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Piracicaba

South America

Piracicaba is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The 2022 census figures compiled by City Population count 423,323 inhabitants in the municipality, against 364,571 at the 2010 census and 329,158 at the 2000 census. GeoNames places Piracicaba at latitude -22.72528 and longitude -47.64917, about 530 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. Piracicaba 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 440,835 for it.

Facts
Population
423,323 1
Population
440,835 2
Founding Year
1767 3
Elevation (m)
530 2
Latitude
22.72528 degrees south 2
Longitude
47.64917 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
Piracicaba Municipality 329,158 364,571 423,323
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2. GeoNames: Piracicaba
  • GeoNames page, Population
    Population 440,835
  • GeoNames page, elevation, banded by atlas thresholds
    SRTM3 530 m
  • GeoNames page, Timezone
    Timezone America/Sao_Paulo
  • Coordinates
    Coordinates -22.72528, -47.64917
  • Elevation
    SRTM3 530 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. Piracicaba (Wikipedia)
Lead
Quote, Lead
Established in 1767 along the banks of the Piracicaba River
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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 -47.75 Cfa
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