Pedro II, Piauí

Municipality in Nordeste, Brazil
Pedro II, Piauí
Municipality
Country Brazil
RegionNordeste
StatePiauí
MesoregionCentro-Norte Piauiense
Population
 (2020 [1])
 • Total38,778
Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)

Pedro II, Piauí is a municipality in the state of Piauí in the Northeast region of Brazil.[2][3][4][5]

The municipality contains part of the 1,592,550 hectares (3,935,300 acres) Serra da Ibiapaba Environmental Protection Area, created in 1996.[6]

See also

  • Pedro II (Pedro Segundo), named after Brazil's last Emperor. The city has the only mined opal deposit in South America. A mine in Peru closed a few years ago. Opals were discovered here in 1930 by a man who was washing a cassava for his lunch. The strange stone was sent to Teresina where it was identified as an opal.

References

  1. ^ IBGE 2020
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "Estimativas da população para 1º de julho de 2009" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Estimativas de População, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). August 14, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  4. ^ "Ranking decrescente do IDH-M dos municípios do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humano, Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento (PNUD). 2000. Archived from the original on October 3, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  5. ^ "Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios 2002-2005" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). December 19, 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 2, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  6. ^ APA Serra da Ibiapaba (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2017-02-10
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Capital: Teresina
Centro-Norte Piauiense
Campo Maior
Medio Parnaiba
Piauiense
Teresina
Valenca do Piaui
Norte Piauiense
Baixo Parnaiba
Piauiense
Litoral Piauiense
Sudeste Piauiense
Alto Medio Caninde
Picos
Pio IX
Sudoeste Piauiense
Alto Medio Gurgueia
Alto Parnaiba Piauiense
Bertolinia
Chapadas do Extremo
Sul Piauiense
Floriano
Sao Raimundo Nonato

4°25′S 41°28′W / 4.417°S 41.467°W / -4.417; -41.467

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