Pontal do Paraná is a municipality in the state of Paraná in the Southern Region of Brazil.[2][3][4][5]
Pontal do Paraná | |
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Municipality | |
 Ilhas dos Currais | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location in Paraná | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Region | Southern |
| State | Paraná |
| Mesoregion | Metropolitana de Curitiba |
| Emancipated | 20 December 1995 |
| Installed | 1 January 1997 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Rudisney Gimenes Filho (MDB) |
| • Deputy Mayor | Patricia Marcomini (MDB) |
| Area | |
• Total | 78,086 sq mi (202,242 km2) |
| Population (2022 [1]) | |
• Total | 30,425 |
| • Density | 0.38963/sq mi (0.15044/km2) |
| Demonym | Pontalense |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
| CEP | 83255-000 |
| Area code | +55 41 |
| HDI (2010) | 0,738 - high |
| Website | www |
Pontal do Paraná is home to the Center for Marine Studies, Federal University of Paraná.[6] The municipality contains the 16-hectare (40-acre) Rio Perequê Municipal Nature Park, created in 2001 to protect an area of mangroves in Pontal do Sul.[7] It also contains the 407-hectare (1,010-acre) Restinga Municipal Nature Park, created at the same time.[8] 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.[9]
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- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Estimativas da população para 1º de julho de 2009" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Estimativas de População, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). August 14, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
- ↑ "Ranking decrescente do IDH-M dos municípios do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humano, Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento (PNUD). 2000. Archived from the original on October 3, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
- ↑ "Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios 2002-2005" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). December 19, 2007. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
- ↑ "Contato e Localização" (in Portuguese). Centro de Estudos do Mar. Retrieved December 31, 2013.
- ↑ Manoel, Lawrence (10 January 2004), "Parque do Manguezal é opção de lazer no litoral", Tribuna Parana (in Portuguese), retrieved 2016-11-16
- ↑ Silva, Jose Antonio da (10 September 2001), Decreto no 706/01 (in Portuguese), Municipality of Pontal do Paraná, retrieved 2016-11-18
- ↑ Sobre o Parque Nacional Marinho das Ilhas dos Currais (in Portuguese), Parque Nacional de Saint-Hilaire/Lange, 17 September 2013, retrieved 2016-06-22
25°35′S 48°21′W / 25.583°S 48.350°W
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