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Pau dos Ferros

City population
30,479
#1,153
in Brazil
#19
in Rio Grande do Norte
#17,783
worldwide
BrasíliaPau dos Ferros
-6.109, -38.204 · 1,510 km from Brasília
Share of Brazil
0.0%
Of the national population
Elevation
192 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Distance to capital
To Brasília
Time zone
America/Fortaleza
IANA zone identifier

About Pau dos Ferros

Pau dos Ferros is a city in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil with a population of 30,479. It is the 1,153rd largest of the 2,250 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Brazil, and the 17,783rd largest worldwide. It lies 1,510 km from Brasília.

Position in Brazil
#1,153of 2,250
LargestSmallest
Position in Rio Grande do Norte
#19of 33
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Rank in region
#19of 33
Coordinates
-6.109, -38.204
Record updated
27 May 2025
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.

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