Map of Canindé, Brazil

Canindé is a city in Ceará, Brazil, with a population of about 77,244. It lies at 4.3589°S, 39.3117°W. Canindé is about 1,581 km (982 mi) northeast of Brasília, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Baturité, 47 km to the east.

Canindé at a glance

Where is Canindé?

• The 13th largest city in Ceará on this site.
• Located in the Southern and Western hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 11 h 52 min on the shortest day to 12 h 22 min on the longest day (around 21 June and 21 December).

Cities near Canindé

• Baturité — 47 km east
• Pentecoste — 63 km north
• Quixadá — 76 km southeast
• Itapagé — 81 km north
• Pacatuba — 87 km northeast
• São Gonçalo do Amarante — 92 km northeast
• Maracanaú — 93 km northeast
• Quixeramobim — 93 km south
• Santa Quitéria — 94 km west
• Horizonte — 96 km east

Largest cities in Ceará

• Fortaleza — 2,400,000
• Caucaia — 378,406
• Juazeiro do Norte — 305,531
• Maracanaú — 251,613
• Sobral — 216,519
• Crato — 139,027
• Itapipoca — 138,978
• Iguatu — 98,064
• Quixadá — 88,321
• Quixeramobim — 82,177

Largest cities in Brazil

• São Paulo — 12,400,232
• Rio de Janeiro — 6,747,815
• Belo Horizonte — 2,721,564
• Salvador — 2,711,840
• Fortaleza — 2,400,000
• Manaus — 2,219,580
• Brasília — 2,207,718
• Curitiba — 1,948,626
• Recife — 1,653,461
• Goiânia — 1,536,097

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Sources: place names, coordinates, populations and time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0, data retrieved October 2026). Population figures are the latest values recorded in GeoNames; depending on the country they refer to the city proper, a municipality or a wider urban area, so they can differ from census or metro-area figures. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.