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°W / -6.36889; -35.00778Coordinates: 06°22′08″S 35°00′28″W / 6.36889°S 35.00778°W / -6.36889; -35.00778
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

  1. IBGE 2008 statistics
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2009-12-17. - UNDP
  3. RPPN Mata Estrela (in Portuguese), ICMBio, retrieved 2016-05-18
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