Santa Rita, Venezuela

Place in Aragua, Venezuela

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10°12′01″N 67°33′05″W / 10.20028°N 67.55139°W / 10.20028; -67.55139Country

VenezuelaStateAraguaMunicipalityFrancisco Linares Alcántara MunicipalityCity EstablishedDecember 16, 1997Elevation

435 m (1,427 ft)Population

(2001)

• Total134,233 • Demonym

Santaricense/aTime zoneUTC−4 (VST)Postal code

2103

Area code0243ClimateAw

Santa Rita is a city in the state of Aragua, Venezuela. It is the shire town of the Francisco Linares Alcántara Municipality, in the state of Aragua. It is part of the metropolitan area of Maracay. It is 435 meters above sea level and is located in the hydrographic basin of Lake Valencia (Venezuela). Santa Rita is bordered to the north by the Caño Colorado, and the Caracas-Valencia Highway, and to the south by the Turmero River. In 2023 Santa Rita had 149,158 inhabitants.

Terrain

The city of Santa Rita is located within the physiographic unit "Valencia Lake Depression" and specifically in its central plain. Its relief is flat with a slight slope to the southwest. The elevation is about 428 m above sea level.

Climate

The present climate is dry pre-mountainous in transition to dry tropical. The average annual temperature is about 25 °C and with an average annual precipitation of 902 m.m./year.