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City profile · Brazil · South America

Feira de Santana

Bahia · Brazil
City population
616,272
#35
in Brazil
#2
in Bahia
#907
worldwide
BrasíliaFeira de Santana
-12.267, -38.967 · 1,043 km from Brasília
City population
616,272
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Brazil
#35
of 2,250 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#907
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Brazil
0.3%
of the national population

About Feira de Santana

The nearest substantial city lies 19 km away, with four others ranging from 22 km to 27 km distant. Feira de Santana holds a population of 616,272, making it the second-largest city in Bahia and the 35th in Brazil. Situated 1,043 km from Brasília, the city accounts for 0.3% of the national population.

This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.

Position in Brazil
#35of 2,250
LargestSmallest
Position in Bahia
#2of 243
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Brazil
Region
Bahia
Rank in region
#2of 243
Distance to capital
1,043 km
to Brasília
Elevation
223 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/Bahia
Coordinates
-12.267, -38.967
Record updated
2026-07-14
Entry edited, not measured

City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.

Nearby Cities

All 2,250 in Brazil

Closest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.

19KMSão Gonçalo dos Campos40K people22KMConceição do Jacuípe35K people24KMCoração de Maria27K people27KMConceição da Feira21K people27KMAmélia Rodrigues24K people

Compared with the World's Largest Cities

City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.

  1. Shanghai24.9M
  2. Beijing19M
  3. Shenzhen17.5M
  4. Guangzhou16.1M
  5. Kinshasa16M
  6. Istanbul15.7M
  7. Lagos15.4M
  8. Ho Chi Minh City14M
  9. Chengdu13.6M
  10. Lahore13M
  11. Mumbai12.7M
  12. São Paulo12.4M
  13. Mexico City12.3M
  14. Karachi11.6M
  15. Tianjin11.1M
  16. Feira de Santana616K
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Feira de Santana compared with the fifteen largest cities
NameCity population
Shanghai24.9M
Beijing19M
Shenzhen17.5M
Guangzhou16.1M
Kinshasa16M
Istanbul15.7M
Lagos15.4M
Ho Chi Minh City14M
Chengdu13.6M
Lahore13M
Mumbai12.7M
São Paulo12.4M
Mexico City12.3M
Karachi11.6M
Tianjin11.1M
Feira de Santana616K

Feira de Santana Population FAQ

What is the population of Feira de Santana?

Feira de Santana has a city population of 616,272. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Feira de Santana?

Feira de Santana is in Bahia, Brazil, 1,043 km from the capital, Brasília. Its coordinates are -12.267, -38.967.

How big is Feira de Santana compared with other cities in Brazil?

It is the 35th largest of the 2,250 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Brazil, holding 0.3% of the national population.

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