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Santa Cruz do Sul

South America

Santa Cruz do Sul is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil. The 2022 census figures compiled by City Population count 133,230 inhabitants in the municipality, against 118,374 at the 2010 census and 107,632 at the 2000 census. GeoNames places Santa Cruz do Sul at latitude -29.71750 and longitude -52.42583, about 69 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. Santa Cruz do Sul is not the capital of Rio Grande do Sul, which is Porto Alegre. The atlas places it in the South America subregion and treats it as a city for browsing purposes. GeoNames carries a population figure of 138,270 for it.

Facts
Population
133,230 1
Population
138,270 2
Founding Year
1877 3
Elevation (m)
69 2
Latitude
29.7175 degrees south 2
Longitude
52.42583 degrees west 2
Elevation Band
Lowland 2
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC-03:00 2
Sources
1. City Population: Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul (population of the municipalities)
City PopulationMunicipalities table, census of 2022-08-01
Quote, Municipalities table, census of 2022-08-01
Santa Cruz do Sul Municipality 107,632 118,374 133,230
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2. GeoNames: Santa Cruz do Sul
  • GeoNames page, Population
    Population 138,270
  • GeoNames page, elevation, banded by atlas thresholds
    SRTM3 69 m
  • GeoNames page, Timezone
    Timezone America/Sao_Paulo
  • Coordinates
    Coordinates -29.71750, -52.42583
  • Elevation
    SRTM3 69 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. Santa Cruz do Sul (Wikipedia)
Lead
Quote, Lead
the city was officially founded on March 31, 1877
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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
-29.75 -52.25 Cfa
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