Colina, São Paulo

Colina
Colina
Municipality
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	Location in São Paulo state
	Colina Location in Brazil
	Coordinates: 20°42′49″S 48°32′28″W / 20.71361°S 48.54111°W / -20.71361; -48.54111
Country	Brazil
Region	Southeast
State	São Paulo
Government
• Mayor	Dieb Taha (PSDB)
Area
• Total	422 km2 (163 sq mi)
Elevation	595 m (1,952 ft)
Population (2020 )
• Total	18,535
• Density	44/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−3 (BRT)
Website	www.colina.sp.gov.br

Colina is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population is 18,535 (2020 est.) in an area of 422 km².^[2] The elevation is 595 m. Colina is the Horse Capital of Brazil. It is also the large centre of a horse ranch, the Estação Experimental de Zootecnia. In July, there is a party called Festa do Cavalo. Many Lebanese immigrants live in Colina.

Born in Colina

Augusto Cury, (1958) MD and writer.

References

^ IBGE 2020
^ Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística

External links

(in Portuguese) Municipality of Colina
(in Portuguese) Colina's History
(in Portuguese) Colina's view from the space
Colina's Lebanese Genealogical Tree

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[1] IBGE 2020

[2] Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística