Vidal Ramos

Vidal Ramos is a municipality in the state of Santa Catarina in the South region of Brazil.[1][2][3][4]

This article is about the municipality. For the politician, see Vidal Ramos (politician).

Vidal Ramos
Municipality
Seal
Country	Brazil
Region	South
State	Santa Catarina
Mesoregion	Vale do Itajai
Time zone	UTC -3

History

Vidal Ramos received city status by state law No. 272 in December 1956, with territory taken from the neighbouring municipality of Brusque.[1]

It was named after the Governor of Santa Catarina of the same name.[5]

Geography

It is located at a latitude 27º23'31 "South and longitude 49º21'21" West, with an altitude of 370 meters. Its estimated population in 2011 was 6287 inhabitants.

It has an area of 343.81 square kilometers.

See also

• List of municipalities in Santa Catarina

References

1. "Divisão Territorial do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Divisão Territorial do Brasil e Limites Territoriais, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). July 1, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
2. "Estimativas da população para 1º de julho de 2009" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Estimativas de População, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). August 14, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
3. "Ranking decrescente do IDH-M dos municípios do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humano, Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento (PNUD). 2000. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
4. "Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios 2002-2005" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). December 19, 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 2, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
5. Profile at Memória Política de Santa Catarina