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City profile · Brazil · South America

Santana do Cariri

Ceara · Brazil
City population
16,954
#2,082
in Brazil
#121
in Ceara
#28,801
worldwide
BrasíliaSantana do Cariri
-7.188, -39.737 · 1,307 km from Brasília
City population
16,954
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Brazil
#2,082
of 2,250 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#28,801
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Brazil
0.0%
of the national population

About Santana do Cariri

Santana do Cariri is a city in Ceara, Brazil with a population of 16,954. It is the 2,082nd largest of the 2,250 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Brazil, and the 28,801st largest worldwide. It lies 1,307 km from Brasília.

Position in Brazil
#2,082of 2,250
LargestSmallest
Position in Ceara
#121of 130
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Brazil
Region
Ceara
Rank in region
#121of 130
Distance to capital
1,307 km
to Brasília
Elevation
503 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/Fortaleza
Coordinates
-7.188, -39.737
Record updated
2025-05-31
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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