Pau dos Ferros

Pau dos Ferros
Pau dos Ferros
The Municipality of Pau dos Ferros
	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.
	Flag Seal
	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
Government
• Prefeita	Marianna Almeida
Area
• Total	259.959 km2 (100.371 sq mi)
Elevation	193 m (633 ft)
Population (2020 )
• Total	30,600
• Density	106.73/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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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]

References[edit]

^ "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 18, 2015. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
^ IBGE 2020
^ "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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[IBGE_Area-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

[IBGE_DTB_2008-4] "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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