Santa Rita | |
Official Name: | Valle de Santa Rita de Cascia |
Pushpin Map: | Venezuela |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name: | Venezuela |
Subdivision Name1: | Aragua |
Subdivision Name2: | Francisco Linares Alcántara Municipality |
Established Title: | City Established |
Established Date: | December 16, 1997 |
Population As Of: | 2001 |
Population Total: | 134,233 |
Timezone: | VST |
Utc Offset: | -4 |
Coordinates: | 10.2003°N -67.5514°W |
Elevation M: | 435 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Demonym |
Population Blank1: | Santaricense/a |
Area Code: | 0243 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 2103 |
Blank Name: | Climate |
Blank Info: | Aw |
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.
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.
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.