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Rio Claro
São Paulo, Brazil · South America
About Rio Claro
Rio Claro sits on the route: 10 minutes from Santa Gertrudes.
Rio Claro is in São Paulo, Brazil, with about 200,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Santa Gertrudes, about 6 km away.
Rio Claro is a city in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The elevation is 613 m. It was incorporated as the village of São João Batista do Ribeirão Claro in 1827, and this incorporation is celebrated every year on June 24 as a municipal holiday.
The name was changed later to Rio Claro. Starting in the 19th century,Read more
Rio Claro attracted large numbers of immigrants from European countries, especially from Germany, Switzerland and Italy, but also from Spain, Portugal, some Eastern European countries, and a substantial community of Christian Arabs from the then Ottoman Empire (mostly Syrian and Lebanese). Japanese immigrants arrived later. There is also a large population of Afro-Brazilians. Rio Claro used to play a very important role in the railway system of São Paulo state.
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Rio Claro is in São Paulo, Brazil, about 6 km from Santa Gertrudes.
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- Population
- 201,418
- Continent
- South America
- Country
- Brazil
- Region
- São Paulo
- Timezone
- America/Sao_Paulo
- Coordinates
- -22.4114, -47.5614
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Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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