Piauí (Portuguese pronunciation: [pjaˈwi] or [pi.awˈi]) is ane o the states o Brazil, locatit in the northeastren pairt o the kintra.

State o Piauí
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Location o State o Piauí in Brazil
Location o State o Piauí in Brazil
Coordinates: 8°14′S 43°6′W / 8.233°S 43.100°W / -8.233; -43.100
Kintra Brazil
Caipital an Lairgest CeetyTeresina
Govrenment
 • GovrenorWilson Nunes Martins
Area
 • Total251529.186 km2 (97,115.962 sq mi)
Area rank11t
Population
 (2010 census)[1]
 • Total3,119,015
 • Rank18t
 • Density12/km2 (32/sq mi)
 • Density rank18t
Demonym(s)Piauiense
GDP
 • Year2006 estimate
 • TotalR$ 12,790,000,000 (23rd)
 • Per caipitaR$ 4,213 (27t)
HDI
 • Year2005
 • Category0.703 – medium (25t)
Time zoneUTC-3 (BRT)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (BRT)
Postal Code
64000-000 to 64990-000
ISO 3166 codeBR-PI
Websitepi.gov.br

Piauí haes the shortest coastline o ony o the nan-landlockit Brazilian states at 66 km (41 mi), an the caipital, Teresina, is the anerlie state caipital in the north east tae be locatit inland. The raison for this is, unlik the rest o the aurie, Piauí wis first colonised inland an slowly expanded towards the ocean, rather than the ither wey aroond. In the sootheast o the state, the Naitional Pairk o Serra da Capivara is a UNESCO Warld Heritage Steid. The pairk haes mair nor 400 airchaeological steids an the lairgest concentration o rock paintins in the warld, in a landscape dominatit bi canyons an caatinga.

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