Lagoa Salgada

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Lagoa Salgada is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Norte in the Northeast region of Brazil.{{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}}{{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|language=Portuguese }}{{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 }}{{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 }}

Lagoa Salgada is also a salty lake in the north of the same state, in which are found 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.{{cite web | url=http://sigep.cprm.gov.br/sitio041/sitio041english.htm | title=LAGOA SALGADA (RIO DE JANEIRO) RECENT STROMATOLITES }}