Santo Antônio do Palma
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| State: | Rio Grande do Sul Rio Grande do Sul Rio Grande do Sul is the southernmost state in Brazil, and the state with the fifth highest Human Development Index in the country. In this state is located the southernmost city in the country, Chuí, on the border with Uruguay. In the region of Bento Gonçalves and Caxias do Sul, the largest wine... |
| Meso-region: | Westcentral Rio Grande do Sul (Centro Ocidental Rio-Grandense) Centro Ocidental Rio-Grandense The Centro Ocidental Rio-Grandense is one of the seven meso-regions of the state of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil. It consists of the union of 31 municipalities, grouped in three microregions.-Microrregions:* Restinga Seca* Santa Maria* Santiago... |
| Micro-Region: | Passo Fundo |
| Founded: | March 20, 1992 |
| Location Location (geography) The terms location and place in geography are used to identify a point or an area on the Earth's surface or elsewhere. The term 'location' generally implies a higher degree of can certainty than "place" which often has an ambiguous boundary relying more on human/social attributes of place identity... : |
28.4975/28° 29' 49" S lat. 53.3408/53° 1' 29" W long. |
| Area Area Area is a quantity that expresses the extent of a two-dimensional surface or shape in the plane. Area can be understood as the amount of material with a given thickness that would be necessary to fashion a model of the shape, or the amount of paint necessary to cover the surface with a single coat... : |
126.11 km² |
| Population Population A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals... (2003): - Total - Change - Density |
2,177 - 17.26/km² |
| Elevation Elevation The elevation of a geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface .... : |
669 m |
| Postal code: | 99265-xxx |
| Website: | www.stoantoniopalma.rs.gov.br |
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| Mayor Mayor In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city.... : |
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Santo Antônio do Palma (first part, Portuguese
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
meaning "Saint Anthony", last part meaning palm
Arecaceae
Arecaceae or Palmae , are a family of flowering plants, the only family in the monocot order Arecales. There are roughly 202 currently known genera with around 2600 species, most of which are restricted to tropical, subtropical, and warm temperate climates...
) is a municipality
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
of the central part of the state of Rio Grande do Sul
Rio Grande do Sul
Rio Grande do Sul is the southernmost state in Brazil, and the state with the fifth highest Human Development Index in the country. In this state is located the southernmost city in the country, Chuí, on the border with Uruguay. In the region of Bento Gonçalves and Caxias do Sul, the largest wine...
, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
. Its area is 120.11 km² and its population was 2,711 in 2003. Its elevation is at 669 m.
Other
Santo Antônio do Palma has a school or a collegiate, churches and a few squares and parks.External links
- http://www.citybrazil.com.br/rs/stoantoniopalma/
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- Coordinates: 28°59′49"S 53°1′29"W
- Street maps: Street map from Mapquest, MapPoint or Google
- Satellite images and Aerial photos: Google