About São Gabriel
São Gabriel is a city in Bahia, Brazil with a population of 18,789. It is the 1,849th largest of the 2,250 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Brazil, and the 26,626th largest worldwide. It lies 827 km from Brasília.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#184of 243
Elevation
751 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/Bahia
Coordinates
-11.229, -41.876
Record updated
2026-07-24
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 BrazilClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.