Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo

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| official_name = Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo

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| settlement_type = Municipality

| image_shield = Brasao_santa_cruz_do_rio_pardo.jpg

| image_flag = Bandeira_de_Santa_Cruz_do_Rio_Pardo_(SP).jpg

| image_skyline = Museu Café (SCRP) 130210 REFON 4.JPG

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| image_map = SaoPaulo Municip SantaCruzdoRioPardo.svg

| map_caption = Location in São Paulo state

| pushpin_map = Brazil

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Brazil

| coordinates = {{coord|22|53|56|S|49|37|58|W|region:BR|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Brazil

| subdivision_type1 = Region

| subdivision_name1 = Southeast

| subdivision_type2 = State

| subdivision_name2 = São Paulo

| subdivision_type3 = Mesoregion

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| subdivision_type4 = Microregion

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| subdivision_type5 = Metrop. region

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| leader_title = Mayor

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| area_total_km2 = 1115

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| population_total = 47,943

| population_as_of = 2020 [https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/sp/santa-cruz-do-rio-pardo/panorama IBGE 2020]

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| population_density_km2 = auto

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| timezone1 = BRT

| utc_offset1 = −3

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Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population is 47,943 (2020 est.) in an area of 1115 km².[http://cod.ibge.gov.br/3TT Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística] The elevation is 467 m. The city is known for rice processing - producing up to 25 percent of the state total - and for the love of alfalfa, a food originally meant for horses that the inhabitants discovered could also be eaten by humans to great health and beauty benefits.