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Cataguases

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Total population

66,261

Coordinates-21.39°, -42.70°

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Overview

Cataguases, a sizeable town in Minas Gerais, Brazil, forms part of the country's settled landscape. Geographically it lies in the southern hemisphere at a tropical latitude (-21.387°, -42.696°). Around 66,261 people are recorded as living there in the most recent open data. Its latitude implies a climate characterised by warm temperatures throughout the year with pronounced wet and dry seasons. Spanning a sizeable 491.767 km², Cataguases lies at a modest elevation of 169 m. That works out to roughly 135 residents per square kilometre — loosely populated. Open-data panels below dive into population trends, climate normals, environmental indicators and nearby places.

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History & geography

Geography

Latitude
-21.3874
Longitude
-42.6957
Water area
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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

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Official Identifiers

IBGE — Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics

IBGE code
3115300
UF
MG
Mesorregião
Zona da Mata
Microrregião
Cataguases

servicodados.ibge.gov.br

Sources

  • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image
  • 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