Poços de Caldas is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais in Brazil. The 2022 census figures compiled by City Population count 163,742 inhabitants in the municipality, against 152,435 at the 2010 census and 135,627 at the 2000 census. GeoNames places Poços de Caldas at latitude -21.78778 and longitude -46.56139, about 1222 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. Poços de Caldas is not the capital of Minas Gerais, which is Belo Horizonte. The atlas places it in the South America subregion and treats it as a city for browsing purposes. GeoNames carries a population figure of 172,339 for it.
Facts
Founding Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. citypopulation.de: Brazil: Minas Gerais municipalities
citypopulation.deMunicipalities table, census of 2022-08-01Quote, Municipalities table, census of 2022-08-01
Poços de Caldas Municipality 135,627 152,435 163,742
2. GeoNames: Poços de Caldas
GeoNames page, Population
Population 172,339
GeoNames page, elevation, banded by atlas thresholds
SRTM3 1222 m
GeoNames page, Timezone
Timezone America/Sao_Paulo
Coordinates
Coordinates -21.78778, -46.56139
Elevation
SRTM3 1222 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. Poços de Caldas (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
-21.75 -46.75 Cfa
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