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Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo
Municipality in Southeast, Brazil
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.[2] 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.