Pedra da Boca State Park
State park in Paraíba, Brazil
The Pedra da Boca State Park (Portuguese: Parque Estadual da Pedra da Boca) is a state park in the state of Paraíba, Brazil.
It contains a group of unusual rocky outcrops surrounded by cerrado vegetation. One of the rocks has a large collection of prehistoric rock paintings, and is also a site of religious services for devotees of Our Lady of Fátima.
Location
The Pedra da Boca State Park is in the municipality of Araruna, Paraíba, in the Curimataú Oriental microregion.
It has an area of 157.3 hectares (389 acres) on the border with Rio Grande do Norte.
It is 170 kilometres (110 mi) from João Pessoa, the state capital, and 22 kilometres (14 mi) from the town of Araruna.
It lies in the foothills between the Serra da Confusão and the Serra de Araruna.
The park is in the basin of the Calabouço River, an intermittent tributary of the Curimataú River that forms the border between Paraíba and Rio Grande do Norte and is an important source of water for the local population.
The Pedra da Boca State Park was created by state governor José Targino Maranhão by decree 20.889 of 7 February 2000.
Soon after the park was created the land was expropriated and families living in the park were compensated.
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