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15 unusual facts about Rio Grande do Norte


Amazonas-class corvette

During her one-month voyage to Brazil, she docked in the cities of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte and Salvador, Bahia in September, and was expected to arrive in Rio de Janeiro on 5 October.

Associação Sportiva Sociedade Unida

Associação Sportiva Sociedade Unida, commonly known as ASSU, is a Brazilian football club from Assu, Rio Grande do Norte state.

Genildo Ferreira de França

The shooting started on May 21 some time between 16:00 and 18:00 in a remote area near São Gonçalo do Amarante, where Ferreira killed taxi driver Francisco Marques Carneiro, who was dating his ex-wife and made comments about him being a homosexual, with a shot to the forehead.

Gilmar Lobato da Rocha

Gilmar Lobato da Rocha, simply Gilmar (born 17 October 1973 in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte), is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a central midfielder.

Hemigrapsus

The natural range of the genus is restricted to the Pacific Ocean, except for Hemigrapsus affinis which lives along the Atlantic coasts of South America, from Cape São Roque (Rio Grande do Norte state, Brazil) to the San Matías Gulf, (Patagonia, Argentina).

Jardel Santana

Jardel Santana da Silva (born 10 December 1978 in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil is a Brazilian footballer.

José Bragato

Three years after leaving Argentina he joined the University of Natal, in northern Brazil, where he played and taught chamber music.

Latécoère 28

The seaplane version, the Latécoère 28-3, was the first to make a postal delivery crossing of the South Atlantic when Jean Mermoz flew from Dakar to Natal in 21 hours and a half aboard the Comte-de-La Vaulx (prototype n° 919) on 12 May 1930.

Latécoère 521

The inaugural flight took place on 10 January 1935, followed by a demonstration flight in December 1935 via Dakar, North Africa to Natal, Brazil, then north to the French West Indies.

Lioré et Olivier LeO H-47

In 1934, the French air ministry issued a specification for a long-range flying boat to be used by Air France to operate services over the South Atlantic between Dakar in Senegal and Natal in Brazil.

Maurício Grabois

After joining the National Liberation Alliance (Aliança Nacional Libertadora), an organization which gathered anti-fascist military officers he became one of the leader of the unsuccessful Communist uprising of November, 1935 in Rio de Janeiro, Natal, and Recife.

Potenji River

The river's wellspring is located at the municipality of Cerro Corá and its waterfall is located at the city of Natal, where it discharges into the Atlantic Ocean.

Rio Grande do Norte

Rocas Atoll in the Atlantic Ocean, 260 km Northeast of Natal, also belongs to the state of Rio Grande do Norte.

Rocas Atoll, the only such feature in the Atlantic Ocean, is part of the state.

Sport Club Santa Cruz

Sport Club Santa Cruz, also known as Santa Cruz, are a Brazilian football team from Santa Cruz, Rio Grande do Norte.


Associação Cultural e Desportiva Potyguar Seridoense

Associação Cultural e Desportiva Potyguar Seridoense, commonly known as Potyguar de Currais Novos or Potyguar Seridoense, is a Brazilian football club based in Currais Novos, Rio Grande do Norte state.

Associação Cultural Esporte Clube Baraúnas

Associação Cultural Esporte Clube Baraúnas, or Baraúnas as they are usually called, is a Brazilian football team from Mossoró in Rio Grande do Norte, founded on January 14, 1960.

Atlético Clube Coríntians

Atlético Clube Coríntians, or Coríntians, as they are usually called, is a soccer club based in the city Caicó in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.

Clube Centenário Pauferrense

Clube Centenário Pauferrense, commonly known as Centenário Pauferrense, is a Brazilian football club based in Pau dos Ferros, Rio Grande do Norte state.

Flag of Rio Grande do Norte

The arms features the basic elements that best represents Rio Grande do Norte: the coconut tree on the left, the Copernicia prunifera on the right, the sugarcane and the cotton, represents the flora.

Fleur de sel

Brazil has also started producing some flor de sal in the traditional salt-producing area of Mossoró, in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, and iodized, as mandated by Brazilian law for all salt intended for direct human consumption.

Iberian Union

The Seventeen Provinces captured a large portion of the Brazilian coast including Bahia (and its capital Salvador), Pernambuco (and its capital Recife), Paraíba, Rio Grande do Norte, Ceará, and Sergipe, while Dutch privateers sacked Portuguese ships in both the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.

Jangada

Today it appears that the jangadas only show up in the northern region of Brazil starting at Rio Grande do Norte and ending at Piauí for curious historic reasons, because we could have jangada sailors all over the Brazilian coast.

Mimosa tenuiflora

Mimosa hostilis (Jurema, Tepezcohuite) is a perennial tree or shrub native to the northeastern region of Brazil (Paraíba, Rio Grande do Norte, Ceará, Pernambuco, Bahia) and found as far north as southern Mexico (Oaxaca and coast of Chiapas).

Palmeira Futebol Clube da Una

Palmeira Futebol Clube da Una, commonly known as Palmeira, is a Brazilian football club based in Goianinha, Rio Grande do Norte state.

Potenji River

The Potenji River (Portuguese: Rio Potenji), meaning "river of the shrimps" in Tupi, is the principal river in the state of Rio Grande do Norte (Brazil).

Potiguar Esporte Clube

Potiguar Esporte Clube, commonly known as Potiguar de Parnamirim, is a Brazilian football men's and women's club based in Parnamirim, Rio Grande do Norte state.

Sociedade Esportiva Pauferrense

Sociedade Esportiva Pauferrense, commonly known as Pauferrense, is a Brazilian football club based in Pau dos Ferros, Rio Grande do Norte state.