Pontal do Paraná explained

Official Name:	Pontal do Paraná
Settlement Type:	Municipality
Pushpin Label Position:	bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location in Brazil
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Brazil
Subdivision Name1:	Southern
Subdivision Type2:	State
Subdivision Name2:	Paraná
Subdivision Type3:	Mesoregion
Subdivision Name3:	Metropolitana de Curitiba
Unit Pref:	Imperial
Population As Of:	2020 ^[1]
Population Total:	27,915
Timezone:	BRT
Utc Offset:	-3

Pontal do Paraná is a municipality in the state of Paraná in the Southern Region of Brazil.^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

Pontal do Paraná is home to the Center for Marine Studies, Federal University of Paraná.^[6] The municipality contains the Rio Perequê Municipal Nature Park, created in 2001 to protect an area of mangroves in Pontal do Sul.It also contains the Restinga Municipal Nature Park, created at the same time.The municipality also includes the Ilhas dos Currais Marine National Park, which protects three small islands that provide a nesting ground for marine birds and a refuge and feeding ground for fish.

See also

• List of municipalities in Paraná

Notes and References

1. https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/pr/pontal-do-parana/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. pt.
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. pt .
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 . pt . 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 . dead .
5. Web site: Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios 2002-2005 . December 19, 2007 . Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) . December 17, 2009. pt.
6. Web site: Contato e Localização . Centro de Estudos do Mar . December 31, 2013 . pt.