Floriano is a Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

ian municipality in the state of Piauí

Piauí

Piauí is one of the states of Brazil, located in the northeastern part of the country.Piauí has the shortest coastline of any of the non-landlocked Brazilian states at 66 km , and the capital, Teresina, is the only state capital in the north east to be located inland...

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It is situated in the physiographic zone of the Médio Parnaíba, on the right side of the Parnaíba River

Parnaiba River

The Parnaíba River is a river in Brazil, which forms the border between the states of Maranhão and Piauí. The Parnaíba River rises in the Chapada das Mangabeiras range, and flows northeastward for 1,056 miles to empty into the Atlantic Ocean. The middle and upper regions of this river are...

, in front of the city of Barão de Grajaú

Barão de Grajaú

Barão de Grajaú is a town and municipality in the state of Maranhão in the Northeast region of Brazil.-References:...

, in the Maranhão

Maranhão

Maranhão is a northeastern state of Brazil. To the north lies the Atlantic Ocean. Maranhão is neighbored by the states of Piauí, Tocantins and Pará. The people of Maranhão have a distinctive accent...

. It is also intersected by the rivers Gurguéia and Itaueira.
It is a principal educational center of the southern part of the state of Piauí and Maranhão, and exercises influence over about 30 municipalities.

External links

• Atlas Digital do Piauí (PDF), detailed facts about the municipalities in Piauí.