Macapá

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Macapá

Total population

442,933

Coordinates0.04°, -51.06°

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

Overview

Macapá is the capital of the Brazilian state of Amapá, in the country's North Region, located on the northern channel of the Amazon Delta near its mouth on the Atlantic Ocean. Its population is estimated to be 512,902 (2020). The city is on a small plateau on the Amazon in the southeast of the state of Amapá. The only access by road from outside the province is from the overseas French department of French Guiana, although there are regular ferries to Belém, Brazil. Macapá is linked by road with some other cities in Amapá. The equator runs through the middle of the city, leading residents to refer to Macapá as "The capital of the middle of the world." It covers 6,407.12 square kilometres (2,473.80 mi2) and is located northwest of the large inland island of Marajó and south of the border with French Guiana.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

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Jason Rodrigues Corrêa

Brazilian association football player

D

Dora Nascimento

Brazilian geographer and politician

Fátima Pelaes

Brazilian sociologist

Davi Alcolumbre

Brazilian politician, Senator of the Republic since 2015, 66th and 68th President of the Federal Senate of Brazil (2019–2021; 2025–present)

Janete Capiberibe

Brazilian politician; 12th First Lady of Amapá

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José Mendes dos Reis

Portuguese military officer

M

Marinho Macapá

Brazilian association football player

O

Osmar Júnior

Brazilian composer and vocalist

P

Paulo Fernando Batista Guerra

Brazilian teacher

U

Ubiratã Espírito Santo

Brazilian association football player (1953-2020)

Z

Zé Miguel

Brazilian politician

Anderson Patric Aguiar Oliveira

Brazilian association football player

J

Jader Souza

Brazilian swimmer

C

Cassius Theperson

E

Emília Monteiro

Brazilian singer

Lucas Barreto

Brazilian politician

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

Nearby places in Amapá

• Curiaú
  5.9 mi away
• Vila do Trem
  7.6 mi away
• São João de Deus
  8.6 mi away
• Ilha Redonda
  9.4 mi away
• Porto do Céu
  10.1 mi away
• São Francisco da Casa Grande
  10.9 mi away
• São João
  12.8 mi away
• Resaca
  15.6 mi away
• Torrão do Matapi
  16 mi away
• Santa Maria do Maruanum
  16.1 mi away
• Pirativa
  16.8 mi away
• Quilombo do Mel da Pedreira
  16.9 mi away

Browse all places in Amapá →

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 Macapá

Search results from Open Library.

Official Identifiers