Baía Formosa | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
| The Municipality of Baía Formosa | |
 Praia do Porto | |
 Flag  Seal | |
 Location of Baía Formosa | |
| Coordinates: 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 (2020 [1]) | |
| • Total | 9,322 |
| • Density | 33.7/km2 (87/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
| HDI (2000) | 0.643 – medium[2] |
Baía Formosa (lit. "beautiful bay") is the easternmost city in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Norte and the first coastal city (going south-north) of that state, lying near the border with Paraíba.
The municipality contains the 7,897-hectare (19,510-acre) Mata da Estrela Private Natural Heritage Reserve.[3]
Notable people
- Ítalo Ferreira, world champion surfer[4]
References
- ↑ IBGE 2020
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2009-12-17.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - UNDP - ↑ RPPN Mata Estrela (in Portuguese), ICMBio, retrieved 2016-05-18
- ↑ "Cidade natal de Italo Ferreira, Baía Formosa comemora ouro no surfe nas Olimpíadas de Tóquio".
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