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São Borja

South America

São Borja is a city and municipality in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. It is the oldest municipality in that state and was founded in 1682 by the Jesuits as the first of the Seven Places of the Missions. The settlement was originally named São Francisco de Borja in honor of Saint Francis Borgia, and the municipality now carries the motto Terra dos Presidentes. The article infobox gives the municipality an area of about 3,616.6 square kilometres, an elevation of about 123 metres, a formal founding date of 11 March 1833 as a municipality, and a 2020 population of 60,019 according to the Brazilian statistics institute IBGE.

Facts
Population
59,676 1
Founding Year
1682 2
Founding Year
1833 2
Latitude
28.66056 degrees south 3
Longitude
56.00444 degrees west 3
Elevation Band
Lowland 2
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC-03:00 5
Sources
1. City Population: Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul (population of the municipalities)
City PopulationRio Grande do Sul municipalities table, Sao Borja row, latest census column (2022)View the Source
2. São Borja (source article)
  • Lead, first paragraph
    was founded in 1682 by the Jesuits
  • Infobox: established_date
    March 11, 1833
  • Infobox: elevation_m
    123
  • Part Of: Brazil, Lead, first sentence
    is a city in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul
  • On Continent: South America, Lead, first sentence
    is a city in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul
  • In Group: Cities of South America (World), Lead
    is a city in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul
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3. GeoNames: GeoNames place record for São Borja
GeoNamesCoordinates
Quote, Coordinates
Coordinates -28.66056, -56.00444
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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 -28.75, -56.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -28.75, -56.25
-28.75 -56.25 Cfa
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5. GeoNames: São Borja - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 3449340, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
Quote, cities500 record 3449340, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
-28.66056 -56.00444 P PPLA2 BR 23 4318002 60019 98 America/Sao_Paulo
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