NXS-GRX-BRA · South America · Regions

Alagoas

First-level unit, Brazil: people, area, the units inside and neighbours, with risk values when released.

Page GRX-BRA-REdition Baseline Edition 2026Evidence close 2026-09-30ISO BRA / BRStatus UN member stateValues not yet publishedMethod v1.0.0-draft
3,283,138
people (GHSL 2025)
27,893 km²
area
1.5%
of Brazil
98
units inside
01Map

Inside Alagoas

The 98 ADM2 units of Alagoas.

FIG 1 · 98 units inside Alagoas
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Units rise with people per km² · GHSL 2025 raster · terrain · ADM1 ADM2Risk values when released
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Column height and colour show people per km² by unit, in quantile fifths among the units shown (the key on the map gives the breaks); units with no people on the grid are grey, not the lowest class; the raster beneath is the GHSL 2025 population grid. Source observations, not index values. Choose a humanitarian figure from the list to colour and raise the units by it; each figure shows its source on the unit page. Select a unit to drill into the units inside it; the path above the map climbs back.
02Figures

People, area and density

Source observations from open grids summed inside the boundary; not index values.

People · GHSL 2025

3,283,138

1.5% of Brazil.

People · WorldPop 2025

3,056,072

-7% against GHSL; the two grids differ in method.

Area

27,893 km²

118 people per km².

Code

BR-AL

Subdivision code as carried by the boundary source.

Low coastal zone

212,022

people on land at or below 10 m, 6.5% of the unit (GEBCO 2024 and GHSL 2025).

03Humanitarian data

Alagoas in humanitarian data

Source observations from the Humanitarian Data Exchange, matched to this unit by name, each with its reference date, provider and licence. They are not index values.

Population · 2022-12-31

3,127,683

people. UNFPA · Creative Commons Attribution for Intergovernmental Organisations (CC BY-IGO).

Poverty headcount · 2015-12-31

7.1%

of people in multidimensional poverty. Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative · Public Domain / No restrictions (CC0).

04Units

98 units inside Alagoas

Each unit has its own page.

Boundary licences: Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Generic · Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Intergovernmental Organisations (CC BY 3.0 IGO)

UnitCodePeople (GHSL)People (WorldPop)Area km²Per km²ShareCoast ≤ 10 m
Água Branca–23,25021,024469.27500.7%0
Anadia–17,15711,962185.78920.5%0
Arapiraca–240,180247,975346.796937.5%0
Atalaia–48,01535,004535.84901.5%4
Barra de Santo Antônio–14,32914,958132.131080.4%2,909
Barra de São Miguel–11,0986,74774.161500.3%1,200
Batalha–19,68717,454316.15620.6%0
Belém–4,0383,85566.13610.1%0
Belo Monte–8,4826,857336.2250.3%375
Boca da Mata–28,12419,661194.481450.9%0
Branquinha–11,0687,747168.96660.3%0
Cacimbinhas–10,72910,408283.02380.3%0
Cajueiro–18,37112,26793.931960.6%0
Campestre–4,1544,68966.25630.1%0
Campo Alegre–52,40023,849314.781661.6%0
Campo Grande–11,6389,447170.3680.4%0
Canapi–20,40016,592605.51340.6%0
Capela–21,26015,987265.52800.7%0
Carneiros–8,1398,313101.97800.3%0
Chã Preta–6,4625,215157.92410.2%0
Coité do Nóia–15,07613,42089.41690.5%0
Colônia Leopoldina–32,46820,224208.61561%0
Coqueiro Seco–8,6168,23440.182140.3%0
Coruripe–52,95645,938899.91591.7%9,351
Craíbas–27,75729,291279.73990.9%0
Delmiro Gouveia–53,83855,684631.89851.7%0
Dois Riachos–10,4809,634142.16740.3%0
Estrela de Alagoas–24,31720,288261.88930.8%0
Feira Grande–25,66525,875175.981460.8%0
Feliz Deserto–6,0665,280111.19550.2%1,760
Flexeiras–15,46810,864333.78460.5%0
Girau do Ponciano–42,55936,907516.03821.3%0
Ibateguara–12,68110,908265.95480.4%0
Igaci–26,19123,709336.29780.8%0
Igreja Nova–22,17618,345428.7520.7%2,244
Inhapi–18,11413,868372.95490.6%0
Jacaré dos Homens–6,2146,015150.14410.2%0
Jacuípe–8,6316,005209.61410.3%0
Japaratinga–5,0645,46585.82590.2%468
Jaramataia–5,4654,278105.23520.2%0
Jequiá da Praia–19,75211,543335.54590.6%1,360
Joaquim Gomes–21,57014,747299.57720.7%0
Jundiá–4,7364,31688.69530.1%0
Junqueiro–30,26430,322248.221220.9%0
Lagoa da Canoa–16,26116,49084.351930.5%0
Limoeiro de Anadia–21,24117,537311.55680.7%0
Maceió–892,577854,976512.471,74228%81,271
Major Isidoro–20,03217,483446.06450.6%0
Mar Vermelho–1,9861,71692.89210.1%0
Maragogi–13,75418,688335.78410.4%1,050
Maravilha–10,3379,624333.04310.3%0
Marechal Deodoro–52,53860,551342.21541.6%27,482
Maribondo–13,77413,559180.65760.4%0
Mata Grande–34,93432,108919.16381.1%0
Matriz de Camaragibe–26,17624,306239.851090.8%2,851
Messias–18,68914,081115.561620.6%0
Monteirópolis–4,7354,49587.63540.1%0
Murici–28,73226,882419.66680.9%0
Novo Lino–3,9673,922215.55180.1%0
Olho d’Água das Flores–24,41722,945191.981270.8%0
Olho d’Água do Casado–10,4299,006328.72320.3%0
Olho d’Água Grande–2,4301,593117.87210.1%0
Olivença–10,71910,048175.85610.3%0
Ouro Branco–12,06111,871196.96610.4%0
Palestina–6,2594,98838.581620.2%0
Palmeira dos Índios–72,89572,039452.891612.3%0
Pão de Açúcar–23,53821,190694.97340.7%119
Pariconha–8,1448,088255.31320.3%0
Paripueira–44550092.8750%0
Passo de Camaragibe–12,71610,309253.13500.4%3,070
Paulo Jacinto–8,6167,104119.73720.3%0
Penedo–64,61657,660693.67932%13,522
Piaçabuçu–16,69412,586242.66690.5%14,426
Pilar–36,53035,850260.031401.1%5,700
Pindoba–3,8142,800117.56320.1%0
Piranhas–24,51222,684406.4600.8%0
Poço das Trincheiras–11,1509,296285.93390.3%0
Porto Calvo–24,35219,303314.82770.8%3,073
Porto de Pedras–7,9259,087258.12310.2%754
Porto Real do Colégio–22,52022,704238.85940.7%7,164
Rio Largo–77,885115,021294.292652.4%1,066
Roteiro–7482,036129.3760%15
Santa Luzia do Norte–6,5506,26028.862270.2%539
Santana do Ipanema–49,99549,0504401141.6%0
São José da Coroa Grande–9,9757,03269.421440.3%566
São José da Tapera–39,58538,102495.66801.2%0
São Luís do Quitunde–34,96129,082398.1881.1%6,832
São Miguel dos Campos–62,40050,581337.421852%5,846
São Miguel dos Milagres–7,7028,88877.5990.2%909
São Sebastião–35,27433,357315.91121.1%0
Satuba–21,25724,34541.465130.7%8,003
Senador Rui Palmeira–10,3278,892342.37300.3%0
Tanque d’Arca–6,1325,820126.28490.2%0
Taquarana–22,91822,318153.791490.7%0
Teotônio Vilela–41,22230,740300.891371.3%0
Traipu–25,83621,119687.85380.8%1,458
União dos Palmares–69,22059,978422.061642.2%0
Viçosa–28,86825,506369.4780.9%0
05Exposure

Open exposure layers

Count of H3 resolution-3 cells whose centre falls in the unit and that carry each Natural Earth layer.

Urban areas
290.4 H3 cells
Ports
1 H3 cells
Airports
1 H3 cells
Major roads
1,232.5 H3 cells
Railways
402 H3 cells
Rivers and lakes
304.2 H3 cells
06Risk

Risk values

Values when released. Subnational risk values for Alagoas publish with the edition from The Global Risks Index. Until then, run a scenario on open data for Brazil.
07Neighbours

Neighbouring units

08Sources

Sources, credits and licences

ADM1 boundaries
geoBoundaries (William & Mary geoLab), gbOpen BRA ADM1, source: geoBoundaries, Wikimedia Commons, licence: Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Generic · source · represents 2006
ADM2 boundaries
geoBoundaries (William & Mary geoLab), gbOpen BRA ADM2, source: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE), OCHA ROLAC, licence: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Intergovernmental Organisations (CC BY 3.0 IGO) · source · represents 2020
Basemap
OpenFreeMap © OpenMapTiles (CC BY 4.0) · data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0). Vector tiles requested by the reader’s browser, unmodified; the map falls back to plain land and sea when the host does not answer.
Terrain
Terrain Tiles (Mapzen, AWS Open Data), compiled from SRTM and other public elevation sources (NASA, USGS, ETOPO1, GMTED, EU-DEM under the Copernicus programme, Geoscience Australia, Kartverket, INEGI, LINZ, data.gov.uk). Display relief, not survey data.
People
GHSL 2025 population grid, European Commission Joint Research Centre (CC BY 4.0), shown at 0.05° and summed per unit; WorldPop 2025 (CC BY 4.0) as a second estimate. Units smaller than a grid cell take the density of the cell under them.
Countries
Natural Earth (public domain).
Elevation
GEBCO Compilation Group (2024) GEBCO 2024 Grid (public domain), reduced to 0.05°: the share of each cell’s land at or below 10 m, weighted by GHSL 2025 people for the low coastal zone.
Position
Boundaries are shown for location only and take no position on any boundary, name or status.
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