Afonso Bezerra
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Afonso Bezerra | |
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| Municipality of Afonso Bezerra | |
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 Location in Rio Grande do Norte | |
| Coordinates: 5°30′S 36°31′W / 5.500°S 36.517°W | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Region | Nordeste |
| State | Rio Grande do Norte |
| Mesoregion | Central Potiguar |
| Population (2020 [1]) | |
• Total | 11,029 |
| Time zone | UTC -3 |
Afonso Bezerra is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Norte in the Northeast region of Brazil. With an area of 576.179 square kilometers (222.464 sq mi), of which 3.3515 square kilometres (1.2940 sq mi) is urban, it is located 147 km from Natal, the state capital, and 1,692 km from Brasília, the federal capital. Its population in the 2022 demographic census was 10,839 inhabitants, according to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), ranking as the 57th most populous municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Norte.
The territory of Afonso Bezerra covers 576.179 square kilometers (222.464 sq mi),[2] of which 3.3515 square kilometres (1.2940 sq mi) constitutes the urban area.[3] It sits at an average altitude of 62 meters above sea level.[4] The city is located 147 km from the state capital Natal,[5] and 1,692 km from the federal capital Brasília.[6]
Under the territorial division established in 2017 by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), the municipality belongs to the immediate geographical region of Açu, within the intermediate region of Mossoró.[7] Previously, under the microregion and mesoregion divisions, it was part of the microregion of Angicos in the mesoregion of Central Potiguar.[8][9]