Place details
Place namePiauí
Other namesPiauí, Estado do
CountryBrasil
Latitude-7
Longitude-43
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
First settled by Europeans in 17th cen. with advent of cattle & sugar industries; site of bloody battles between Portuguese & Amerindians; is sparsely populated & suffers poverty; advances in disease control were developed in mid-20th cen.