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Cássia

Minas Geraistown

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Total population

17,155

Air quality index

31Good
Coordinates-20.58°, -46.92°

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City facts

Overview

Within Minas Gerais, Brazil, Cássia stands as a town. The population stands at approximately 17,155. Coordinates of -20.584°, -46.922° situate Cássia in the tropical zone of the southern hemisphere. The location receives about 1,893 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year and sunshine for roughly 74% of daylight hours. The latitude suggests warm temperatures throughout the year with pronounced wet and dry seasons. The sections below expand on demographics, weather, terrain, hazards and nearby points of interest using publicly available datasets.

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History & geography

Geography

Latitude
-20.5838
Longitude
-46.9220
Water area
—
View on OpenStreetMap

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

Air quality

US AQI — Good
31
PM2.5 (µg/m³)
3.5
PM10 (µg/m³)
4.7
Ozone (µg/m³)
49
NO₂ (µg/m³)
2.2

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Walkability

Amenities nearby

Wildlife & biodiversity

Observations (last 5 yrs, 10 mi)
449
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • Pale-breasted Thrush
    Turdus leucomelas Vieillot, 1818 · Aves
    8
  • Toco Toucan
    Ramphastos toco P.L.S.Müller, 1776 · Aves
    7
  • white-eyed conure
    Aratinga leucophthalma (Statius Muller, 1776) · Aves
    7
  • Sayaca Tanager
    Thraupis sayaca (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
    7
  • Saffron Finch
    Sicalis flaveola (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
    7
  • Red-legged Seriema
    Cariama cristata (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
    7
  • Masked Water-Tyrant
    Fluvicola nengeta (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
    7
  • Buff-necked Ibis
    Theristicus caudatus (Boddaert, 1783) · Aves
    6

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Quakes ≥ 2.5 (25 yrs, 62 mi)
0
Largest magnitude
—
Largest event
—

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Photos

Sights & places nearby

Notable people from here

Odilon Azevedo
Odilon Azevedo
Brazilian actor
Donizetti Tavares de Lima
Donizetti Tavares de Lima
Brazilian priest (1882-1961)
Mauro Borges Lemos
Mauro Borges Lemos
Brazilian economist, former Minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade
J
João de Mello Macedo
Brazilian writer
M
Marcos Antonio Andrade Borges
politician from Brazil
A
Adélia Lucia Borges
person identified in the Museu da Pessoa collection
W
Weber Pimenta de Melo
person identified in the Museu da Pessoa collection
M
Maria Angela Perone Marques Rossetti
person identified in the Museu da Pessoa collection
G
Gustavo Minas

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Minas Gerais

Browse all places in Minas Gerais →

Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
5.19
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
1,893

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Nearby airports

Public attention

Books about Cássia

História da Saúde em Minas Gerais
Rita de Cássia Marques · 2011
O choque de gestão em Minas Gerais
2006
Em nome da palavra e da lei
Rita de Cássia da Silva Almico · 2015
Janelas de treliça
Maria do Carmo Salazar Martins · 1994
A ciência no ICB UFMG
Ana Carolina Vimieiro Gomes · 2021
Literatura brasileira 1930
Seminário de Pesquisas em Literatura Brasileira: a Literatura Brasileira na Década de 1930 (2nd 2009 Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Faculdade de Letras) · 2012
Medicina
Heloisa Maria Murgel Starling · 2011
Crédito & descrédito
Carlos Gabriel Guimarães · 2018

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

Ground air-quality sensors

Recently spotted species

Events

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Cássia, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

Rua 2016-07-10 - panoramio — Cássia, Brazil0 miRua 2016-07-10 - panoramio (1) — Cássia, Brazil0 miIgreja 2016-07-10 - panoramio — Cássia, Brazil0 miCoreto 2016-07-10 - panoramio — Cássia, Brazil0 miCássia, Minas Gerais (2534447382) — Cássia, Brazil3.1 mi-i---i- (2531002397) — Cássia, Brazil3.1 mi

Photos via Wikimedia Commons — see each image page for license & attribution.

Official Identifiers

IBGE — Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics

IBGE code
3115102
UF
MG
Mesorregião
Sul/Sudoeste de Minas
Microrregião
Passos

servicodados.ibge.gov.br

Sources

  • • Wikimedia Commons
  • • Wikidata
  • • Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS)
  • • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
  • • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
  • • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
  • • Open Library
  • • IBGE — Brazilian national statistics, via servicodados.ibge.gov.br (official municipal code, UF, mesorregião, microrregião, region)
  • • IBGE — Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics — servicodados.ibge.gov.br