Angicos
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Angicos | |
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Municipality | |
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| Coordinates: 5°39′57″S 36°36′03″W / 5.66583°S 36.6008°W | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Region | Nordeste |
| State | Rio Grande do Norte |
| Mesoregion | Central Potiguar |
| Area | |
• Total | 286.354 sq mi (741.654 km2) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 11,632 |
| • Density | 41/sq mi (16/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC -3 |
Angicos is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Norte in the Northeast region of Brazil. With an area of 741.582 square kilometers (286.326 sq mi), of which 3.4712 square kilometres (1.3402 sq mi) is urban, it is located 155 km from Natal, the state capital, and 1,671 km from Brasília, the federal capital. Its population in the 2022 demographic census was 11,632 inhabitants, according to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), ranking as the 49th most populous municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Norte.
The territory of Angicos covers 741.582 square kilometers (286.326 sq mi),[1] of which 3.4712 square kilometres (1.3402 sq mi) constitutes the urban area.[2] It sits at an average altitude of 110 meters above sea level.[3] Angicos borders these municipalities: to the north, Afonso Bezerra and Pedro Avelino; to the south, Santana do Matos and Fernando Pedroza; to the east, Pedro Velho, Pedro Avelino again, and Lajes; and to the west, Itajá and Ipanguaçu.[4] The city is located 155 km from the state capital Natal,[5] and 1,671 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]