Pau dos Ferros

The Municipality of Pau dos Ferros in Nordeste, Brazil

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Nickname(s):

Princesinha do Oeste (Princess of the West) and PDF

Location in the state of Rio Grande do Norte.

06°06′39″S 38°12′32″W / 6.11083°S 38.20889°W / -6.11083; -38.20889Country

BrazilRegionNordesteStateRio Grande do NorteMesoregionOeste PotiguarMicroregionPau dos FerrosGovernment

• PrefeitaMarianna AlmeidaArea

• Total259.959 km² (100.371 sq mi) ^[1]Elevation

^[2]

193 m (633 ft)Population

(2020 ^[3])

• Total30,600 • Density106.73/km² (276.4/sq mi)DemonymPauferrenseTime zoneUTC−3 (BRT)Postal Code

59900-000

Area code(+55) 84Websitewww.paudosferros.rn.gov.br

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

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]

References

^ "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