City profile · Brazil · South America
São João
City population
23,837
#1,496
in Brazil
#86
in Pernambuco
#22,014
worldwide
-8.876, -36.367 · 1,471 km from Brasília
About São João
São João is a city in Pernambuco, Brazil with a population of 23,837. It is the 1,496th largest of the 2,250 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Brazil, and the 22,014th largest worldwide. It lies 1,471 km from Brasília.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#86of 126
Coordinates
-8.876, -36.367
Record updated
29 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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