Campo Grande, formerly Augusto Severo is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the

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Rio Grande do Norte Rio Grande do Norte (, , ) is one of the states of Brazil. It is located in the northeastern region of the country, forming the northeasternmost tip of the South American continent. The name literally translates as "Great Northern River", ref ...

in the Northeast region of

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

. From 1903 until 1991 Campo Grande was named Augusto Severo after noted Brazilian aeronaut

Augusto Severo de Albuquerque Maranhão Augusto Severo de Albuquerque Maranhão (11 January 1864 – Paris, 12 May 1902) was a Brazilian politician, journalist, inventor and aeronaut Aeronautics is the science or art involved with the study, design, and manufacturing of air flig ...

(1864–1902), who died in a fiery

dirigible An airship or dirigible balloon is a type of aerostat or lighter-than-air aircraft that can navigate through the air under its own power. Aerostats gain their lift from a lifting gas that is less dense than the surrounding air. In early ...

crash in Paris, France.

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Municipalities in Rio Grande do Norte {{RioGrandedoNorte-geo-stub zh:Campo Grande

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