Mossoró

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Mossoró

Total population

264,577

Coordinates-5.19°, -37.34°

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

Overview

Mossoró is a Brazilian municipality in the interior of the state of Rio Grande do Norte, recognized as the capital of the Brazilian semi-arid region. Covering an area of approximately 2,100 square kilometres (810 sq mi), it is the largest municipality in the state by area, located 281 kilometers from the state capital, Natal. With a population of 264,577 inhabitants according to the 2022 demographic census, it ranks as the second most populous city in Rio Grande do Norte, after the capital, the most populous in the state's interior, and the 108th in Brazil.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Márcio Mossoró

Brazilian association football player

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João Batista Lima Gomes

Brazilian footballer

João Almino

Brazilian novelist

Dequinha

Brazilian association football player (1928–1997)

Rosalba Ciarlini

54th Governor of Rio Grande do Norte

Wilma de Faria

52nd Governor of Rio Grande do Norte (1945–2017)

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Nonato

Brazilian association football player

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Assuério Silva

Brazilian mixed martial artist

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Patricky Freire

American martial artist

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Daniel Diau

Brazilian singer

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David Cunha

Brazilian comedian

Dix-Sept Rosado

Brazilian politician (1911-1951)

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Francisco Duarte Filho

Brazilian physician and politician

Gilberto Teixeira

Brazilian writer

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Jerônimo Vingt-un Rosado Maia

José Agripino Maia

Brazilian politician

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

Nearby places in Rio Grande do Norte

• Assentamento Paulo Freire
  7.1 mi away
• Assentamento Independência
  7.2 mi away
• Riacho Grande
  8 mi away
• Jucuri
  10.7 mi away
• Agrovila Recanto da Esperança
  11.4 mi away
• Assentamento Jurema
  11.4 mi away
• Favelas
  12.7 mi away
• Piquiri
  13.1 mi away
• Assentamento Quixaba
  13.7 mi away
• Vila Espírito Santo
  14.7 mi away
• Cordão de Sombra
  15 mi away
• Vila Guanabara
  15.3 mi away

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 Mossoró

Search results from Open Library.

Official Identifiers