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Cantagalo

Cantagalo

Cantagalo, formerly spelled Cantagallo, is a city located in the east-central area of Rio de Janeiro State, . The population is 20,168 in an area of 749 km2. Its elevation is 391 m.
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  • Type: Town with 19,400 residents
  • Description: municipality of Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil
  • Also known as: “Cantagallo” and “Cantagalo, Rio de Janeiro”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cordeiro.

Town
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is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of . Its population was 22,041 and its area is 116 km2. The literal translation of the city's name in English is "lamb". is situated 5 km south of Cantagalo.

Cantagalo

Latitude
-21.9815° or 21° 58′ 53″ south
Longitude
-42.3645° or 42° 21′ 52″ west
Population
19,400
Elevation
431 metres (1,414 feet)
United Nations Location Code
BR CTG
Open location code
58CV2J9P+C6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 338515504
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3467445
Wiki­data ID
Q1763072
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Waray—“Cantagalo” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Cantagalo”
  • Belarusian: “Кантагалу”
  • Bishnupriya: “কান্টাগালো”
  • Catalan: “Cantagalo”
  • Cebuano: “Cantagalo”
  • Chechen: “Кантагалу”
  • Chinese: “Cantagalo”
  • Chinese: “坎塔加盧”
  • Danish: “Cantagalo”
  • Dutch: “Cantagalo”
  • Esperanto: “Cantagalo”
  • French: “Cantagalo”
  • Georgian: “კონტაგალუ”
  • German: “Cantagalo”
  • Hebrew: “קנטגלו”
  • Hungarian: “Cantagalo, Rio de Janeiro”
  • Irish: “Cantagalo”
  • Italian: “Cantagalo”
  • Kazakh: “Kantagalw”
  • Kazakh: “Кантагалу”
  • Kazakh: “كانتاگالۋ”
  • Malagasy: “Cantagalo”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Cantagalo”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Cantagalo”
  • Norwegian: “Cantagalo”
  • Persian: “کانتاگالو”
  • Polish: “Cantagalo”
  • Portuguese: “Bandeira de Cantagalo”
  • Portuguese: “Brasão de Cantagalo”
  • Portuguese: “Cantagalo, Rio de Janeiro”
  • Portuguese: “Cantagalo”
  • Romanian: “Cantagalo”
  • Russian: “Кантагалу”
  • Serbian: “Kantagalo”
  • Serbian: “Кантагало”
  • Spanish: “Cantagalo”
  • Swedish: “Cantagalo”
  • Tatar: “Кантагалу”
  • Turkish: “Cantagalo”
  • Ukrainian: “Кантагало”
  • Volapük: “Cantagalo”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Cantagalo, Rio de Janeiro”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Cantagalo”

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