Barra do Piraí is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro, about 114 kilometres from the state capital. English Wikipedia gives its area as 578.471 square kilometres and reports a population of 100,764 for 2020, while the 2022 census count tabulated by citypopulation.de is 92,883, down from 94,808 at the 2010 census. The municipality takes in part of Serra da Concórdia State Park, a protected area of 5,952 hectares created in 2002. The article places the town at about 22 degrees 28 minutes south of the equator. Its census counts have stayed close to ninety thousand since 2000.
Facts
Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. citypopulation.de: Brazil: Rio de Janeiro municipalities
citypopulation.deMunicipality table, 2022 census columnQuote, Municipality table, 2022 census column
Barra do Piraí Municipality 88,503 94,808 92,883
2. GeoNames: GeoNames place record for Barra do Piraí
GeoNamesCoordinates
Coordinates -22.47000, -43.82556
Elevation (band: lowland under 500 m, highland from 500 m)
Elevation ca. 366 m
Timezone
Timezone America/Sao_Paulo
View the Source 3. Koppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koppen-Geiger climate classification updated (ASCII data)
Koppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Grid cell -22.25 N/S -43.75 E/W containing the GeoNames city coordinatesQuote, Grid cell -22.25 N/S -43.75 E/W containing the GeoNames city coordinates
-22.25 -43.75 Cfa
Barra do Piraí (Wikipedia)
Part Of: Brazil, Lead
is a municipality of the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro
On Continent: South America, Lead
is a municipality of the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro
In Group: Cities of South America (World), Lead
is a municipality of the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro
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