Map of Missão Velha, Brazil

Missão Velha is a city in Ceará, Brazil, with a population of about 36,822. It lies at 7.2497°S, 39.1431°W. Missão Velha is about 1,347 km (837 mi) northeast of Brasília, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Barbalha, 19 km to the west.

Missão Velha at a glance

Where is Missão Velha?

• Located in the Southern and Western hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 11 h 42 min on the shortest day to 12 h 33 min on the longest day (around 21 June and 21 December).

Cities near Missão Velha

• Barbalha — 19 km west
• Juazeiro do Norte — 19 km west
• Crato — 29 km west
• Brejo Santo — 32 km southeast
• Exu — 70 km southwest
• Cajazeiras — 76 km northeast
• São José do Belmonte — 80 km southeast
• Salgueiro — 92 km south
• Icó — 99 km north
• Iguatu — 100 km north

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.