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Brazil is divided into twenty-six estados ("states"; singular estado) and one district, the Distrito Federal ("Federal District") which contains the capital city, Brasília. States are based on historical, conventional borders and have developed throughout the centuries; though some boundaries are arbitrary. The federal district is not a state on its right, but shares some characteristics of a state and some of a municipality. The Federal District is encompassed by the state of Goiás. The codes given below are defined in ISO 3166-2:BR.
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History
In 1943, with the entrance of Brazil in the Second World War, the Vargas regime detached seven strategic territories from the border of the country in order to administrate them directly: Amapá, Rio Branco, Acre, Guaporé, Ponta Porã, Iguaçu and the archipelago of Fernando de Noronha. After the war, the first three territories were retained as states, with Rio Branco and Guaporé being renamed Roraima and Rondônia, respectively. Ponta Porã and Iguaçu resorted to territorial status. In 1988, Fernando de Noronha became part of Pernambuco. In 1960, the square-shaped Distrito Federal was carved out of Goiás in preparation for the new capital, Brasília. The previous federal district became the state of Guanabara until in 1975 it was merged with the state of Rio de Janeiro, becoming the municipality of Rio de Janeiro. In 1977, Mato Grosso was split into two states. The northern area retained the name Mato Grosso while the southern area became the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, with Campo Grande as its capital. The new Mato Grosso do Sul incorporated the territory of Ponta Porã and the northern part of Iguaçu. Central Iguaçu went to Paraná, and southern Iguaçu went to Santa Catarina. In 1988, the northern portion of Goiás became the state of Tocantins, with Palmas as its capital.
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List of Brazilian states
| Flag | State | Abbreviation | Capital | Area | Population (2005) | Density (2005) | GDP (% total) (2004) | GDP per capita (2004) | HDI (2000) | Literacy (2003) | Infant Mortality (2002) | Life Expectancy (2004) |
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Acre | AC | Rio Branco | 152,581.4 | 656,043 | 4.30 | 3,242,123 (0.2%) | 5,143 | 0.697 | 84% | 33.2‰ | 70.8 |
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Alagoas | AL | Maceió | 27,767.7 | 3,015,912 | 108.61 | 11,556,013 (0.7%) | 3,877 | 0.649 | 70% | 57.7‰ | 66.0 |
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Amapá | AP | Macapá | 142,814.6 | 594,587 | 4.16 | 3,720,013 (0.2%) | 6,796 | 0.753 | 91% | 24.9‰ | 69.8 |
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Amazonas | AM | Manaus | 1,570,745.7 | 3,232,330 | 2.05 | 35,889,111 (2.1%) | 11,434 | 0.713 | 94% | 20.8‰ | 73.4 |
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Bahia | BA | Salvador | 564,692.7 | 13,815,334 | 24.46 | 86,882,488 (4.9%) | 6,350 | 0.688 | 79% | 38.7‰ | 71.4 |
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Ceará | CE | Fortaleza | 148,825.6 | 8,097,276 | 54.40 | 33,261,175 (1.9%) | 4,170 | 0.700 | 78% | 35.1‰ | 69.6 |
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Distrito Federal | DF | Brasília | 5,822.1 | 2,333,108 | 400.73 | 43,522,926 (2.5%) | 19,071 | 0.844 | 96% | 17.5‰ | 74.9 |
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Espírito Santo | ES | Vitória | 46,077.5 | 3,408,365 | 73.97 | 34,488,268 (2.0%) | 10,289 | 0.765 | 90% | 20.9‰ | 73.1 |
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Goiás | GO | Goiânia | 340,086.7 | 5,619,917 | 16.52 | 41,316,658 (2.3%) | 7,501 | 0.776 | 90% | 20.7‰ | 72.8 |
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Maranhão | MA | São Luís | 331,983.3 | 6,103,327 | 18.38 | 16,547,977 (0.9%) | 2,748 | 0.636 | 77% | 46.3‰ | 66.8 |
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Mato Grosso | MT | Cuiabá | 903,357.9 | 2,803,274 | 3.10 | 27,935,132 (1.6%) | 10,162 | 0.773 | 90% | 21.5‰ | 72.6 |
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Mato Grosso do Sul | MS | Campo Grande | 357,125.0 | 2,264,468 | 6.34 | 19,954,505 (1.1%) | 8,945 | 0.778 | 91% | 19.2‰ | 73.2 |
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Minas Gerais | MG | Belo Horizonte | 586,528.3 | 19,237,450 | 32.79 | 166,564,882 (9.4%) | 8,771 | 0.773 | 89% | 20.8‰ | 74.1 |
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Pará | PA | Belém | 1,247,689.5 | 6,970,586 | 5.58 | 34,196,694 (1.9%) | 4,992 | 0.723 | 90% | 27.3‰ | 71.4 |
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Paraíba | PB | João Pessoa | 56,439.8 | 3,595,886 | 63.71 | 14,863,913 (0.9%) | 4,165 | 0.661 | 75% | 45.5‰ | 68.3 |
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Paraná | PR | Curitiba | 199,314.9 | 10,261,856 | 51.48 | 108,699,740 (6.2%) | 10,725 | 0.787 | 93% | 20.7‰ | 73.5 |
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Pernambuco | PE | Recife | 98,311.6 | 8,413,593 | 85.58 | 47,697,268 (2.7%) | 5,730 | 0.705 | 79% | 44.8‰ | 67.5 |
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Piauí | PI | Teresina | 251,529.2 | 3,006,885 | 11.95 | 8,611,106 (0.5%) | 2,892 | 0.656 | 72% | 33.1‰ | 68.2 |
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Rio de Janeiro | RJ | Rio de Janeiro | 43,696.1 | 15,383,407 | 352.05 | 222,564,408 (12.6%) | 14,639 | 0.807 | 96% | 19.5‰ | 72.4 |
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Rio Grande do Norte | RN | Natal | 52,796.8 | 3,003,087 | 56.88 | 15,906,902 (0.9%) | 5,370 | 0.705 | 77% | 41.9‰ | 69.8 |
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Rio Grande do Sul | RS | Porto Alegre | 281,748.5 | 10,845,087 | 38.49 | 142,874,611 (8.1%) | 13,320 | 0.814 | 95% | 15.4‰ | 74.5 |
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Rondônia | RO | Porto Velho | 237,576.2 | 1,534,594 | 6.46 | 9,744,908 (0.6%) | 6,238 | 0.735 | 92% | 24.6‰ | 70.6 |
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Roraima | RR | Boa Vista | 224,299.0 | 391,317 | 1.74 | 1,864,318 (0.1%) | 4,881 | 0.746 | 91% | 17.8‰ | 69.3 |
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Santa Catarina | SC | Florianópolis | 95,346.2 | 5,866,568 | 61.53 | 70,208,541 (4.0%) | 12,159 | 0.822 | 95% | 18.2‰ | 74.8 |
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São Paulo | SP | São Paulo | 248,209.4 | 40,442,795 | 162.93 | 546,607,616 (30.9%) | 13,725 | 0.820 | 95% | 17.4‰ | 73.7 |
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Sergipe | SE | Aracaju | 21,910.3 | 1,967,761 | 89.81 | 13,121,517 (0.7%) | 6,782 | 0.682 | 90% | 40.6‰ | 70.3 |
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Tocantins | TO | Palmas | 277,620.9 | 1,305,728 | 4.70 | 4,768,864 (0.3%) | 3,776 | 0.710 | 83% | 28.4‰ | 70.7 |
See also
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| Portal · Brazil Collaboration · Current events in Brazil · WikiProject | |
- Brazil Socio-Geographic Division
- List of Brazil state name etymologies
- List of major cities in Brazil
- List of cities in Brazil
External links
- Map of Brazil
- (Portuguese) Portal of Brazilian municipalities
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