Piauí

State of Piauí
State
Flag Coat of arms
Location of State of Piauí in Brazil
Coordinates: 8°14′S 43°6′W
Country	Brazil
Capital and Largest City	Teresina
Government
• Governor	Wellington Dias
Area
• Total	251,577.738 km2 (97,134.708 sq mi)
• Rank	11th
Population  (2018)
• Total	3,264,531
• Rank	19th
• Density	13/km2 (34/sq mi)
• Rank	18th
Demonym	Piauiense
GDP
• Year	2016
• Total	R$ 41,406,000,000 (21rd)
• Per capita	R$ 12,890 (26th)
HDI
• Year	2017
• Category	0,697 – medium (25th)
Time zone	UTC-3 (BRT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (BRT)
Postal Code	64000-000 to 64990-000
ISO 3166 code	BR-PI
Website	pi.gov.br

Piauí is one of the 26 states of Brazil. It is in the northeastern part of the country. The capital of Piauí is Teresina.

Geography

Piauí shares borders with the states of Maranhão (west), Ceará (east), Pernambuco (east) and Bahia (east and south). It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the north.

Piauí has the shortest coastline of any of the Brazilian states that borders the Atlantic Ocean. Its coastline is only 66 km long. The capital, Teresina, is the only state capital in the northeast that is not on the coast. The reason for this is because, unlike the rest of the area, Piauí state was first colonised away from the coast and slowly expanded towards the ocean. The other states in the area started on the coast and grew inland.

Flag

The flag of Piaui was created on 24 July 1922. The blue canton and a star is for the state itself. The green and yellow stripes are for Brazil.

Cities

Cities in Piaui include:

• Teresina
• Parnaíba
• Picos
• Oeiras

Other websites

• Piauí Official Homepage (Portuguese)