Baía Formosa

Baía Formosa
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 )
• Total	9,322
• Density	33.7/km2 (87/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−3 (BRT)
HDI (2000)	0.643 – medium

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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[1] IBGE 2020

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2009-12-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - UNDP

[3] RPPN Mata Estrela (in Portuguese), ICMBio, retrieved 2016-05-18

[4] "Cidade natal de Italo Ferreira, Baía Formosa comemora ouro no surfe nas Olimpíadas de Tóquio".

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