Touros has many varieties of fish, and there is a nearby seawater basin in the ocean formed by banks of coral.

[2] Bordering municipalities include Rio do Fogo to the southeast, Pureza to the south, João Câmara to the southwest, Parazinho further to the west and São Miguel do Gostoso to the northwest.

[4] The settlement became a district on September 5, 1823, and later in 1832, the parish of Bom Jesus de Navegantes was formed and later on April 11, 1833, the resolution of the provincial council elevated Touros to a town, it also separated from Ceará-Mirim (now the state of Ceara) and became part of Rio Grande do Norte.

[citation needed] Its seal is a crest which features the main attraction, the lighthouse in the middle.

One cone snail species native to the Atlantic of the east of Touros is Conus tourosensis which has been recently described in March 2018.