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'''Currais Novos''' is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Norte in the Northeast region of Brazil.<ref name="IBGE_DTB_2008">{{cite web |url=https://geoftp.ibge.gov.br/organizacao_do_territorio/estrutura_territorial/divisao_territorial/2008/dtb_2008.zip |title=Divisão Territorial do Brasil |date=July 1, 2008 |publisher=Divisão Territorial do Brasil e Limites Territoriais, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) |accessdate=December 17, 2009|language=Portuguese}}</ref><ref name="IBGE_Pop_2009">{{cite web | url = http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/populacao/estimativa2009/POP2009_DOU.pdf | title = Estimativas da população para 1º de julho de 2009| publisher = Estimativas de População, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) | date = August 14, 2009 | accessdate=December 17, 2009 | format = PDF|language=Portuguese }}</ref><ref name="PNUD_IDH_2000">{{cite web |url=http://www.pnud.org.br/atlas/ranking/IDH-M%2091%2000%20Ranking%20decrescente%20(pelos%20dados%20de%202000).htm |title=Ranking decrescente do IDH-M dos municípios do Brasil |date=2000 |publisher=Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humano, Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento (PNUD) |accessdate=December 17, 2009 |language=Portuguese |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003103229/http://www.pnud.org.br/atlas/ranking/IDH-M%2091%2000%20Ranking%20decrescente%20%28pelos%20dados%20de%202000%29.htm |archivedate=October 3, 2009 }}</ref><ref name="IBGE_PIB_2005">{{cite web|url=http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/economia/pibmunicipios/2005/tab01.pdf |title=Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios 2002-2005 |date=December 19, 2007 |publisher=Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) |accessdate=December 17, 2009 |language=Portuguese |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081002024524/http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/economia/pibmunicipios/2005/tab01.pdf |archivedate=October 2, 2008 }}</ref> 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
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