Santa Maria is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil. The 2022 census figures compiled by City Population count 271,735 inhabitants in the municipality, against 261,032 at the 2010 census and 243,611 at the 2000 census. GeoNames places Santa Maria at latitude -29.68417 and longitude -53.80694, about 146 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. Santa Maria 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
Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. City Population: Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul (population of the municipalities)
City PopulationMunicipalities table, census of 2022-08-01Quote, Municipalities table, census of 2022-08-01
Santa Maria Municipality 243,611 261,032 271,735
2. GeoNames: Santa Maria
GeoNames page, Population
Population 271,735
GeoNames page, elevation, banded by atlas thresholds
SRTM3 146 m
GeoNames page, Timezone
Timezone America/Sao_Paulo
Coordinates
Coordinates -29.68417, -53.80694
Elevation
SRTM3 146 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
View the Source3. 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 cellQuote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell
-29.75 -53.75 Cfa
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