Pau dos Ferros | |
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The Municipality of Pau dos Ferros | |
Nickname(s): Princesinha do Oeste (Princess of the West) and PDF | |
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 |
Government | |
• Prefeita | Marianna Almeida |
Area | |
• Total | 259.959 km2 (100.371 sq mi) |
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Elevation | 193 m (633 ft) |
Population (2020
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• Total | 30,600 |
• Density | 106.73/km2 (276.4/sq mi) |
Demonym | Pauferrense |
Time zone | UTC−3 ( BRT) |
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]