Mossoró is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Norte in Brazil. The 2022 census figures compiled by City Population count 264,577 inhabitants in the municipality, against 259,815 at the 2010 census and 213,841 at the 2000 census. GeoNames places Mossoró at latitude -5.18750 and longitude -37.34417, about 24 metres above sea level by its digital elevation model, and assigns it to a time zone that is UTC-3 in the IANA time zone database. GeoNames lists it as a populated place. Mossoró is not the capital of Rio Grande do Norte, which is Natal. The atlas places it in the South America subregion and treats it as a city for browsing purposes.
Facts
Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. citypopulation.de: Brazil: Rio Grande do Norte municipalities
citypopulation.deMunicipalities table, census of 2022-08-01Quote, Municipalities table, census of 2022-08-01
Mossoró Municipality 213,841 259,815 264,577
2. GeoNames: Mossoró
GeoNames page, Population
Population 264,577
GeoNames page, elevation, banded by atlas thresholds
SRTM3 24 m
GeoNames page, Timezone
Timezone America/Fortaleza
Coordinates
Coordinates -5.18750, -37.34417
Elevation
SRTM3 24 m
Part Of: Brazil, GeoNames hierarchy line
Brazil BR Country
On Continent: South America, GeoNames hierarchy line
South America
In Group: Cities of South America (World), GeoNames hierarchy line
Brazil BR Country
View the Source3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cellQuote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell
-5.25 -37.25 As
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