5°46S 35°15W, pop (2000e) 692 200. Port capital of Rio Grande do Norte state, NE Brazil; on the Atlantic coast at mouth of R Potengi, N of Recife; airfield; railway; university (1958); trade in sugar, cotton; cashew plantations; textiles; Marine Research Institute at Praia da Areia Preta; rocket base of Barreira do Inferno, 20 km/12 mi S; cathedral, 16th-c fort, Museu Câmara Cascudo.
Natal may refer to:
Childbirth Christmas, the Christian feast celebrating the birth of Christ Natalia Republic, a former country in South Africa The Colony of Natal, a former British colony in South Africa Natal Province, a former province in South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Province, a province in South Africa Vicariate Apostolic of Natal, a former Catholic missionary jurisdiction Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, a city in Brazil Natal, Indonesia, a town on Sumatra, in Indonesia| This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. |
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