Pau dos Ferros

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Pau dos Ferros
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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Location in the state of Rio Grande do Norte.
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Pau dos Ferros
Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 06°06′39″S38°12′32″W / 6.11083°S 38.20889°W / -6.11083; -38.20889
CountryFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Region Nordeste
State Rio Grande do Norte
Mesoregion Oeste Potiguar
Microregion Pau dos Ferros
Government
 • PrefeitaMarianna Almeida
Area
 • Total259.959 km2 (100.371 sq mi)
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Elevation
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193 m (633 ft)
Population
 (2020 [3] )
 • Total30,600
 • Density106.73/km2 (276.4/sq mi)
Demonym Pauferrense
Time zone UTC−3 (BRT)
Postal Code
59900-000
Area code (+55) 84
Website www.paudosferros.rn.gov.br

Pau dos Ferros is a municipality in the homonymous microregion, in Rio Grande do Norte state, Northeast Brazil. [4]

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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]

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References

  1. ↑ "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.
  2. ↑ "Latitude e Longitude das cidades Brasileiras" (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on August 18, 2015. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
  3. ↑ IBGE 2020
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ Pau dos Ferros History in Portuguese
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