Girau do Ponciano

Featured view

Girau do Ponciano

Total population

36,238

Elevation229 m

Land area502.15 km²

Coordinates-9.88°, -36.83°

Demographic figures from IBGE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Girau do Ponciano is a municipality located in the west of the Brazilian state of Alagoas. Its population is 36,102 (2022) and its area is 502 km2 (194 sq mi).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Nearby places in Alagoas

• Lagoa da Canoa
  7.3 mi away · pop. 18,457
• Feira Grande
  10.4 mi away · pop. 22,712
• Olho-d'água da Cerca
  10.7 mi away
• Olho d'Água Grande
  11.9 mi away · pop. 4,306
• Serrote dos Dias
  12.4 mi away
• Folha Miúda
  12.7 mi away
• Traipu
  12.9 mi away · pop. 23,695
• Lagoa Grande
  13.1 mi away
• Capivaras
  14.7 mi away
• São Borges
  15.7 mi away
• Borges
  16.2 mi away
• Marabinha
  17.1 mi away

Browse all places in Alagoas →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Green-spored Parasol

Chlorophyllum molybdites

Seen 2026-04-04

Tridax Daisy

Tridax procumbens

Seen 2025-06-26

Silver Garden Orbweaver

Argiope argentata

Seen 2025-06-26

Thoas Swallowtail

Heraclides thoas

Seen 2025-06-21

Cururu Toad

Rhinella diptycha

Seen 2025-04-21

Queen

Danaus gilippus

Seen 2025-04-19

African Giant Snail

Lissachatina fulica

Seen 2025-01-11

Brontocoris tabidus

Brontocoris tabidus

Seen 2023-06-17

Rosemary

Salvia rosmarinus

Seen 2023-03-13

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Girau do Ponciano, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

4.8 mi

Photos via Wikimedia Commons — see each image page for license & attribution.

Official Identifiers