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City profile · Brazil · South America

Tanhaçu

City population
20,393
#1,722
in Brazil
#161
in Bahia
#24,936
worldwide
BrasíliaTanhaçu
-14.021, -41.248 · 744 km from Brasília
City population
20,393
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Brazil
#1,722
of 2,250 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#24,936
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Brazil
0.0%
of the national population

About Tanhaçu

Tanhaçu is a city in Bahia, Brazil with a population of 20,393. It is the 1,722nd largest of the 2,250 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Brazil, and the 24,936th largest worldwide. It lies 744 km from Brasília.

Position in Brazil
#1,722of 2,250
LargestSmallest
Position in Bahia
#161of 243
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Region
Rank in region
#161of 243
Distance to capital
to Brasília
Elevation
433 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/Bahia
Coordinates
-14.021, -41.248
Record updated
2026-07-23
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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