Currais Novos

Currais Novos
Municipality
Currais Novos aerial view.
Flag Seal
Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 6°15′S36°31′W / 6.250°S 36.517°W / -6.250; -36.517
Country	Brazil
Region	Nordeste
State	Rio Grande do Norte
Mesoregion	Central Potiguar
Population  (2020 [1] )
• Total	44,905
Time zone	UTC -3

Currais Novos is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Norte in the Northeast region of Brazil. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]} As of 2020, the population was estimated at 44,905.

Prominent people

• Vicente de Lima (b. 1977), Olympic sprinter
• Francisco Fabiano Pereira Marciano (b. 1983), footballer
• Ignácio da Silva Oliveira, (b. 1996), footballer
• Euclides Pereira (b. 1941), jiu-jitsu coach
• Álvaro Felipe "Alvinho" da Silva (b. 1992), footballer

See also

• List of municipalities in Rio Grande do Norte
• Apertados Canyon

References

1. IBGE 2020
2. "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.
3. "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.
4. "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.
5. "Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios 2002-2005" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). December 19, 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 2, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2009.