Picos
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Picos is a municipality in the state of Piauí in the Northeast region of Brazil. Picos is the state's third-largest city, located in the south-central region of Piauí and is the most economically developed city in the region. The city's financial prosperity, combined with its geographical location, gives Picos a "commercial hub" status, especially for fuel and honey (Picos is known as the "capital of honey"). As of 2020, the population was approximately 78,431.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Picos
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_flag
- Bandeiradepicos.svg
- Settlement.flag_size
- 100px
- Settlement.image_seal
- Novo Brasão de Picos-PI.jpg
- Settlement.seal_size
- 90px
- Settlement.nicknames
- Capital do Mel (Capital of Honey), Capital do Sul Piauiense (Capital of the Piauiense south)
- Settlement.motto
- "To be from Picos is to be strong!"
- Settlement.image_map
- Piaui Municip Picos.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Brazil
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Brazil
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Mesoregion
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Nordeste
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Brazil
- Demonym
- picoense
- Country
- Brazil
- Located in
- Piauí
- Population
- 78409
- Area
- 535.000
- Elevation
- 217
- Shares border with
- Sussuapara
- Image
- Panorâmica 30.jpg
- Dialing code
- 89
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- Commons category
- Picos (Piauí)
- Human Development Index
- 0.755
- postal code
- 64600-001 a 64609-999
- inception
- 1890-12-12
- electorate
- 51364
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Climate
- Demographics
- Neighborhoods and villages
- Villages
- Neighborhoods
- Transportation
- Education
- Schools
- Colleges and Universities
- Federal Institutes of Education and Learning
- References
- See also
Picos is a municipality in the state of Piauí in the Northeast region of Brazil. Picos is the state's third-largest city, located in the south-central region of Piauí and is the most economically developed city in the region. The city's financial prosperity, combined with its geographical location, gives Picos a "commercial hub" status, especially for fuel and honey (Picos is known as the "capital of honey"). As of 2020, the population was approximately 78,431.
== Climate == According to data from INMET - National Institute of Meteorology, the city of Picos Piauí has average annual temperature of .
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Picos” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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