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Canguaretama

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Canguaretama 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

Demonym
canguaretamense
Country
Brazil
Population
22919
Area
245.529
Elevation
9
Shares border with
Vila Flor
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 sections
Contents
  • Geography
  • Demographics
  • See also
  • References

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Canguaretama | official_name = Municipality of Canguaretama | native_name = | settlement_type = Municipality | nickname = | motto = | image_skyline = Igreja Matriz de Nossa Senhora da Conceição, Canguaretama (RN).jpg | imagesize = | image_caption = | image_flag = Bandeira de Canguaretama, Rio Grande do Norte, Brasil.png | flag_size = | image_seal = Brasão de Canguaretama-RN, Brasil.png | seal_size = | image_map = | mapsize = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Brazil | pushpin_label_position = bottom | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Brazil | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Nordeste | subdivision_type2 = State | subdivision_name2 = Rio Grande do Norte | subdivision_type3 = Mesoregion | subdivision_name3 = Leste Potiguar | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | government_footnotes = | government_type = | leader_title = | leader_name = | established_title = | established_date = | area_magnitude = | unit_pref = Imperial | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = | area_land_km2 = | population_as_of = 2022 | population_footnotes = | population_note = | population_total = 29,668 | population_density_km2 = | timezone = BRT | utc_offset = &minus;3 | timezone_DST = | utc_offset_DST = | coordinates = | elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use of which constitutes the urban area. It sits at an average altitude of 5 meters above sea level. Canguaretama borders these municipalities: to the north, Tibau do Sul and Goianinha; to the south, Pedro Velho, Baía Formosa, and Mataraca from the state of Paraíba; to the east, Vila Flor and Baía Formosa; and to the west, Espírito Santo and Pedro Velho. The city is located 65 km from the state capital Natal, and 1,746 km from the federal capital Brasília.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Canguaretama” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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