Sobral is a municipality in the state of Ceará in Brazil. The 2022 census figures compiled by City Population count 203,023 inhabitants in the municipality, against 188,677 at the 2010 census and 155,276 at the 2000 census. GeoNames places Sobral at latitude -3.68611 and longitude -40.34972, about 75 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. Sobral is not the capital of Ceará, which is Fortaleza. The atlas places it in the South America subregion and treats it as a city for browsing purposes. GeoNames carries a population figure of 216,519 for it.
Facts
Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. citypopulation.de: Brazil: Ceará municipalities
citypopulation.deMunicipalities table, census of 2022-08-01Quote, Municipalities table, census of 2022-08-01
Sobral Municipality 155,276 188,677 203,023
2. GeoNames: Sobral
GeoNames page, Population
Population 216,519
GeoNames page, elevation, banded by atlas thresholds
SRTM3 75 m
GeoNames page, Timezone
Timezone America/Fortaleza
Coordinates
Coordinates -3.68611, -40.34972
Elevation
SRTM3 75 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. 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
-3.75 -40.25 Aw
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