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Magé

South America

Magé is a municipality in the state of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. The 2022 census figures compiled by City Population count 228,127 inhabitants in the municipality, against 227,667 at the 2010 census and 205,830 at the 2000 census. GeoNames places Magé at latitude -22.65278 and longitude -43.04056, about 8 metres above sea level by its digital elevation model, and assigns it to a time zone that is UTC-3 in the IANA time zone database. GeoNames lists it as a populated place. Magé is not the capital of Rio de Janeiro, which is Rio de Janeiro. The atlas places it in the South America subregion and treats it as a city for browsing purposes. GeoNames carries a population figure of 244,142 for it.

Facts
Population
228,127 1
Population
244,142 2
Founding Year
1566 3
Elevation (m)
8 2
Latitude
22.65278 degrees south 2
Longitude
43.04056 degrees west 2
Elevation Band
Sea Level 2
Climate Zone
Tropical 4
Time Zone
UTC-03:00 2
Sources
1. citypopulation.de: Brazil: Rio de Janeiro municipalities
citypopulation.deMunicipalities table, census of 2022-08-01
Quote, Municipalities table, census of 2022-08-01
Magé ( Majé) Municipality 205,830 227,667 228,127
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2. GeoNames: Magé
  • GeoNames page, Population
    Population 244,142
  • GeoNames page, elevation, banded by atlas thresholds
    SRTM3 8 m
  • GeoNames page, Timezone
    Timezone America/Sao_Paulo
  • Coordinates
    Coordinates -22.65278, -43.04056
  • Elevation
    SRTM3 8 m
  • Part Of: Brazil, GeoNames hierarchy line
    Brazil BR Country
  • On Continent: South America, GeoNames hierarchy line
    South America
  • In Group: Cities of South America (World), GeoNames hierarchy line
    Brazil BR Country
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3. Magé (Wikipedia)
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was established in 1566 by Portuguese colonists
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4. 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
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell
-22.75 -43.25 Aw
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