Ponta may refer to:
Ponta, Portuguese for "point" or
promontory
A promontory is a raised mass of land that projects into a lowland or a body of water (in which case it is a peninsula). Most promontories either are formed from a hard ridge of rock that has resisted the erosive forces that have removed the s ...
, is a part of many Portuguese and Brazilian toponyms:
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Ponta, Texas
Ponta (pronounced pahn-TAY) is a small unincorporated community in eastern Cherokee County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 50 in 2000. It is located within the Tyler-Jacksonville c ...
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Ponta Grossa
Ponta Grossa () is a municipality in the state of Paraná, southern Brazil. The estimated population is 355,336 according to official data from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics and it is the 4th most populous city in Paraná ( ...
, a city in Brazil
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Ponta Pelada Airport
Ponta Pelada Airport was the civilian airport of Manaus, Brazil, until 1976. Between 1970 and 1976, the facilities were shared with Manaus Air Force Base of the Brazilian Air Force. On March 31, 1976, all civilian operations were transferred t ...
, an airport in Brazil
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Ponta Porã International Airport
Ponta Porã International Airport is the airport serving Ponta Porã, Brazil.
It is operated by AENA.
History
The airport was commissioned on March 11, 1955.
Previously operated by Infraero, on August 18, 2022 the consortium AENA won a 30-yea ...
, the airport serving Ponta Porã, Brazil
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Ponta Porã
Ponta Porã is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul. Its population is 93,937 (2020) and its area is 5,329 km2. It has a dry border and a conurbation with the city of Pedro Juan Caballero in Paraguay.
Ponta Po ...
, a municipality in Brazil
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Victor Ponta
Victor Viorel Ponta (; born 20 September 1972) is a Romanian politician and jurist who served as Prime Minister of Romania from 2012 to 2015. He was president of the Social Democratic Party (Romania), Social Democratic Party (PSD) from 2010 to ...
(born 1972), Romanian politician
See also
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Ponta Cabinet (disambiguation) Ponta Cabinet may refer to the following governments of Romania, led by Victor Ponta:
* First Ponta cabinet (May – December 2012)
* Second Ponta cabinet (December 2012 – March 2014)
* Third Ponta Cabinet (March – December 2014)
* Fourth Ponta ...
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Ponta Delgada (disambiguation)
Ponta Delgada is the largest city and administrative capital of the Autonomous Region of the Azores in Portugal.
Ponta Delgada may also refer to:
* Ponta Delgada (district)
The District of Ponta Delgada was a district of the ''Ilhas Adjacentes' ...
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Punta (disambiguation)
* - includes many geographical locations
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