Baía Formosa
| Baía Formosa | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Municipality | |||
| The Municipality of Baía Formosa | |||
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 Location of Baía Formosa | |||
| Coordinates: 06°22′08″S 35°00′28″W / 6.36889°S 35.00778°WCoordinates: 06°22′08″S 35°00′28″W / 6.36889°S 35.00778°W | |||
| Country |
 Brazil | ||
| Region | Northeast | ||
| State |
 Rio Grande do Norte | ||
| Founded | December 31, 1958 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | José Nivaldo Araújo de Melo | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 245.510 km2 (94.792 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2008) | |||
| • Total | 8,726 | ||
| • Density | 33.7/km2 (87/sq mi) | ||
| [1] | |||
| Time zone | UTC-3 | ||
| HDI (2000) | 0.643 – medium[2] | ||
Baía Formosa (lit. "beautiful bay") is the easternmost city in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Norte. It is also the first coastal city (going south-north) of that state, lying near the border with Paraíba.
The municipality contains the 7,897 hectares (19,510 acres) Mata da Estrela Private Natural Heritage Reserve.[3]
References
- ↑ IBGE 2008 statistics
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2009-12-17. - UNDP
- ↑ RPPN Mata Estrela (in Portuguese), ICMBio, retrieved 2016-05-18
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