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Gravataí

South America

Gravataí is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil. The 2022 census figures compiled by City Population count 265,074 inhabitants in the municipality, against 255,723 at the 2010 census and 232,629 at the 2000 census. GeoNames places Gravataí at latitude -29.94218 and longitude -50.99278, about 41 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. Gravataí is not the capital of Rio Grande do Sul, which is Porto Alegre. The atlas places it in the South America subregion and treats it as a city for browsing purposes.

Facts
Population
265,074 1
Founding Year
1763 2
Elevation (m)
41 3
Latitude
29.94218 degrees south 3
Longitude
50.99278 degrees west 3
Elevation Band
Sea Level 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC-03:00 3
Sources
1. City Population: Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul (population of the municipalities)
City PopulationMunicipalities table, census of 2022-08-01
Quote, Municipalities table, census of 2022-08-01
Gravataí Municipality 232,629 255,723 265,074
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2. Gravataí (Wikipedia)
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Quote, Lead
Gravataí was initially established in 1763
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3. GeoNames: Gravataí
  • GeoNames page, Population
    Population 265,074
  • GeoNames page, elevation, banded by atlas thresholds
    SRTM3 41 m
  • GeoNames page, Timezone
    Timezone America/Sao_Paulo
  • Coordinates
    Coordinates -29.94218, -50.99278
  • Elevation
    SRTM3 41 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
-29.75 -50.75 Cfa
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