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Florianopolis

South America

Florianopolis is the capital and second largest city of the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina, in the country's South Region. The city encompasses Santa Catarina Island and surrounding small islands as well as part of the mainland, and had a population of 537,211 according to the 2022 Brazilian census, the second most populous city in the state and the 39th in Brazil. Its metropolitan area has an estimated population of more than 1,111,702, the 21st largest in the country, and the city holds the third highest Human Development Index score among Brazilian cities.

Facts
Population
587,486 1
Founding Year
1726 1
Elevation (m)
26 2
Latitude
27.59667 degrees south 2
Longitude
48.54917 degrees west 2
Elevation Band
Lowland 2
Climate Zone
Temperate 3
Time Zone
UTC-03:00 4
Sources
1. Florianopolis (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
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population 587,486 (2025)
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2. GeoNames: GeoNames place record for Florianopolis
GeoNames
  • Coordinates
    Coordinates -27.59667, -48.54917
  • Elevation (band: lowland under 500 m, highland from 500 m)
    Elevation ca. 26 m
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3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -27.75, -48.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -27.75, -48.75
-27.75 -48.75 Cfa
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4. GeoNames: Florianópolis - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 3463237, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
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-27.59667 -48.54917 P PPLA BR 26 4205407 508826 26 America/Sao_Paulo
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Florianopolis (Wikipedia)
Lead section
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Florianópolis (English: FLOR-ee-ə-NOP-əl-iss, Brazilian Portuguese: [floɾiaˈnɔpolis]) is the capital and second largest city of the state of Santa Catarina, in the South Region of Brazil.
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Florianopolis (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of South America (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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