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# ST_NumGeometries

Returns the number of Geometries. If geometry is a GEOMETRYCOLLECTION (or MULTI\*) return the number of geometries, for single geometries will return 1.

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## Signatures

```sql theme={"system"}
ST_NumGeometries (A: Geometry)
```

## Parameters

<ParamField body="A" type="Geometry" required>
  The input geometry.
</ParamField>

## Return type

<ResponseField type="Integer">
  An integer value.
</ResponseField>

## Example

```sql theme={"system"}
SELECT ST_NumGeometries(ST_GeomFromWKT('LINESTRING (-29 -27, -30 -29.7, -45 -33)'))
```

```
1
```