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Franca

South America

Franca is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The 2022 census figures compiled by City Population count 352,536 inhabitants in the municipality, against 318,640 at the 2010 census and 287,737 at the 2000 census. GeoNames places Franca at latitude -20.53861 and longitude -47.40083, about 1002 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 the seat of a second-order administrative division. Franca is not the capital of São Paulo, which is São Paulo. The atlas places it in the South America subregion and treats it as a city for browsing purposes. GeoNames carries a population figure of 365,494 for it.

Facts
Population
352,536 1
Population
365,494 2
Founding Year
1805 3
Elevation (m)
1002 2
Latitude
20.53861 degrees south 2
Longitude
47.40083 degrees west 2
Elevation Band
Highland 2
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC-03:00 2
Sources
1. citypopulation.de: Brazil: São Paulo municipalities
citypopulation.deMunicipalities table, census of 2022-08-01
Quote, Municipalities table, census of 2022-08-01
Franca Municipality 287,737 318,640 352,536
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2. GeoNames: Franca
  • GeoNames page, Population
    Population 365,494
  • GeoNames page, elevation, banded by atlas thresholds
    SRTM3 1002 m
  • GeoNames page, Timezone
    Timezone America/Sao_Paulo
  • Coordinates
    Coordinates -20.53861, -47.40083
  • Elevation
    SRTM3 1002 m
  • Part Of: Brazil, GeoNames hierarchy line
    Home > South America > Brazil BR > Sao Paulo 27
  • On Continent: South America, GeoNames hierarchy line
    Home > South America > Brazil BR > Sao Paulo 27
  • In Group: Cities of South America (World), GeoNames hierarchy line
    Home > South America > Brazil BR > Sao Paulo 27
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3. Franca (Wikipedia)
Lead
Quote, Lead
Franca was founded as a parish in 1805
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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
-20.75 -47.25 Cwa
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