# Currais Novos

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'''Currais Novos''' is a [municipality](/source/Municipalities_of_Brazil) in the [state](/source/states_of_Brazil) of [Rio Grande do Norte](/source/Rio_Grande_do_Norte) in the [Northeast region](/source/Northeast_Region%2C_Brazil) of [Brazil](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Vicente_de_Lima) (b. 1977), Olympic sprinter
* [Francisco Fabiano Pereira Marciano](/source/Francisco_Fabiano_Pereira_Marciano) (b. 1983), footballer
* [Ignácio da Silva Oliveira](/source/Ign%C3%A1cio_da_Silva_Oliveira), (b. 1996), footballer
* [Euclides Pereira](/source/Euclides_Pereira) (b. 1941), jiu-jitsu coach
* [Álvaro Felipe "Alvinho" da Silva](/source/Alvinho) (b. 1992), footballer

==See also==
*[List of municipalities in Rio Grande do Norte](/source/List_of_municipalities_in_Rio_Grande_do_Norte)
*[Apertados Canyon](/source/Apertados_Canyon)

==References==
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