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Governador Valadares

South America

Governador Valadares is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais in Brazil. The 2022 census figures compiled by City Population count 257,171 inhabitants in the municipality, against 263,689 at the 2010 census and 247,131 at the 2000 census. GeoNames places Governador Valadares at latitude -18.85111 and longitude -41.94944, about 169 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. Governador Valadares is not the capital of Minas Gerais, which is Belo Horizonte. The atlas places it in the South America subregion and treats it as a city for browsing purposes. GeoNames carries a population figure of 266,561 for it.

Facts
Population
257,171 1
Population
266,561 2
Elevation (m)
169 2
Latitude
18.85111 degrees south 2
Longitude
41.94944 degrees west 2
Elevation Band
Lowland 2
Climate Zone
Tropical 3
Time Zone
UTC-03:00 2
Sources
1. citypopulation.de: Brazil: Minas Gerais municipalities
citypopulation.deMunicipalities table, census of 2022-08-01
Quote, Municipalities table, census of 2022-08-01
Governador Valadares Municipality 247,131 263,689 257,171
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2. GeoNames: Governador Valadares
  • GeoNames page, Population
    Population 266,561
  • GeoNames page, elevation, banded by atlas thresholds
    SRTM3 169 m
  • GeoNames page, Timezone
    Timezone America/Sao_Paulo
  • Coordinates
    Coordinates -18.85111, -41.94944
  • Elevation
    SRTM3 169 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. 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
-18.75 -41.75 Aw
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