Jardim de piranhas

Município de Jardim de Piranhas Jardim Jardim de piranhas
View of the city from Avenida Rio Branco (RN-288)
Coordinates	6 ° 23 ′  S , 37 ° 21 ′  W Coordinates: 6 ° 23 ′  S , 37 ° 21 ′  W
Location of the municipality in Rio Grande do Norte
Symbols
coat of arms flag
founding	December 23, 1948
Basic data
Country	Brazil
State	Rio Grande do Norte
Região intermediária	Caicó (since 2017)
Região imediata	Caicó (since 2017)
climate	tropical, Aw
surface	330.5 km²
Residents	13,506 (2010)
density	40.9  Ew. / km²
estimate	14,837 (July 1, 2019)
Parish code	IBGE : 2405603
Post Code	59324-000 to 59326-999
Time zone	UTC −3
politics
City Prefect	Elídio Araújo de Queiroz (2017–2020)
Political party	Psd
Culture
City festival	December 23rd (city development)
economy
GDP	136,662 thousand R $ 9357  R $ per person  (2015)
HDI	0.603 (2010)

Jardim de Piranhas , officially Município de Jardim de Piranhas ( German  Garten am Piranhas , means garden on the Rio Piranhas ), is a city in Brazil . It is located in the state of Rio Grande do Norte . The city was estimated to have 14,837 inhabitants in 2019, the municipal area is 330.5 km².

Place name

The place name is derived from the Fazenda Jardim , which was on the territory of the present city, and the river Rio Piranhas , on the banks of which it was located.

history

The families Esmeraldo , Cavalcante and Oliveira lived on the Fazenda Jardim in the area of ​​today's municipality . Margarida Cardoso Cavalcante donated the land of the parish church Nossa Senhora de Santana in Caicó from the inheritance of her family in 1874 . On October 18th, Father João Maria Cavalcante celebrated his first mass here. Today is considered the city's founding date. The pastor built a small chapel, the Capela de Nossa Senhora dos Aflitos . Today there is a church of the same name here.

On December 23, 1948, Jardim de Piranhas was separated from Caicó as an independent municipality.

Web links

Commons : Jardim de Piranhas  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jardim de Piranhas climate: average temperature, weather by month, Jardim de Piranhas weather averages. In: climate-data.org. de.climate-data.org, accessed on October 5, 2018 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b c} IBGE : Jardim de Piranhas - Panorama. Retrieved October 5, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese).
3. ^ Elidio Queiroz 55 (Prefeito). In: com.br. Eleições 2016, accessed October 5, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese). 
4. ↑ IBGE : Jardim de Piranhas - História. Retrieved October 5, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese).
5. ↑ ^{a b c} Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística : Jardim de Piranhas Rio Grande do Norte - RN , accessed on December 30, 2015.
6. ↑ Blog on Jardim de Piranhas: Aniversariante do dia: Jardim de Piranhas, 67 anos de emancipação politica , accessed on December 30, 2015.