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Sousa
Paraíbacity
Total population
67,259
Demographic figures from IBGE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Sousa is a sizeable town in Paraíba, Brazil. Census-style estimates put the resident count near 67,259. Sousa maps to -6.766°, -38.232° — squarely within the equatorial belt. The latitude suggests hot and humid year-round with little seasonal temperature variation. Open solar datasets indicate about 2,221 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year, combined with sunshine for roughly 87% of daylight hours. Further detail — demographics, climate, nearby amenities and natural-hazard data — is compiled below from public open-data sources.
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History & geography
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Earthquake history
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in Paraíba
- Núcleo III3 mi away
- Massapê dos Dias3.4 mi away
- Núcleo II4.9 mi away
- Núcleo I6.1 mi away
- Lagoa dos Estrelas6.2 mi away
- Aparecida10.3 mi away · pop. 7,960
- Assentamento Acauã10.8 mi away
- Nazarezinho12.1 mi away · pop. 7,203
- Prensa13.5 mi away
- São João do Rio do Peixe15 mi away · pop. 17,964
- Sítio Açudinho15.1 mi away
- Vieirópolis15.7 mi away · pop. 4,864
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Books about Sousa
Search results from Open Library.
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).
Events
Gallery
Official Identifiers
IBGE — Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics
- IBGE code
- 2516201
- UF
- PB
- Mesorregião
- Sertão Paraibano
- Microrregião
- Sousa
servicodados.ibge.gov.br
Sources
- • Wikidata
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Open Library
- • IBGE — Brazilian national statistics, via servicodados.ibge.gov.br (official municipal code, UF, mesorregião, microrregião, region)
- • IBGE — Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics — servicodados.ibge.gov.br