Piauí
Piauí (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˌpi.aˈwi] or [pjɐˈwi] ⓘ) is one of the states of Brazil, located in the country's Northeast Region. The state has 1.6% of the Brazilian population and produces 0.7% of the Brazilian GDP.
Piauí | |
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| Estado do Piauí State of Piauí | |
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Coat of arms | |
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| Anthem: Hino do Piauí | |
Location of State of Piauí in Brazil | |
| Coordinates: 8°14′S 43°6′W | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Capital and largest city | Teresina |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Rafael Fonteles (PT) |
| • Vice Governor | Themístocles Filho (MDB) |
| • Senators | Ciro Nogueira (PP) Elmano Férrer (PP) Marcelo Castro (MDB) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 251,529.186 km2 (97,115.962 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 11th |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Total | 3,118,360 |
| • Estimate (2019) | 3,273,227 |
| • Rank | 18th |
| • Density | 12/km2 (32/sq mi) |
| • Rank | 18th |
| GDP | |
| • Year | 2016 estimate |
| • Total | US$ 11,846,000,000 (21st) |
| • Per capita | US$ 3,695 (26th) |
| HDI | |
| • Year | 2021 |
| • Category | 0.690 – medium (23rd) |
| Time zone | UTC-3 (BRT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (BRT) |
| Postal Code | 64000/000 to 64990/000 |
| ISO 3166 code | BR-PI |
Piauí has the shortest coastline of any coastal Brazilian state at 66 km (41 mi), and the capital, Teresina, is the only state capital in the northeast to be located inland. The reason for this is, unlike the rest of the area, Piauí was first colonised inland and slowly expanded towards the ocean, rather than the other way around. In the southeast of the state, the National Park of Serra da Capivara is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The park has more than 400 archaeological sites and the largest concentration of rock paintings in the world, in a landscape dominated by canyons and caatinga.