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