Apodi, Rio Grande do Norte
Apodi is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Norte in the Northeast region of Brazil. With an area of, of which is urban, it is located 287 km from Natal, the state capital, and 1,573 km from Brasília, the federal capital. Its population in the 2022 demographic census was 36,093 inhabitants, according to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, ranking as the 13th most populous municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Norte.
Geography
The territory of Apodi covers, of which constitutes the urban area. It sits at an average altitude of 67 meters above sea level. Apodi borders these municipalities: to the north, Governador Dix-Sept Rosado and Felipe Guerra; to the south, Umarizal, Itaú, and Severiano Melo; to the east, Caraúbas and Felipe Guerra again; and to the west, Severiano Melo and Itaú again. The city is located 287 km from the state capital Natal, and 1,573 km from the federal capital Brasília.Under the territorial division established in 2017 by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, the municipality belongs to the immediate geographical region of Mossoró, within the intermediate region of Mossoró. Previously, under the microregion and mesoregion divisions, it was part of the microregion of Chapada do Apodi in the mesoregion of Oeste Potiguar.
Demographics
In the 2022 census, the municipality had a population of 36,093 inhabitants and ranked only 13th in the state that year, with 50.66% female and 49.34% male, resulting in a sex ratio of 97.38, compared to 34,763 inhabitants in the 2010 census, when it held the 13th state position. Between the 2010 and 2022 censuses, the population of Apodi changed at an annual geometric growth rate of 0.31%. Regarding age group in the 2022 census, 71.28% of the inhabitants were between 15 and 64 years old, 17.79% were under fifteen, and 10.94% were 65 or older. The population density in 2022 was 22.52 inhabitants per square kilometer, with an average of 2.79 inhabitants per household.The municipality's Human Development Index is considered medium, according to data from the United Nations Development Programme. According to the 2010 report published in 2013, its value was 0.639, ranking 32nd in the state and 2,870th nationally, and the Gini coefficient rose from 0.39 in 2003 to 0.51 in 2010. Considering only the longevity index, its value is 0.747, the income index is 0.611, and the education index is 0.571.