Brazil
Northeast
Rio Grande do Norte

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: “Natal, Rio Grande do Norte”
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Midway Mall and Felipe Camarão Palace.

Shopping center
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The , located in the city of Natal, is the largest shopping center in the state of and one of the largest in the Northeast Region of Brazil.

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
United Nations Location Code
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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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“Natal” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Natal, Brasilië”
  • Afrikaans: “Natal”
  • Arabic: “ناتال”
  • Armenian: “Նատալ (Ռիու Գրանդի դու Նորտի)”
  • Armenian: “Նատալ”
  • Asturian: “Natal”
  • Balinese: “Natal, Rio Grande do Norte”
  • Basque: “Natal”
  • Belarusian: “Натал”
  • Bengali: “নাটাল”
  • Bishnupriya: “নাটাল”
  • Bosnian: “Natal”
  • Breton: “Natal”
  • Bulgarian: “Натал”
  • Catalan: “Natal (Rio Grande do Norte)”
  • Catalan: “Natal”
  • Cebuano: “Natal (kapital sa estado)”
  • Cebuano: “Natal”
  • Chechen: “Натал (Риу-Гранди-ду-Норти)”
  • Chechen: “Натал”
  • Chinese: “Natal, Rio Grande do Norte”
  • Chinese: “納塔爾”
  • Chinese: “纳塔尔”
  • Croatian: “Natal”
  • Czech: “Natal”
  • Danish: “Natal (Brasilien)”
  • Danish: “Natal”
  • Dutch: “Natal (Brazilië)”
  • Dutch: “Natal”
  • Esperanto: “Natalo (Brazilo)”
  • Esperanto: “Natalo”
  • Estonian: “Natal”
  • Finnish: “Natal, Rio Grande do Norte”
  • Finnish: “Natal”
  • French: “Natal”
  • Galician: “Natal, Río Grande do Norte”
  • Galician: “Natal”
  • Georgian: “ნატალი”
  • German: “Município de Natal”
  • German: “Natal”
  • Greek: “Νατάλ (Βραζιλία)”
  • Greek: “Νατάλ”
  • Guarani: “Natal”
  • Gujarati: “નાતાલ”
  • Haitian: “Natal (Brezil)”
  • Haitian: “Natal”
  • Hausa: “Natal”
  • Hebrew: “נאטאל”
  • Hindi: “नाताल”
  • Hindi: “नेटाल, रिओ ग्रांड डो नॉर्ट”
  • Hindi: “नेटाल”
  • Hungarian: “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: “ナターウ”
  • Japanese: “ナタール”
  • Japanese: “ナタウ”
  • Japanese: “ナタル”
  • Kannada: “ನಟಾಲ್”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Natal”
  • Kazakh: “Natal”
  • Kazakh: “Натал”
  • Kazakh: “ناتال”
  • Korean: “나타우”
  • Korean: “나탈”
  • Latvian: “Natal, Rio Grande do Norte”
  • Latvian: “Natal”
  • 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, Rio Grande do Norte”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Natal”
  • Norwegian: “Natal”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Natal”
  • Ossetian: “Натал (Риу-Гранди-ду-Норти)”
  • Ossetian: “Натал”
  • Persian: “ناتال”
  • Polish: “Natal”
  • Portuguese: “Cidade do Natal”
  • Portuguese: “Cidade do Sol”
  • Portuguese: “Natal (Rio Grande do Norte)”
  • Portuguese: “Natal”
  • Quechua: “Natal”
  • Romanian: “Natal, Rio Grande do Norte”
  • Romanian: “Natal”
  • Russian: “Натал (Риу-Гранди-ду-Норти)”
  • Russian: “Натал”
  • Scots: “Natal, Rio Grande do Norte”
  • Scots: “Natal”
  • Serbian: “Natal”
  • Serbian: “Натал (Бразил)”
  • Serbian: “Натал”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Natal, Rio Grande do Norte”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Natal”
  • Sinhala: “නටල්, බ්‍රසීලය”
  • Sinhala: “නටල්”
  • Slovak: “Natal”
  • Slovenian: “Natal, Brazilija”
  • Slovenian: “Natal”
  • Spanish: “Natal (Brasil)”
  • Spanish: “Natal (Río Grande del Norte)”
  • Spanish: “Natal (Rio Grande do Norte)”
  • 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”
  • 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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