Lagarto is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Sergipe. Its population is estimated at 101,579 inhabitants (2022) and its area is 969 km2.[4]
Lagarto | |
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City | |
 Flag  Seal | |
| Nickname: Tenderness city | |
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  Lagarto Location in Brazil | |
| Coordinates: 10°55′01″S 37°39′00″W / 10.91694°S 37.65000°W | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Region | Northeast |
| State | Sergipe |
| Mesoregion | Agreste Sergipano |
| Microregion | Agreste de Lagarto |
| Settled | 1689 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jose Valmir Monteiro |
| Area | |
• Total | 374 sq mi (969 km2) |
| Elevation | 600 ft (183 m) |
| Population (2020 [2]) | |
• Total | 105,221 |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
| HDI (2010)[3] | 0.625 |
| Website | Official Website |
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
edit- ^ "Área territorial oficial" [Official territorial area] (in Portuguese). Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). 2002-10-10. Retrieved 2010-12-05.
- ^ IBGE 2020
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics" (PDF). 2018. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
2018 Estimates of Population
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