Official Name: | Pau dos Ferros |
Nickname: | Princesinha do Oeste (Princess of the West) and PDF |
Settlement Type: | The Municipality of Pau dos Ferros |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Pushpin Map: | Brazil |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Brazil |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Brazil |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Nordeste |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Rio Grande do Norte |
Subdivision Type3: | Mesoregion |
Subdivision Name3: | Oeste Potiguar |
Subdivision Type4: | Microregion |
Subdivision Name4: | Pau dos Ferros |
Leader Title: | Prefeita |
Leader Name: | Marianna Almeida |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 259.959 |
Area Note: | [1] |
Population As Of: | 2020 [2] |
Population Total: | 30,600 |
Population Density Km2: | 106.73 |
Population Demonym: | Pauferrense |
Timezone: | BRT |
Utc Offset: | -3 |
Coordinates: | -6.1108°N -38.2089°W |
Elevation Footnotes: | [3] |
Elevation M: | 193 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal Code |
Postal Code: | 59900-000 |
Area Code: | (+55) 84 |
Website: | www.paudosferros.rn.gov.br |
Pau dos Ferros is a municipality in the homonymous microregion, in Rio Grande do Norte state, Northeast Brazil.[4]
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]