Lagarto, Sergipe

Lagarto is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Sergipe. Its population is estimated at 105,221 inhabitants (2020) and its area is 969 km².[4]

Lagarto
City
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Nickname(s): 
Tenderness city
Lagarto
Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 10°55′01″S 37°39′00″W
Country Brazil
RegionNortheast
StateSergipe
MesoregionAgreste Sergipano
MicroregionAgreste de Lagarto
Settled1689
Government
  MayorJose Valmir Monteiro
Area
  Total374 sq mi (969 km2)
Elevation
600 ft (183 m)
Population
 (2020 [2])
  Total105,221
Time zoneUTC-3 (BRT)
  Summer (DST)UTC-
HDI (2010)[3]0.625
WebsiteOfficial 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

  1. "Área territorial oficial" [Official territorial area] (in Portuguese). Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). 2002-10-10. Retrieved 2010-12-05.
  2. IBGE 2020
  3. "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.
  4. "Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics" (PDF). 2018. Retrieved 6 March 2019. 2018 Estimates of Population


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