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Parnamirim

South America

Parnamirim is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Norte in Brazil. The 2022 census figures compiled by City Population count 252,716 inhabitants in the municipality, against 202,456 at the 2010 census and 124,690 at the 2000 census. GeoNames places Parnamirim at latitude -5.91556 and longitude -35.26278, about 56 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. Parnamirim is not the capital of Rio Grande do Norte, which is Natal. The atlas places it in the South America subregion and treats it as a city for browsing purposes. GeoNames carries a population figure of 271,713 for it.

Facts
Population
252,716 1
Population
271,713 2
Elevation (m)
56 2
Latitude
5.91556 degrees south 2
Longitude
35.26278 degrees west 2
Elevation Band
Lowland 2
Coastal
Yes 3
Climate Zone
Tropical 4
Time Zone
UTC-03:00 2
Sources
1. citypopulation.de: Brazil: Rio Grande do Norte municipalities
citypopulation.deMunicipalities table, census of 2022-08-01
Quote, Municipalities table, census of 2022-08-01
Parnamirim Municipality 124,690 202,456 252,716
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2. GeoNames: Parnamirim
  • GeoNames page, Population
    Population 271,713
  • GeoNames page, elevation, banded by atlas thresholds
    SRTM3 56 m
  • GeoNames page, Timezone
    Timezone America/Fortaleza
  • Coordinates
    Coordinates -5.91556, -35.26278
  • Elevation
    SRTM3 56 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. Parnamirim (Wikipedia)
Lead
Quote, Lead
is bathed to the east by the Atlantic Ocean
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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
-5.75 -35.25 As
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