Dunas Park

Dunas Park

Children Park
Type Urban park
Location Natal, Brazil
Area 1,172 acres (474 ha)
Created 1977
Operated by Governamental State
Visitors 100 thousand

The Dunas State Park Journalist Luiz Maria Alves (Portuguese: Parque Estadual das Dunas de Natal Jornalista Luiz Maria Alves[1]) is a considered the second largest[2] urban park in Brazil. The park is best known simply as "Parque das Dunas" (Dunes Park), or "Bosque dos Namorados" (Valentine's Woods), is a reserve of 1,172 hectares[3] of Atlantic Forest and dunes in the heart of the city of Natal, capital of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Norte.

References

  1. ^ "Apresentação" (in Portuguese). Governo do RN. 2009. http://www.parquedasdunas.rn.gov.br/apresentacao.asp. Retrieved June 9, 2009. 
  2. ^ "About Natal". SETUR - Secretaria de Turismo do RN. 2009. http://www.brasil-natal.com.br/en/destinations_about_natal.php. Retrieved June 9, 2009. 
  3. ^ "Parque das Dunas". Natal Brazil. 2009. http://www.natal-brazil.com/entertainment/dunas.html. Retrieved June 9, 2009. 

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