Porto Calvo

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Porto Calvo

Total population

24,071

Elevation17 m

Land area260.16 km²

WeatherAvg high 84.1°F

Coordinates-9.05°, -35.40°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Porto Calvo is a municipality in the state of Alagoas, Brazil. Its population was 24,071 in 2022 and its area is 313 km2 (121 sq mi). It was founded in 1636.

Geography

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

Climate

10-year averages from ERA5 reanalysis (Open-Meteo).

Notable people from here

Willian José

Brazilian association football player

D

Domingos Fernandes Calabar

Brazilian smuggler

Reinaldo Manoel da Silva

Brazilian footballer

N

Newton Sucupira

Brazilian teacher (1920-2007)

J

José Ângelo Márcio da Silva

Brazilian politician

F

Francisco de Barros Pimentel

Portuguese military officer and landowner in Colonial Brazil

J

José Gomes de Melo

Portuguese landlord and military officer in Colonial Brazil (fl. 1699)

Lenira Carvalho

domestic worker in Recife

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

Nearby places in Alagoas

• Barreira do Boqueirão
  9.3 mi away
• Tatuamunha
  12.1 mi away
• Porto da Rua
  13.3 mi away
• Pau Amarelo
  14.8 mi away
• Barra Grande
  15.5 mi away
• Barra de Camaragibe
  17.8 mi away
• S. Luzia
  27.6 mi away
• Rocha Cavalcante
  45.9 mi away
• Satuba
  46 mi away · pop. 24,278
• S. Antônio
  51 mi away
• Vila José Paulino
  52.1 mi away
• Serra do Cachorro
  52.2 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.

Books about Porto Calvo

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

White-headed Marsh Tyrant

Arundinicola leucocephala

Seen 2026-07-08

Lundia longa

Lundia longa

Seen 2026-06-23

lion's ear

Leonotis nepetifolia

Seen 2026-06-23

Jamaican nightshade

Solanum jamaicense

Seen 2026-06-23

Thin-fingered Fiddler Crab

Leptuca leptodactyla

Seen 2025-03-05

Parrot's Beak

Heliconia psittacorum

Seen 2025-02-15

Solanum paniculatum

Solanum paniculatum

Seen 2025-02-15

Heart of Jesus

Caladium bicolor

Seen 2025-02-15

Miconia albicans

Miconia albicans

Seen 2025-02-14

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

Official Identifiers