Lagarto, Sergipe
| Lagarto | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| City | |||
| |||
| Nickname(s): Tenderness city | |||
 | |||
  Lagarto Location in Brazil | |||
| Coordinates: 10°55′01″S 37°39′00″W / 10.91694°S 37.65000°WCoordinates: 10°55′01″S 37°39′00″W / 10.91694°S 37.65000°W | |||
| Country |
 | ||
| Region | Northeast | ||
| State | Sergipe | ||
| Mesoregion | Agreste Sergipano | ||
| Microregion | Agreste de Lagarto | ||
| Settled | 1689 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Jose Valmir Monteiro | ||
| Area[1] | |||
| • Total | 374 sq mi (969 km2) | ||
| Elevation | 600 ft (183 m) | ||
| Population (2013)[2] | |||
| • Total | 100,330 | ||
| Time zone | UTC-3 (BRT) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC- | ||
| HDI (2010)[3] | 0.625 | ||
| Website | Official Website | ||
Lagarto is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Sergipe. Its population is greater than 100,000 inhabitants (2013) and its area is 969 km².
Football player Diego Costa was born and raised in Lagarto. The city has one football team called Lagarto Futebol Clube who were founded in 2009 and currently play in the Campeonato Sergipano.
References
- ↑ "Área territorial oficial" [Official territorial area] (in Portuguese). Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). 2002-10-10. Retrieved 2010-12-05.
- ↑ "Estimativa População 2013" [Population estimation - 2013] (PDF) (in Portuguese). Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). 2013-08-29. Retrieved 2013-08-29.
- ↑ "Ranking decrescente do IDH-M dos municípios do Brasil" [Ranking of HDI-M of Brazilian Municipalities] (PDF) (in Portuguese). United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). 2010. Retrieved 2013-08-03.
This article is issued from
Wikipedia.
The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike.
Additional terms may apply for the media files.