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Caraúbas, Rio Grande do Norte

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Caraúbas is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Norte in the Northeast region of Brazil. With an area of 1094.488 km², of which 5.1635 km² is urban, it is located 260 km from Natal, the state capital, and 1,586 km from Brasília, the federal capital. Its population in the 2022 demographic census was 19,727 inhabitants, according to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), ranking as the 28th most populous municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Norte.

Geography

The territory of Caraúbas covers 1094.488 km², of which 5.1635 km² constitutes the urban area. It sits at an average altitude of 144 meters above sea level. Caraúbas borders these municipalities: to the north, Governador Dix-Sept Rosado and Felipe Guerra; to the south, Janduís, Patu, and Olho-d'Água do Borges; to the east, Campo Grande and Upanema; and to the west, Apodi and Felipe Guerra. The city is located 260 km from the state capital Natal, and 1,586 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 Mossoró, within the intermediate region of Mossoró. Previously, under the microregion and mesoregion divisions, it was part of the microregion of Chapada do Apodi in the mesoregion of Oeste Potiguar.

Demographics

In the 2022 census, the municipality had a population of 19,727 inhabitants and ranked 28th in the state that year (out of 167 municipalities), with 51.19% female and 48.81% male, resulting in a sex ratio of 95,34 (9,534 men for every 10,000 women), compared to 19,576 inhabitants in the 2010 census (70% living in the urban area), when it held the 28th state position. Between the 2010 and 2022 censuses, the population of Caraúbas changed at an annual geometric growth rate of 0.06%. Regarding age group in the 2022 census, 69.45% of the inhabitants were between 15 and 64 years old, 17.59% were under fifteen, and 12.97% were 65 or older. The population density in 2022 was 18 inhabitants per square kilometer. There were 7,039 housing units with an average of 2.79 inhabitants per household.

The municipality's Human Development Index (HDI-M) was considered medium, according to data from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). According to the 2010 report published in 2013, its value was 0.638, ranking 33th in the state and 3,333th nationally (out of 5,565 municipalities), and the Gini coefficient rose from 0.38 in 2003 to 0.54 in 2010. Considering only the longevity index, its value is 0.786, the income index is 0.594, and the education index is 0.556.

References

References

  1. IBGE. (2022). "Brasil / Rio Grande do Norte / Caraúbas".
  2. IBGE. (2019). "Tabela 8418 - Áreas urbanizadas, Loteamento vazio, Área total mapeada e Subcategorias".
  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: Caraúbas".
  5. "Distância entre Natal - RN, Brazil e Caraúbas - RN, Brazil".
  6. "Distância entre Brasilia - DF, Brazil e Caraúbas - Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil".
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  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. (2022). "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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