José da Penha

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José da Penha

Total population

5,803

Elevation558 m

Land area117.64 km²

Coordinates-6.32°, -38.29°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

José da Penha is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Norte in the Northeast region of Brazil.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

E

Euclides Nunes Fernandes

politician from Brazil

Antônia Ronnycleide da Costa Silva

Brazilian association football player

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Rio Grande do Norte

• Major Felipe
  4 mi away
• Riacho de Santana
  4.3 mi away · pop. 4,127
• Água Nova
  7.8 mi away · pop. 2,946
• Marcelino Vieira
  8.6 mi away · pop. 7,896
• Rafael Fernandes
  10 mi away · pop. 5,432
• Mata de São Bráz
  11.2 mi away
• Coronel João Pessoa
  11.5 mi away · pop. 4,237
• Tenente Ananias
  12.4 mi away · pop. 10,262
• Rancho Manoel Paulino
  13.5 mi away
• Encanto
  14.4 mi away · pop. 6,016
• Pau dos Ferros
  15.3 mi away · pop. 30,479
• São Miguel
  16.3 mi away · pop. 23,537

Browse all places in Rio Grande do Norte →

Geography & sun

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

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about José da Penha

A primeira campanha popular no Rio Grande do Norte

Aluízio Alves · 1976

Coleção Caetano Veloso

Caetano Veloso · 2011

Ezequiel

2015

Refúgio e Descanso

2015

Isaías

2015

Juízes

2015

Números

2015

I Reis

2015

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Common Marmoset

Callithrix jacchus

Seen 2026-06-19

Geoffroy’s Side-necked Turtle

Phrynops geoffroanus

Seen 2026-06-04

Guira Cuckoo

Guira guira

Seen 2026-05-31

Chresta pacourinoides

Chresta pacourinoides

Seen 2026-05-31

Golden Silk Spider

Trichonephila clavipes

Seen 2026-05-31

Eneoptera surinamensis

Eneoptera surinamensis

Seen 2026-05-31

Red Bean Tree

Erythrina velutina

Seen 2026-05-31

Alstroemeria longistaminea

Alstroemeria longistaminea

Seen 2026-05-31

Bauhinia pentandra

Bauhinia pentandra

Seen 2026-05-31

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

Official Identifiers