Jardim de Piranhas

Jardim de Piranhas
Municipality
Helicopter view from the city.
Flag Seal
Country	Brazil
Region	Nordeste
State	Rio Grande do Norte
Mesoregion	Central Potiguar
Population  (2020 [1] )
• Total	14,942
Time zone	UTC−3 (BRT)

Jardim de Piranhas is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Norte in the Northeast region of Brazil. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

According to accounts, in the city in the 19th century, cowboys were crossing the Piranhas River with their cattle in high season, the river known for containing the piranha fish, desperate made a promise to Nossa Senhora dos Aflitos, who managed to cross the river with their cattle. , they would build a chapel in honor of Nossa Senhora dos Aflitos and three so the cattle and their cattle crossing the piranhas river. Some time after that, a very rich woman from the region called Margarida Cardoso Cavalcante donated land for the construction of the chapel of Nossa Senhora dos Aflitos, thus creating a village that was named Jardim de Piranhas for having emerged on Fazenda Jardim and located on the banks of the river. Piranhas River. With the gradual growth, Jardim de Piranhas moved to the district of Caicó, in 1936. And on December 23, 1948, by Law number 146, Jardim de Piranhas was dismembered from Caicó and elevated to the category of the state of Rio Grande in the municipality of Norte. .

See also

• List of municipalities in Rio Grande do Norte

References

1. IBGE 2020
2. "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.
3. "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.
4. "Ranking decrescente do IDH-M dos municípios do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humano, Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento (PNUD). 2000. Archived from the original on October 3, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
5. "Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios 2002-2005" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). December 19, 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 2, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2009.

Coordinates: 6°22′S37°20′W / 6.367°S 37.333°W / -6.367; -37.333