Natal

Natal, the capital of , , is a city on the Atlantic coast. Natal has some great beaches, historical sites, and nature areas, and it is a frequently used base for exploring the paradisiac beaches and nature of the Rio Grande do Norte state.
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  • Type: City with 751,000 residents
  • Description: municipality of Rio Grande do Norte state, Brazil
  • Also known as: “Cidade do Natal”, “Cidade do Sol”, “Município de Natal”, “Natal (Brasil)”, “Natal (Brasilien)”, “Natal (Brazilië)”, “Natal (kapital sa estado)”, “Natal (Río Grande del Norte)”, “Natal, Brazilija”, “Natal, Rio Grande do Norte”, “Natalo (Brazilo)”, “Νατάλ (Βραζιλία)”, “Натал (Бразил)”, “나탈”, “ナターウ”, and “ナタウ”
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights: Our Lady of the Presentation Cathedral, Natal and Felipe Camarão Palace.

Church
Photo: Marquinhos, CC0.
The Our Lady of the Presentation Cathedral Also Natal…

Government office
Photo: leandrociuffo, CC BY 2.0.
is a government office.

Museum
Photo: MB-one, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ribeira.

Suburb
Photo: jorgebrazil, CC BY 2.0.
is a suburb.

Natal

Latitude
-5.8054° or 5° 48′ 19″ south
Longitude
-35.2081° or 35° 12′ 29″ west
Population
751,000
Elevation
32 metres (105 feet)
IATA airport code
NAT
UN/LOCODE
BR NAT
Open location code
69665QVR+RQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 210731106
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
3394023
Wiki­data ID
Q131620
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“Natal” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Natal, Brasilië”
  • Afrikaans: “Natal”
  • Amharic: “ናታል”
  • Arabic: “ناتال”
  • Aragonese: “Natal (Rio Grande do Norte)”
  • Aragonese: “Natal”
  • Armenian: “Նատալ (Ռիու Գրանդի դու Նորտի)”
  • Armenian: “Նատալ”
  • Asturian: “Natal”
  • Azerbaijani: “Natal”
  • Balinese: “Natal, Rio Grande do Norte”
  • Basque: “Natal”
  • Belarusian: “Натал”
  • Bengali: “নাটাল”
  • Bishnupriya: “নাটাল”
  • Bosnian: “Natal”
  • Breton: “Natal”
  • Bulgarian: “Натал”
  • Catalan: “Natal”
  • Cebuano: “Natal”
  • Chechen: “Натал (Риу-Гранди-ду-Норти)”
  • Chechen: “Натал”
  • Chinese: “納塔爾”
  • Chinese: “纳塔尔”
  • Croatian: “Natal”
  • Czech: “Natal”
  • Danish: “Natal”
  • Dutch: “Natal”
  • Esperanto: “Natalo”
  • Estonian: “Natal”
  • Finnish: “Natal”
  • French: “Natal”
  • Galician: “Natal, Río Grande do Norte”
  • Galician: “Natal”
  • Georgian: “ნატალი”
  • German: “Natal”
  • Greek: “Νατάλ”
  • Guarani: “Natal”
  • Gujarati: “નાતાલ”
  • Haitian: “Natal (Brezil)”
  • Haitian: “Natal”
  • Hausa: “Natal”
  • Hebrew: “נאטאל”
  • Hindi: “नेटाल, रिओ ग्रांड डो नॉर्ट”
  • Hindi: “नेटाल”
  • Hungarian: “Natal”
  • Icelandic: “Natal (Rio Grande do Norte)”
  • Icelandic: “Natal”
  • Ido: “Natal, Rio Grande do Norte”
  • Ido: “Natal”
  • Indonesian: “Natal, Rio Grande do Norte”
  • Indonesian: “Natal”
  • Interlingua: “Natal”
  • Interlingue: “Natal”
  • Irish: “Natal, Rio Grande do Norte”
  • Irish: “Natal”
  • Italian: “Natal”
  • Japanese: “ナタール”
  • Japanese: “ナタル”
  • Javanese: “Natal”
  • Kannada: “ನಟಾಲ್”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Natal”
  • Kazakh: “Natal”
  • Kazakh: “Натал”
  • Kazakh: “ناتال”
  • Kirghiz: “Натал”
  • Korean: “나타우”
  • Latvian: “Natala”
  • Lithuanian: “Natalis”
  • Macedonian: “Натал”
  • Malagasy: “Natal”
  • Malay: “Natal”
  • Maltese: “Natal”
  • Marathi: “नाताल”
  • Mazanderani: “ناتال”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Natal, Rio Grande do Norte”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Natal”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “ناطال”
  • Neapolitan: “Natal”
  • Northern Frisian: “Natal”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Natal”
  • Norwegian: “Natal”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Natal”
  • Oromo: “Natal”
  • Ossetian: “Натал (Риу-Гранди-ду-Норти)”
  • Ossetian: “Натал”
  • Panjabi: “ਨਾਤਾਲ”
  • Persian: “ناتال”
  • Polish: “Natal”
  • Portuguese: “Natal”
  • Pushto: “ناتال”
  • Quechua: “Natal”
  • Romanian: “Natal, Rio Grande do Norte”
  • Romanian: “Natal”
  • Russian: “Натал”
  • Scots: “Natal”
  • Serbian: “Natal”
  • Serbian: “Натал”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Natal, Rio Grande do Norte”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Natal”
  • Silesian: “Natal (mjasto)”
  • Silesian: “Natal”
  • Sinhala: “නටල්, බ්‍රසීලය”
  • Sinhala: “නටල්”
  • Slovak: “Natal”
  • Slovenian: “Natal”
  • Somali: “Natal”
  • Spanish: “Natal”
  • Swahili: “Natal, Rio Grande do Norte”
  • Swahili: “Natal”
  • Swedish: “Natal, Rio Grande do Norte”
  • Swedish: “Natal”
  • Tajik: “Natal”
  • Tajik: “Натал”
  • Tamil: “நதால், பிரேசில்”
  • Tamil: “நதால்”
  • Tatar: “Натал”
  • Telugu: “నాటాల్”
  • Tetum: “Natal”
  • Thai: “นาตาล”
  • Thai: “นาเตา”
  • Turkish: “Natal, Rio Grande do Norte”
  • Turkish: “Natal”
  • Twi: “Natal”
  • Ukrainian: “Натал”
  • Urdu: “ناتال، شمالی ریو گرانڈی”
  • Urdu: “ناتال”
  • Uzbek: “Natal”
  • Venetian: “Natal”
  • Vietnamese: “Natal, Rio Grande do Norte”
  • Vietnamese: “Natal”
  • Volapük: “Natal”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Natal, Rio Grande do Norte”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Natal”
  • Welsh: “Natal”
  • Western Panjabi: “نتال”
  • Wu Chinese: “纳塔尔 (巴西)”
  • Wu Chinese: “纳塔尔（巴西）”

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