Pau dos Ferros
| Pau dos Ferros | |||
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| The Municipality of Pau dos Ferros | |||
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Clockwise: Independence Avenue; Church of Nossa Senhora da Conceição; Tourist Terminal Lindalva Torquato; panoramic view of the Pau dos Ferros; Joaquim Correia House of Popular Culture and Monsignor Caminha Square, with the Obelisk at found. | |||
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| Nickname(s): Princesinha do Oeste (Princess of the West) and PDF | |||
 Location in the state of Rio Grande do Norte. | |||
  Pau dos Ferros Location in Brazil | |||
| Coordinates: 06°06′39″S 38°12′32″W / 6.11083°S 38.20889°W | |||
| Country |
 Brazil | ||
| Region | Nordeste | ||
| State | Rio Grande do Norte | ||
| Mesoregion | Oeste Potiguar | ||
| Microregion | Pau dos Ferros | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 259.959 km2 (100.371 sq mi) | ||
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| Elevation[2] | 193 m (633 ft) | ||
| Population (2010) | |||
| • Total | 27,745 | ||
| • Density | 106.73/km2 (276.4/sq mi) | ||
| IBGE/2010[3] | |||
| Demonym(s) | Pauferrense | ||
| Time zone | UTC -3 | ||
| Postal Code | 59900-000 | ||
| Area code(s) | (+55) 84 | ||
| Website | www.paudosferros.rn.gov.br | ||
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Pau dos Ferros is a municipality in the homonymous microregion, in Rio Grande do Norte state, Northeast Brazil.[4]
History
The city was founded on September 4, 1856, initially as a village and then the town today is a city that has as its main form of economy the industrial sector and to a lesser extent agriculture.[5]
See also
References
- ↑ "Área Territorial Brasileira - Consulta por Município" (in Portuguese). Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. January 15, 2013. Archived from the original on June 3, 2015. Retrieved August 17, 2015.
- ↑ "Latitude e Longitude das cidades Brasileiras" (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on August 17, 2015. Retrieved August 17, 2015.
|archive-url=is malformed: timestamp (help) - ↑ "Tabela 2.1 - População residente, total, urbana total e urbana na sede municipal, em números absolutos e relativos, com indicação da área total e densidade demográfica, segundo as Unidades da Federação e os municípios – 2010" (in Portuguese). Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística. 2010. Retrieved August 17, 2015.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ Pau dos Ferros History in Portuguese
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