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Barcelona, Rio Grande do Norte

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Barcelona is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Norte in the Northeast region of Brazil. With an area of 152.626 km², of which 0.6748 km² is urban, it is located 81 km from Natal, the state capital, and 1,706 km from Brasília, the federal capital. Its population in the 2022 demographic census was 3,986 inhabitants, according to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), ranking as the 133rd most populous municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Norte.

Geography

The territory of Barcelona covers 152.626 km², of which 0.6748 km² constitutes the urban area. It sits at an average altitude of 124 meters above sea level. Barcelona borders these municipalities: to the north, Ruy Barbosa and Riachuelo; to the south, Lagoa de Velhos and Sítio Novo; to the east, São Paulo do Potengi, Lagoa de Velhos, and Riachuelo; and to the west, São Tomé. The city is located 81 km from the state capital Natal, and 1,706 km from the federal capital Brasília.

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 São Paulo do Potengi, within the intermediate region of Natal. Previously, under the microregion and mesoregion divisions, it was part of the microregion of Borborema Potiguar in the mesoregion of Agreste Potiguar.

Demographics

In the 2022 census, the municipality had a population of 3,986 inhabitants and ranked only 133rd in the state that year (out of 167 municipalities), with 50.58% female and 49.42% male, resulting in a sex ratio of 97.72 (9,772 men for every 10,000 women), compared to 3,950 inhabitants in the 2010 census (44,46% living in the urban area), when it held the 132nd state position. Between the 2010 and 2022 censuses, the population of Barcelona changed at an annual geometric growth rate of 0.08%. Regarding age group in the 2022 census, 68.27% of the inhabitants were between 15 and 64 years old, 18.16% were under fifteen, and 13.56% were 65 or older. The population density in 2022 was 26.12 inhabitants per square kilometer, with an average of 2.87 inhabitants per household.

The municipality's Human Development Index (HDI-M) is considered medium, according to data from the United Nations Development Programme. According to the 2010 report published in 2013, its value was 0.566, ranking 154th in the state and 4,921st nationally (out of 5,565 municipalities), and the Gini coefficient rose from 0.39 in 2003 to 0.5 in 2010. Considering only the longevity index, its value is 0.726, the income index is 0.564, and the education index is 0.442.

References

References

  1. IBGE. "Brasil / Rio Grande do Norte / Barcelona".
  2. (2019). "Tabela 8418 - Áreas urbanizadas, Loteamento vazio, Área total mapeada e Subcategorias". IBGE.
  3. "Rio Grande do Norte". [[Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation]].
  4. Institute of Economic Development and Environment of Rio Grande do Norte (IDEMA-RN). (2013). "Perfil do seu município: Barcelona".
  5. "Distância entre Natal - RN, Brazil e Barcelona - RN, Brazil".
  6. "Distância entre Brasilia - DF, Brazil e Barcelona - Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil".
  7. IBGE. (2024). "DTB_2024.zip".
  8. (1990). "Divisão regional do Brasil em mesorregiões e microrregiões geográficas". IBGE.
  9. (1 July 2008). "Divisão Territorial do Brasil". Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE).
  10. IBGE. (2022). "Sinopse / População residente ( Unidade: pessoas ) / 2022".
  11. IBGE. (2022). "Tabela 9514 - População residente, por sexo, idade e forma de declaração da idade".
  12. IBGE. (2022). "População residente / Sexo / Razão de sexo".
  13. IBGE. (2010). "Tabela 608 - População residente, por situação do domicílio e sexo".
  14. IBGE. (2010). "Sinopse / População residente ( Unidade: pessoas ) / 2010".
  15. IBGE. (2022). "População residente / Taxa de crescimento geométrico ( Unidade: % )".
  16. IBGE. (2022). "Tabela 9514 - População residente, por sexo, idade e forma de declaração da idade".
  17. IBGE. "Território / Densidade demográfica ( Unidade: habitantes por quilômetro quadrado )".
  18. IBGE. (2022). "Tabela 4712 - Domicílios particulares permanentes ocupados, Moradores em domicílios particulares permanentes ocupados e Média de moradores em domicílios particulares permanentes ocupados".
  19. (2010). "Ranking decrescente do IDH-M dos municípios do Brasil". United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
  20. IBGE. (2003). "Mapa de pobreza e desigualdade".
  21. IBGE. (2010). "Índice de Gini da renda domiciliar per capita segundo Município".
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