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Vitória de Santo Antão

South America

Vitória de Santo Antão is a municipality in the state of Pernambuco in Brazil. The 2022 census figures compiled by City Population count 134,084 inhabitants in the municipality, against 128,017 at the 2010 census and 117,609 at the 2000 census. GeoNames places Vitória de Santo Antão at latitude -8.11806 and longitude -35.29139, about 156 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. Vitória de Santo Antão is not the capital of Pernambuco, which is Recife. The atlas places it in the South America subregion and treats it as a city for browsing purposes.

Facts
Population
134,084 1
Founding Year
1626 2
Elevation (m)
156 3
Latitude
8.11806 degrees south 3
Longitude
35.29139 degrees west 3
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Tropical 4
Time Zone
UTC-03:00 3
Sources
1. citypopulation.de: Brazil: Pernambuco municipalities
citypopulation.deMunicipalities table, census of 2022-08-01
Quote, Municipalities table, census of 2022-08-01
Vitória de Santo Antão Municipality 117,609 128,017 134,084
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2. Vitória de Santo Antão (Wikipedia)
Lead
Quote, Lead
It was founded by a Portuguese man from Cape Verde named António Diogo de Braga in 1626.
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3. GeoNames: Vitória de Santo Antão
  • GeoNames page, Population
    Population 134,084
  • GeoNames page, elevation, banded by atlas thresholds
    SRTM3 156 m
  • GeoNames page, Timezone
    Timezone America/Recife
  • Coordinates
    Coordinates -8.11806, -35.29139
  • Elevation
    SRTM3 156 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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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
-8.25 -35.25 As
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