Pontal do Paraná

Pontal do Paraná
Municipality

Ilhas dos Currais

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Location in Paraná
Country  Brazil
Region Southern
State Paraná
Mesoregion Metropolitana de Curitiba
Time zone UTC -3

Pontal do Paraná is a municipality in the state of Paraná in the Southern Region of Brazil.[1][2][3][4]

Pontal do Paraná is home to the Center for Marine Studies, Federal University of Paraná.[5] The municipality contains the 16 hectares (40 acres) Rio Perequê Municipal Nature Park, created in 2001 to protect an area of mangroves in Pontal do Sul.[6] It also contains the 407 hectares (1,010 acres) Restinga Municipal Nature Park, created at the same time.[7] The municipality also includes the Ilhas dos Currais Marine National Park, which protects three small islands that provide a nesting ground for marine birds and a refuge and feeding ground for fish.[8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Divisão Territorial do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Divisão Territorial do Brasil e Limites Territoriais, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). July 1, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  2. ↑ "Estimativas da população para 1º de julho de 2009" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Estimativas de População, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). August 14, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  3. ↑ "Ranking decrescente do IDH-M dos municípios do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humano, Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento (PNUD). 2000. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  4. ↑ "Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios 2002-2005" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). December 19, 2007. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  5. ↑ "Contato e Localização" (in Portuguese). Centro de Estudos do Mar. Retrieved December 31, 2013.
  6. ↑ Manoel, Lawrence (10 January 2004), "Parque do Manguezal é opção de lazer no litoral", Tribuna Parana (in Portuguese), retrieved 2016-11-16
  7. ↑ Silva, Jose Antonio da (10 September 2001), Decreto no 706/01 (PDF) (in Portuguese), Municipality of Pontal do Paraná, retrieved 2016-11-18
  8. ↑ Sobre o Parque Nacional Marinho das Ilhas dos Currais (in Portuguese), Parque Nacional de Saint-Hilaire/Lange, 17 September 2013, retrieved 2016-06-22

Coordinates: 25°35′S 48°21′W / 25.583°S 48.350°W / -25.583; -48.350

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