Canto do Buriti is a municipality in the state of Piauí in the Northeast region of Brazil.[2][3][4][5]
Canto do Buriti | |
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Municipality | |
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Country | Brazil |
Region | Nordeste |
State | Piauí |
Mesoregion | Sudoeste Piauiense |
Population (2020 [1]) | |
• Total | 21,258 |
Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
The municipality contains part of the 823,843 hectares (2,035,760 acres) Serra das Confusões National Park, created in 1998, which protects an area of the Caatinga biome.[6] The municipality is in the Capivara-Confusões Ecological Corridor, created in 2006 to link the Serra da Capivara National Park to the Serra das Confusões National Park.[7]
8°07′S 42°58′W / 8.117°S 42.967°W