Baía Formosa

Municipality in Northeast, Brazil

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Location of Baía Formosa

Coordinates: 06°22′08″S 35°00′28″W / 6.36889°S 35.00778°W / -6.36889; -35.00778Country

BrazilRegionNortheastState

Rio Grande do NorteFoundedDecember 31, 1958Government

• MayorJosé Nivaldo Araújo de MeloArea

• Total245.510 km² (94.792 sq mi)Population

(2020 ^[1])

• Total9,322 • Density33.7/km² (87/sq mi)Time zoneUTC−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".