Brazil: Bahia municipalities
citypopulation.deMunicipalities table, 2022 census
Quote, Municipalities table, 2022 census
Alagoinhas Municipality 130,095 141,463 151,055
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2. Alagoinhas (Wikipedia)
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It was founded in 1852.
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3. GeoNames: GeoNames place record for Alagoinhas
GeoNames
  • Coordinates
    Coordinates -12.13556, -38.41917
  • Elevation (band: lowland under 500 m, highland from 500 m)
    Elevation ca. 158 m
  • Timezone
    Timezone America/Bahia
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4. Koppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koppen-Geiger climate classification updated (ASCII data)
Koppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Grid cell -12.25 N/S -38.25 E/W containing the GeoNames city coordinates
Quote, Grid cell -12.25 N/S -38.25 E/W containing the GeoNames city coordinates
-12.25 -38.25 Af
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