Campo Grande, formerly Augusto Severo is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
in the
state of
Rio Grande do Norte in the
Northeast region of
Brazil
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.
From 1903 until 1991 Campo Grande was named Augusto Severo after noted Brazilian aeronaut
Augusto Severo de Albuquerque Maranhão (1864–1902), who died in a fiery
dirigible crash in Paris, France.
See also
*
List of municipalities in Rio Grande do Norte
References
Municipalities in Rio Grande do Norte
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