Parnaíba
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Porto das Barcas Marina
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| Nickname(s): Princess of Igaraçu | |||
 Location of Parnaíba in Piauí |
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 Parnaíba
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| Coordinates: 02°54′18″S 41°46′37″W / 2.90500°S 41.77694°WCoordinates: 02°54′18″S 41°46′37″W / 2.90500°S 41.77694°W | |||
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 Brazil
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| Region | Northeast | ||
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 Piauí
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| Founded | August 14, 1844 | ||
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| • Mayor | Florentino Neto (PT) | ||
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| • Total | 435.564 km2 (168.172 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2010 est.) | |||
| • Total | 145,729 | ||
| • Density | 334.58/km2 (866.6/sq mi) | ||
| Demonym(s) | Parnaibano | ||
| Time zone | UTC-3 | ||
| Website | www |
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Parnaíba (Portuguese: [paʁnaˈibɐ]) is a city in the Brazilian state of Piauí. Having a population of over 170,000 inhabitants, it is the second most populous city in the state, after the capital Teresina. It is one of the four coastal municipalities in Piauí (besides Ilha Grande, Luís Correia and Cajueiro da Praia).
Besides the natural beauty, Parnaíba has great historical value for Piauí, presenting mainly near Porto das Barcas numerous historic buildings that reflect the importance of Parnaíba, coming at that time to be more important than the former capital Oeiras and taking up same references in Europe.Today despite the lack of appreciation, Parnaíba is emerging as a tourist attraction mainly based support for anyone who wants to know the coast of Piauí, Delta of Parnaíba River, Jericoacoara Beach; and the National Park Lencois Maranhenses.
Parnaíba is located at Parnaíba River basin and is cut by that which divides into several arms forming the famous Delta of the only offshore of the Americas and the third largest in the world, second only to the Nile in Egypt and Mekong in Southeast Asia. One of these arms is the "river" Igaraçu where the port is located from barcase. Most of the city is on the right bank of the Igaraçu since the rest is in Big Island of Santa Isabel, now in Parnaíba River delta. The only beach of the city is the Pedra do Sal, ideal for surfing, kite surfing and wind surfing. Another source is the city Portinho Lagoon, one of the most famous tourist attractions, that due to the advance of the dunes may disappear. The city is located on land Cenozoic Quaternary and has altitude of about 5 meters in areas of the urban center which is away from the coast. It lies on the coastal plain and the topography is fairly regular. Predominate in the creeks and mangrove vegetation on river banks and scrub, coastal and bush of coca crops in the rest of the territory.Predominates in the region and the climate megathermal semi-humid tropical, with high rate of rainfall due to the mass action Equatorial Atlantic during the months from January to June.
The municipality contains part of the 313,800 hectares (775,000 acres) Delta do Parnaíba Environmental Protection Area, created in 1996.
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