City profile · Brazil · South America
Rio Formoso
City population
20,009
#1,757
in Brazil
#100
in Pernambuco
#25,328
worldwide
-8.669, -35.163 · 1,596 km from Brasília
About Rio Formoso
Rio Formoso is a city in Pernambuco, Brazil with a population of 20,009. It is the 1,757th largest of the 2,250 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Brazil, and the 25,328th largest worldwide. It lies 1,596 km from Brasília.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#100of 126
Elevation
87 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/Recife
Coordinates
-8.669, -35.163
Record updated
2025-05-29
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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