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.
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] |
The municipality contains the 7,897-hectare (19,510-acre) Mata da Estrela Private Natural Heritage Reserve.[3]
Notable people
edit- Ítalo Ferreira, world champion surfer[4]
References
edit- ^ 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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