Pau dos Ferros explained

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]

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]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Área Territorial Brasileira - Consulta por Município. January 15, 2013. Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. Portuguese. August 17, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150603063518/http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/geociencias/areaterritorial/area.php?nome=Pau+dos+Ferros&codigo=&submit.x=41&submit.y=7. June 3, 2015.
  2. https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/rn/pau-dos-ferros/panorama IBGE 2020
  3. Web site: Latitude e Longitude das cidades Brasileiras. Portuguese. February 3, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150818012410/http://www.apolo11.com/latlon.php?uf=rn&cityid=3762. August 18, 2015.
  4. 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.
  5. Pau dos Ferros History in Portuguese