Lagoa Salgada Explained

Official Name:Lagoa Salgada
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Brazil
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Brazil
Subdivision Name1:Nordeste
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:Rio Grande do Norte
Subdivision Type3:Mesoregion
Subdivision Name3:Agreste Potiguar
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population As Of:2020 [1]
Population Total:8,297
Timezone:BRT
Utc Offset:-3

Lagoa Salgada is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Norte in the Northeast region of Brazil.[2] [3] [4] [5]

Lagoa Salgada is also a salty lake in the north of the same state, in which are found stromatolite formations that provide ancient records of some kind of layered rock structure that is formed above water at 21°54'10"S 41°00'30"W.[6]

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-6.1167°N -64°W

Notes and References

  1. https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/rn/lagoa-salgada/panorama IBGE 2020
  2. Web site: Divisão Territorial do Brasil . July 1, 2008 . Divisão Territorial do Brasil e Limites Territoriais, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) . December 17, 2009. Portuguese.
  3. Web site: Estimativas da população para 1º de julho de 2009. Estimativas de População, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) . August 14, 2009 . December 17, 2009 . PDF. Portuguese .
  4. Web site: Ranking decrescente do IDH-M dos municípios do Brasil . 2000 . Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humano, Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento (PNUD) . December 17, 2009 . Portuguese . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091003103229/http://www.pnud.org.br/atlas/ranking/IDH-M%2091%2000%20Ranking%20decrescente%20%28pelos%20dados%20de%202000%29.htm . October 3, 2009 .
  5. Web site: Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios 2002-2005 . December 19, 2007 . Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) . December 17, 2009 . Portuguese . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081002024524/http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/economia/pibmunicipios/2005/tab01.pdf . October 2, 2008 .
  6. Web site: LAGOA SALGADA (RIO DE JANEIRO) RECENT STROMATOLITES .