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Baía Formosa (lit. "beautiful bay") is the easternmost city in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Norte and the first coastal city (going south–north) of that state, lying near the border with Paraíba. The municipality contains the 7,897-hectare (19,510-acre) Mata da Estrela Private Natural Heritage Reserve. [3]
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A map of the official subdivisions of Rio Grande do Norte Rio Grande do Norte is a state located in the Northeast Region of Brazil. According to the 2010 Census conducted by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), Rio Grande do Norte has a population of 3,168,133 inhabitants over 52,797 square kilometres (20,385 sq mi), which makes it the 16th largest state by population ...
It is owned by Destilaria Baía Formosa and is part of the 7,897 hectares (19,510 acres) Fazenda Pedrosa in the municipality of Baía Formosa, Rio Grande do Norte. [1] The reserve was created on 30 March 2000 by Marilia Marreco Cerqueira, President of the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA). [ 2 ]
The Three Wise Men fort is a Bastion fortress constructed by the Portuguese in 1598. Following a conference on board USS Humboldt (AVP-21) in the Potengi River harbor at Natal, President Roosevelt and President Getúlio Vargas of Brazil were photographed on deck with Harry Hopkins, Chairman of the British-American Assignment Board, (left), and Jefferson Caffery, U.S. Ambassador to Brazil ...
Fruit is also grown in Rio Grande do Norte, with the state supplying 70% of Brazil's melons, and the state is famed for its mango and cashew fields. The world's largest cashew tree is located in the state; it has a circumference of 500 metres and occupies an area of 7,300 cm 2 , making it 70 times the size of average cashew trees.
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... This is a list of the extreme points of Brazil. Latitude and longitude ... Formosa do Rio Preto;
Salvador was a major slave port for the sugarcane fields of Brazil by the early 18th century. [2] In the whaling days, it was also a popular spot, since the bay was a mating ground for whales. [citation needed] The northeast shore of the Bay of All Saints is home to Brazil's first active oil fields.