Palhoça is a municipality in the state of Santa Catarina in Brazil. The 2022 census figures compiled by City Population count 222,598 inhabitants in the municipality, against 137,334 at the 2010 census and 102,742 at the 2000 census. GeoNames places Palhoça at latitude -27.64528 and longitude -48.66778, about 5 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 the seat of a second-order administrative division. Palhoça is not the capital of Santa Catarina, which is Florianópolis. The atlas places it in the South America subregion and treats it as a city for browsing purposes.
Facts
Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. citypopulation.de: Brazil: Santa Catarina municipalities
citypopulation.deMunicipalities table, census of 2022-08-01Quote, Municipalities table, census of 2022-08-01
Palhoça Municipality 102,742 137,334 222,598
2. GeoNames: Palhoça
GeoNames page, Population
Population 222,598
GeoNames page, elevation, banded by atlas thresholds
SRTM3 5 m
GeoNames page, Timezone
Timezone America/Sao_Paulo
Coordinates
Coordinates -27.64528, -48.66778
Elevation
SRTM3 5 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
View the Source3. Palhoça (Wikipedia)
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 cellQuote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell
-27.75 -48.75 Cfa
Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.
Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.