Carnaubais
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Carnaubais | |
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Municipality | |
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  Carnaubais Location in Brazil | |
| Coordinates: 5°21′S 36°50′W / 5.350°S 36.833°W | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Region | Nordeste |
| State | Rio Grande do Norte |
| Mesoregion | Oeste Potiguar |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 9,714 |
| Time zone | UTC -3 |
Carnaubais is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Norte in the Northeast region of Brazil. With an area of 517.737 square kilometers (199.899 sq mi), of which 4.1227 square kilometres (1.5918 sq mi) is urban, it is located 187 km from Natal, the state capital, and 1,678 km from Brasília, the federal capital. Its population in the 2022 demographic census was 9,714 inhabitants, according to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), ranking as the 74th most populous municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Norte.
The territory of Carnaubais covers 517.737 square kilometers (199.899 sq mi),[1] of which 4.1227 square kilometres (1.5918 sq mi) constitutes the urban area.[2] It sits at an average altitude of 30 meters above sea level.[3] Carnaubais borders these municipalities: to the north, Porto do Mangue and Serra do Mel; to the south, Alto do Rodrigues and Açu; to the east, Alto do Rodrigues, Pendências, and Macau; and to the west, Serra do Mel e Açu.[4] The city is located 187 km from the state capital Natal,[5] and 1,678 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 Açi, within the intermediate region of Mossoró.[7] Previously, under the microregion and mesoregion divisions, it was part of the microregion of Vale do Açu in the mesoregion of Oeste Potiguar.[8][9]