title: Baía Formosa
text: # Baía Formosa
  
  Baía Formosa (lit. "beautiful bay") is the easternmost city in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Norte and the first coastal city (going south-north) of that state, lying near the border with Paraíba.
  
  The municipality contains the 7,897-hectare (19,510-acre) Mata da Estrela Private Natural Heritage Reserve.
  
  ## Notable people
  
  * Ítalo Ferreira, world champion surfer
  