Barra da Lagoa
District in Santa Catarina, Brazil
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Barra da Lagoa is a small fishing village in the city of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil. The village is set on the mouth of a tidewater channel that flows in and out of the Island's sizable lagoon, the Lagoa da Conceição. The channel is at the end of a long beach made up of Praia Barra da Lagoa (English:Barra da Lagoa Beach) and Mozambique Beach which form a single 14 km stretch of beach.[1][2][3]
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  Barra da Lagoa Barra da Lagoa in Brazil | |
| Coordinates: 27°34′41″S 48°25′48″W | |
| Country | Brazil |
| State | Santa Catarina |
| City | Florianópolis |
| Population (2000) | |
• Total | 4,331 |
| Time zone | UTC−03:00 (Brasília time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−02:00 (Brasília summer time) |
Barra da Lagoa is home to a turtle preservation centre operated by Projeto TAMAR.[4]
