Canguaretama
Sign in to saveCanguaretama is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Norte in the Northeast region of Brazil. With an area of , of which is urban, it is located 65 km from Natal, the state capital, and 1,746 km from Brasília, the federal capital. Its population in the 2022 demographic census was 29,668 inhabitants, according to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), ranking as the 19th most populous municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Norte.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Canguaretama
- Settlement.official_name
- Municipality of Canguaretama
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Igreja Matriz de Nossa Senhora da Conceição, Canguaretama (RN).jpg
- Settlement.image_flag
- Bandeira de Canguaretama, Rio Grande do Norte, Brasil.png
- Settlement.image_seal
- Brasão de Canguaretama-RN, Brasil.png
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Brazil
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Brazil
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Nordeste
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Rio Grande do Norte
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Mesoregion
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Leste Potiguar
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2022
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Brazil
- Demonym
- canguaretamense
- Country
- Brazil
- Located in
- Rio Grande do Norte
- Population
- 22919
- Area
- 245.529
- Elevation
- 9
- Shares border with
- Vila Flor
- Official website
- www.canguaretama.rn.gov.br
- Image
- Barra do Cunhaú, Canguaretama-RN.jpg
- Dialing code
- 84
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- Commons category
- Canguaretama
- Human Development Index
- 0.579
- electorate
- 23276
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Demographics
- See also
- References
{{Infobox settlement
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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Canguaretama” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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