Map of São Gonçalo do Amarante, Ceará, Brazil

São Gonçalo do Amarante is a city in Ceará, Brazil, with a population of about 48,869. It lies at 3.6072°S, 38.9683°W. São Gonçalo do Amarante is about 1,671 km (1,038 mi) northeast of Brasília, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Paracuru, 23 km to the north.

São Gonçalo do Amarante at a glance

Where is São Gonçalo do Amarante?

• Located in the Southern and Western hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 11 h 55 min on the shortest day to 12 h 20 min on the longest day (around 21 June and 21 December).

Cities near São Gonçalo do Amarante

• Paracuru — 23 km north
• Caucaia — 38 km east
• Pentecoste — 39 km southwest
• Maracanaú — 48 km southeast
• Fortaleza — 49 km east
• Trairi — 50 km northwest
• Pacatuba — 57 km southeast
• Itaitinga — 63 km southeast
• Eusébio — 65 km southeast
• Itapipoca — 69 km west

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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Other places named São Gonçalo do Amarante

• São Gonçalo do Amarante — Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

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.