NXS-GRX-BRA · South America · Regions

Piaui

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
3,583,321
people (GHSL 2025)
252,827 km²
area
1.7%
of Brazil
221
units inside
01Map

Inside Piaui

The 221 ADM2 units of Piaui.

FIG 1 · 221 units inside Piaui
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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

3,583,321

1.7% of Brazil.

People · WorldPop 2025

3,492,994

-3% against GHSL; the two grids differ in method.

Area

252,827 km²

14 people per km².

Code

BR-PI

Subdivision code as carried by the boundary source.

Low coastal zone

71,635

people on land at or below 10 m, 2.0% of the unit (GEBCO 2024 and GHSL 2025).

03Humanitarian data

Piaui 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

3,271,199

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

Poverty headcount · 2015-12-31

9%

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

04Units

221 units inside Piaui

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
Acauã–7,9696,5961,284.3960.2%0
Agricolândia–5,0044,731112.6440.1%0
Água Branca–17,47818,40997.671790.5%0
Alagoinha do Piauí–8,4987,118538.27160.2%0
Alegrete do Piauí–4,7964,341244.59200.1%0
Alto Longá–14,95413,6391,745.290.4%0
Altos–44,76550,125962.25471.3%0
Alvorada do Gurguéia–5,7475,6552,142.4230.2%0
Amarante–22,50920,9511,160.52190.7%0
Angical do Piauí–7,4457,690224.26330.2%0
Anísio de Abreu–10,22610,033339.64300.3%0
Antônio Almeida–3,2453,293648.9550.1%0
Aroazes–6,2285,316825.6580.2%0
Aroeiras do Itaim–2,8542,691318.2390.1%0
Arraial–4,8634,657687.0670.1%0
Assunção do Piauí–8,0327,7741,696.5250.2%0
Avelino Lopes–11,91011,2171,223.07100.3%0
Baixa Grande do Ribeiro–11,78013,9817,842.0620.3%0
Barra D’Alcântara–3,5323,961263.72130.1%0
Barras–49,71551,0311,729.75291.4%0
Barreiras do Piauí–3,3923,3892,177.6320.1%0
Barro Duro–7,2416,658160.28450.2%0
Batalha–33,42133,2711,595.83211%0
Bela Vista do Piauí–4,2094,198501.3280.1%0
Belém do Piauí–3,0292,995244.4120.1%0
Beneditinos–10,58110,427939.34110.3%0
Bertolínia–5,8466,0741,229.8550.2%0
Betânia do Piauí–5,0665,592583.2690.1%0
Boa Hora–6,4346,976338.37190.2%0
Bocaina–4,6563,969261.84180.1%0
Bom Jesus–27,18131,6945,494.3450.8%0
Bom Princípio do Piauí–6,2686,192525.09120.2%0
Bonfim do Piauí–5,4505,883289.91190.2%0
Boqueirão do Piauí–7,1687,412271.15260.2%0
Brasileira–8,3778,658885.8790.2%0
Brejo do Piauí–4,2973,9102,275.8620.1%0
Buriti dos Lopes–19,21520,474693.06280.6%4,410
Buriti dos Montes–8,7837,8222,448.0340.3%0
Cabeceiras do Piauí–11,89211,551612.01190.3%0
Cajazeiras do Piauí–3,8033,072515.8570.1%0
Caldeirão Grande do Piauí–6,0375,613469.04130.2%0
Campinas do Piauí–5,2414,368787.4270.2%0
Campo Alegre do Fidalgo–4,8974,610660.4370.1%0
Campo Grande do Piauí–6,5586,331313.95210.2%0
Campo Largo do Piauí–6,3796,633479.3130.2%0
Campo Maior–46,64647,6101,687.02281.4%0
Canavieira–4,0183,2562,170.5320.1%0
Canto do Buriti–21,67219,5774,344.2650.6%0
Capitão de Campos–12,86012,173572.28220.4%0
Capitão Gervásio Oliveira–4,1634,0311,138.2840.1%0
Caracol–12,66111,7721,617.5280.4%0
Caraúbas do Piauí–5,7625,718472.38120.2%12
Caridade do Piauí–5,3235,221500.31110.2%0
Castelo do Piauí–19,99919,9412,388.8580.6%0
Caxingó–5,9046,013494.22120.2%677
Cocal–28,29929,0131,300.41220.8%0
Cocal de Telha–4,7954,912312.08150.1%0
Cocal dos Alves–7,4077,652326.09230.2%0
Coivaras–4,4224,738487.4990.1%0
Colônia do Gurguéia–6,7756,295430.67160.2%0
Colônia do Piauí–7,9816,987951.5880.2%0
Conceição do Canindé–4,8365,354827.3560.1%0
Coronel José Dias–4,9484,2251,924.130.1%0
Corrente–27,77528,8563,060.4990.8%0
Cristalândia do Piauí–8,8697,1681,207.2170.3%0
Cristino Castro–11,94411,5531,853.8860.3%0
Curimatá–11,90411,9402,355.0450.3%0
Currais–5,4065,2313,168.3420.2%0
Curral Novo do Piauí–5,9785,893758.3380.2%0
Curralinhos–4,9404,672347.22140.1%0
Demerval Lobão–16,07318,755217.02740.5%0
Dirceu Arcoverde–6,9357,2361,021.9670.2%0
Dom Expedito Lopes–4,4964,038220.04200.1%0
Dom Inocêncio–9,7719,5033,886.4630.3%0
Domingos Mourão–4,9104,272852.8860.1%0
Elesbão Veloso–15,32213,6531,391.32110.4%0
Eliseu Martins–5,1064,2901,096.150.1%0
Esperantina–36,02238,208913.31391%0
Fartura do Piauí–6,0365,963716.2580.2%0
Flores do Piauí–4,6054,535950.7650.1%0
Floresta do Piauí–1,9841,944223.990.1%0
Floriano–70,06475,3553,425.34202%0
Francinópolis–5,4434,240269.12200.2%0
Francisco Ayres–4,6714,638658.4770.1%0
Francisco Macedo–3,6263,115177.37200.1%0
Francisco Santos–8,4857,072494.32170.2%0
Fronteiras–11,9479,702781150.3%0
Geminiano–7,5888,350443.65170.2%0
Gilbués–14,66114,6683,511.6140.4%0
Guadalupe–10,60610,7161,027.89100.3%0
Guaribas–4,4244,0653,131.2210.1%0
Hugo Napoleão–4,0033,450225.65180.1%0
Inhuma–15,60615,634982.87160.5%0
Ipiranga do Piauí–10,1449,877531.51190.3%0
Isaías Coelho–9,1477,935803.97110.3%0
Itainópolis–12,49411,183831.73150.4%0
Itaueira–11,41710,5042,565.0240.3%0
Jacobina do Piauí–5,8735,5221,339.8140.2%0
Jaicós–20,37418,192867.64230.6%0
Jardim do Mulato–4,6053,959512.2590.1%0
Jatobá do Piauí–5,9615,110652.7890.2%0
Jerumenha–4,2934,4671,875.6120.1%0
João Costa–3,0792,9991,808.4220.1%0
Joaquim Pires–13,82513,617743.16190.4%37
José de Freitas–44,23545,5031,543.88291.3%0
Juazeiro do Piauí–5,8235,590939.7360.2%0
Júlio Borges–5,8495,4951,288.550.2%0
Jurema–4,1953,8311,277.8130.1%0
Lagoa Alegre–8,3308,122396.54210.2%0
Lagoa de São Francisco–6,4846,150156.15420.2%0
Lagoa do Barro do Piauí–5,4045,5921,336.5540.2%0
Lagoa do Piauí–5,2125,817429.98120.2%0
Lagoa do Sítio–5,9084,623807.670.2%0
Lagoinha do Piauí–2,8623,01767.77420.1%0
Landri Sales–4,9955,1231,093.8150.1%0
Luís Correia–18,01817,1251,078.67170.5%2,859
Luzilândia–27,76127,662707.72390.8%0
Madeiro–6,2945,428177.9350.2%0
Manoel Emídio–5,3145,0621,626.1830.2%0
Marcolândia–13,35112,690140.32950.4%0
Marcos Parente–4,6694,838679.7970.1%0
Massapê do Piauí–6,4294,648533.82120.2%0
Matias Olímpio–11,42811,216227.68500.3%0
Miguel Alves–37,60636,3911,398.93271.1%0
Miguel Leão–1,3761,45993.77150%0
Milton Brandão–6,7336,4411,315.3650.2%0
Monsenhor Gil–10,17610,313569.79180.3%0
Monsenhor Hipólito–8,1988,403402.97200.2%0
Monte Alegre do Piauí–7,6147,8862,426.3830.2%0
Morro Cabeça no Tempo–4,5204,2902,218.820.1%0
Morro do Chapéu do Piauí–7,2147,080329.7220.2%0
Murici dos Portelas–12,73810,324481.8260.4%1,179
Nazaré do Piauí–7,9526,7191,321.0160.2%0
Nazária–6,7668,185365.8180.2%0
Nossa Senhora de Nazaré–3,8894,151358.09110.1%0
Nossa Senhora dos Remédios–9,2309,107358.36260.3%0
Nova Santa Rita–4,5244,147912.9150.1%0
Novo Oriente do Piauí–6,7806,046529.4130.2%0
Novo Santo Antônio–3,4052,933447.680.1%0
Oeiras–39,04940,9572,714.66141.1%0
Olho D’Água do Piauí–2,2892,378183.47120.1%0
Padre Marcos–7,2896,536280.41260.2%0
Paes Landim–4,0274,110403.45100.1%0
Pajeú do Piauí–3,5233,068991.4140.1%0
Palmeira do Piauí–5,1655,2182,027.1330.1%0
Palmeirais–16,49915,2541,504.66110.5%0
Paquetá–3,7273,512433.9590.1%0
Parnaguá–11,17510,0103,442.7830.3%0
Parnaíba–175,353182,278439.773995.1%75,304
Passagem Franca do Piauí–4,5964,014646.0870.1%0
Patos do Piauí–6,8975,508805.6590.2%0
Pau D’Arco do Piauí–4,0834,046432.5790.1%0
Paulistana–22,30822,6091,950.74110.6%0
Pavussu–3,7783,8051,095.3230.1%0
Pedro II–40,08339,3941,552.67261.2%0
Pedro Laurentino–2,8082,517873.8830.1%0
Picos–82,87689,519579.431432.4%0
Pimenteiras–12,91511,1304,581.7430.4%0
Pio IX–18,16517,5721,958.390.5%0
Piracuruca–29,74929,5702,379.52130.9%0
Piripiri–66,15469,6461,413.41471.9%0
Porto–4,9253,787255.5190.1%0
Porto Alegre do Piauí–2,2631,9601,174.620.1%0
Prata do Piauí–3,5453,343199.2180.1%0
Queimada Nova–8,8998,9661,289.6670.3%0
Redenção do Gurguéia–8,6768,5292,478.0740.3%0
Regeneração–17,30816,0621,256.47140.5%0
Riacho Frio–4,6204,5272,231.7120.1%0
Ribeira do Piauí–5,2894,4421,018.0950.2%0
Ribeiro Gonçalves–7,6856,0173,993.3920.2%0
Rio Grande do Piauí–6,7325,600638.87110.2%0
Santa Cruz do Piauí–6,9486,327586.65120.2%0
Santa Cruz dos Milagres–3,7183,066982.7740.1%0
Santa Filomena–19,12217,2175,307.5740.6%0
Santa Luz–4,8214,6021,191.1640.1%0
Santa Rosa do Piauí–5,4524,480342.36160.2%0
Santana do Piauí–4,6123,869111.09420.1%0
Santo Antônio de Lisboa–6,0005,496386.57160.2%0
Santo Antônio dos Milagres–2,9412,88634.22860.1%0
Santo Inácio do Piauí–4,7304,141856.1760.1%0
São Braz do Piauí–5,8215,293658.4590.2%0
São Félix do Piauí–3,0832,820629.5850.1%0
São Francisco de Assis do Piauí–6,5706,0461,077.0360.2%0
São Francisco do Piauí–6,7225,0441,346.950.2%0
São Gonçalo do Gurguéia–3,0432,9131,390.9820.1%0
São Gonçalo do Piauí–1,6911,399150110%0
São João da Canabrava–2,4132,073482.7250.1%0
São João da Fronteira–5,9095,517820.8170.2%0
São João da Serra–6,2756,4091,000.5160.2%0
São João da Varjota–4,8044,261397.01120.1%0
São João do Arraial–8,8679,283213.99410.3%0
São João do Piauí–20,61822,5801,532.69130.6%0
São José do Divino–5,8415,140321.43180.2%0
São José do Peixe–3,7413,0241,291.9530.1%0
São José do Piauí–7,2026,951375.57190.2%0
São Julião–6,3546,069292.04220.2%0
São Lourenço do Piauí–4,9674,860674.7170.1%0
São Luis do Piauí–4,5033,992218.69210.1%0
São Miguel da Baixa Grande–2,5942,404447.5660.1%0
São Miguel do Fidalgo–3,1282,859817.5340.1%0
São Miguel do Tapuio–18,93718,4265,009.9340.5%0
São Pedro do Piauí–17,73617,251520.82340.5%0
São Raimundo Nonato–36,74742,3152,424.8151.1%0
Sebastião Barros–3,6143,141896.5540.1%0
Sebastião Leal–4,6084,7643,166.3810.1%0
Sigefredo Pacheco–9,8288,8021,036.290.3%0
Simões–15,53015,3461,079.49140.5%0
Simplício Mendes–13,62415,3451,366.77100.4%0
Socorro do Piauí–4,7003,961764.1460.1%0
Sussuapara–6,4375,831206.97310.2%0
Tamboril do Piauí–2,9892,9971,593.9520.1%0
Tanque do Piauí–1,436964398.540%0
Teresina–976,839908,3241,39869928.3%0
União–23,45322,8251,180.21200.7%0
Uruçuí–9,34912,7328,451.910.3%0
Valença do Piauí–21,16423,4111,339.19160.6%0
Várzea Branca–4,3784,559453.24100.1%0
Várzea Grande–6,1395,957237.77260.2%0
Vera Mendes–2,9123,030342.2890.1%0
Vila Nova do Piauí–3,5853,219222.85160.1%0
Wall Ferraz–3,9563,467270.95150.1%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
51 H3 cells
Ports
None at this resolution
Airports
None at this resolution
Major roads
3,315.6 H3 cells
Railways
379.4 H3 cells
Rivers and lakes
707.1 H3 cells
06Risk

Risk values

Values when released. Subnational risk values for Piaui 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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