# Lagoa Salgada

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Municipality in Nordeste, Brazil

Lagoa Salgada Municipality Flag Coat of arms Interactive map of Lagoa Salgada Country Brazil Region Nordeste State Rio Grande do Norte Mesoregion Agreste Potiguar Population (2020 [1]) • Total 8,297 Time zone UTC−3 (BRT)

**Lagoa Salgada** 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).[2][3][4][5]

**Lagoa Salgada** is also a salty lake in the north of the same state, in which are found [stromatolite](/source/Stromatolite) formations that provide ancient records of some kind of layered rock structure that is formed above water at 21°54'10"S 41°00'30"W.[6]

## See also

- [List of municipalities in Rio Grande do Norte](/source/List_of_municipalities_in_Rio_Grande_do_Norte)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [IBGE 2020](https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/rn/lagoa-salgada/panorama)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-IBGE_DTB_2008_2-0)** ["Divisão Territorial do Brasil"](https://geoftp.ibge.gov.br/organizacao_do_territorio/estrutura_territorial/divisao_territorial/2008/dtb_2008.zip) (in Portuguese). Divisão Territorial do Brasil e Limites Territoriais, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). July 1, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2009.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-IBGE_Pop_2009_3-0)** ["Estimativas da população para 1º de julho de 2009"](http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/populacao/estimativa2009/POP2009_DOU.pdf) ([PDF](/source/PDF)) (in Portuguese). Estimativas de População, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). August 14, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2009.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-PNUD_IDH_2000_4-0)** ["Ranking decrescente do IDH-M dos municípios do Brasil"](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) (in Portuguese). Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humano, Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento (PNUD). 2000. Archived from [the original](http://www.pnud.org.br/atlas/ranking/IDH-M%2091%2000%20Ranking%20decrescente%20(pelos%20dados%20de%202000).htm) on October 3, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2009.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-IBGE_PIB_2005_5-0)** ["Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios 2002-2005"](https://web.archive.org/web/20081002024524/http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/economia/pibmunicipios/2005/tab01.pdf) (PDF) (in Portuguese). Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). December 19, 2007. Archived from [the original](http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/economia/pibmunicipios/2005/tab01.pdf) (PDF) on October 2, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2009.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Sítios_Geológicos_e_Paleontológicos_do_Brasil_6-0)** ["LAGOA SALGADA (RIO DE JANEIRO) RECENT STROMATOLITES"](http://sigep.cprm.gov.br/sitio041/sitio041english.htm).[*[permanent dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

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