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Tubarão

South America

Tubarão is a municipality in the state of Santa Catarina in Brazil. The 2022 census figures compiled by City Population count 110,088 inhabitants in the municipality, against 97,249 at the 2010 census and 88,470 at the 2000 census. GeoNames places Tubarão at latitude -28.46667 and longitude -49.00694, about 7 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. Tubarão 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. GeoNames carries a population figure of 116,725 for it.

Facts
Population
110,088 1
Population
116,725 2
Founding Year
1773 3
Elevation (m)
7 2
Latitude
28.46667 degrees south 2
Longitude
49.00694 degrees west 2
Elevation Band
Sea Level 2
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC-03:00 2
Sources
1. citypopulation.de: Brazil: Santa Catarina municipalities
citypopulation.deMunicipalities table, census of 2022-08-01
Quote, Municipalities table, census of 2022-08-01
Tubarão Municipality 88,470 97,249 110,088
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2. GeoNames: Tubarão
  • GeoNames page, Population
    Population 116,725
  • GeoNames page, elevation, banded by atlas thresholds
    SRTM3 7 m
  • GeoNames page, Timezone
    Timezone America/Sao_Paulo
  • Coordinates
    Coordinates -28.46667, -49.00694
  • Elevation
    SRTM3 7 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. Tubarão (Wikipedia)
Lead
Quote, Lead
The first settlement, which later became the city, was founded in 1773
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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
-28.25 -49.25 Cfa
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