Pau dos Ferros

Pau dos Ferros
The Municipality of Pau dos Ferros
Clockwise: Independence Avenue; Church of Nossa Senhora da Conceição; Tourist Terminal Lindalva Torquato; panoramic view of the Pau dos Ferros; Joaquim Correia House of Popular Culture and Monsignor Caminha Square, with the Obelisk at found.
Flag Seal
Nickname(s): Princesinha do Oeste (Princess of the West) and PDF
Location in the state of Rio Grande do Norte.
Pau dos Ferros Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 06°06′39″S 38°12′32″W / 6.11083°S 38.20889°W
Country	Brazil
Region	Nordeste
State	Rio Grande do Norte
Mesoregion	Oeste Potiguar
Microregion	Pau dos Ferros
Area
• Total	259.959 km^2 (100.371 sq mi)
	[1]
Elevation[2]	193 m (633 ft)
Population (2010)
• Total	27,745
• Density	106.73/km^2 (276.4/sq mi)
	IBGE/2010[3]
Demonym(s)	Pauferrense
Time zone	UTC -3
Postal Code	59900-000
Area code(s)	(+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

• List of municipalities in Rio Grande do Norte

References

1. "Área Territorial Brasileira - Consulta por Município" (in Portuguese). Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. January 15, 2013. Archived from the original on June 3, 2015. Retrieved August 17, 2015.
2. "Latitude e Longitude das cidades Brasileiras" (in Portuguese). Retrieved August 17, 2015. |archive-url= is malformed: save command (help)
3. "Tabela 2.1 - População residente, total, urbana total e urbana na sede municipal, em números absolutos e relativos, com indicação da área total e densidade demográfica, segundo as Unidades da Federação e os municípios – 2010" (in Portuguese). Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística. 2010. Retrieved August 17, 2015.
4. "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.
5. Pau dos Ferros History in Portuguese