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Maricá

South America

Maricá is a municipality in the state of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. The 2022 census figures compiled by City Population count 197,277 inhabitants in the municipality, against 127,397 at the 2010 census and 76,737 at the 2000 census. GeoNames places Maricá at latitude -22.91944 and longitude -42.81861, about 10 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. Maricá is not the capital of Rio de Janeiro, which is Rio de Janeiro. The atlas places it in the South America subregion and treats it as a city for browsing purposes. GeoNames carries a population figure of 211,986 for it.

Facts
Population
197,277 1
Population
211,986 2
Elevation (m)
10 2
Latitude
22.91944 degrees south 2
Longitude
42.81861 degrees west 2
Elevation Band
Sea Level 2
Coastal
Yes 3
Climate Zone
Tropical 4
Time Zone
UTC-03:00 2
Sources
1. citypopulation.de: Brazil: Rio de Janeiro municipalities
citypopulation.deMunicipalities table, census of 2022-08-01
Quote, Municipalities table, census of 2022-08-01
Maricá Municipality 76,737 127,397 197,277
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2. GeoNames: Maricá
  • GeoNames page, Population
    Population 211,986
  • GeoNames page, elevation, banded by atlas thresholds
    SRTM3 10 m
  • GeoNames page, Timezone
    Timezone America/Sao_Paulo
  • Coordinates
    Coordinates -22.91944, -42.81861
  • Elevation
    SRTM3 10 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. Maricá, Rio de Janeiro (Wikipedia)
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Quote, Lead
located on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean
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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
-22.75 -42.75 Aw
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