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TERRITORY
BELEM
SAO LUIS B R A Z I L I N NU MBE R S
FORTALEZA
MANAUS

? Brazil is the fifth-largest country in the ? Administrative divisions:
RECIFE world by total area and occupies almost Brazil is divided into 26 states and a Federal
PALMAS half of the entire South American continent District, which have their own directly elected
governments and independent administrations.
? Brazil is the world’s
SALVADOR
BRASILIA fourth-largest democracy ? They are grouped into 5 regions:
GOIANIA
? The heart of South America: » Midwest (agricultural heartlands
BELO HORIZONTE Brazil occupies almost half of the South Amer- of the country’s cerrado biome)
ican continent and shares land borders with
Largest cities CAMPINAS RIO DE JANEIRO Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Guyana, Paraguay, » North (mainly the Amazon Basin)
Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela as well
in BraziL SAO PAULO CURITIBA GUARULHOS as the French Overseas Region of French Guiana. part of the arid caatinga biome)
» Northeast (encompases a large
? Most of the Amazon Rainforest is
situated within Brazil’s borders » South (includes the Brazilian pampas
Source: Globo
and part of the Atlantic Rainforest)
? Size: 8,514,876.6 km2
PORTO ALEGRE
» Southeast (the Atlantic Rainforest and
? Land border: 15,735 km some of the semi-arid cerrado biome)
? Coastline: 7,367 km ? Population distribution per Region
ment plan. Goiania is the second-largest city in the and second-largest city in Brazil), Belo Horizonte Southeast (42.1%), Northeast (27.8%), South
Midwest. A planned city like Brasilia, Goiania and (the center for many of Brazil’s mining businesses) ? Arable land: 388m hectares (14.4%), North (8.3%) and Midwest (7.4%)
its surrounding hinterland is an area traditionally and Campinas, a center for regional agribusiness
dominated by agribusiness, but recent industrial and an important industrial center.
projects are opening up the region to new activi-
ties, including automotive manufacturing.
THE SOUTH

THE SOUTHEAST STATES: PARANA, RIO GRANDE DO SUL, SANTA CATARINA

STATES: ESPIRITO SANTO, MINAS GERAIS, RIO DE JANEIRO, SAO The South of Brazil is an area shaped by Europe- NORTH
PAULO an immigration, particularly from Germany, It-
aly and Eastern Europe. Traditions from the Old NORTHEAST
The Southeast is Brazil’s industrial heartland, Continent – and its languages – are still preserved
most densely populated region and has the larg- in the culture of Southern Brazil. The South has
est economy among Brazil’s regions, with a di- among the highest levels of infrastructure, hu- MIDWEST
versified production base that includes industrial man development and economic diversity rates in
manufacturing, agriculture and services. The Brazil. Towards the very south, in the state of Rio SOUTHEAST
state of Sao Paulo accounts for 33% of Brazil’s total Grande do Sul, the highland plateaus sweep down
GDP. The largest cities in the region are Sao Paulo to wide plains called the pampas, home to gau-
(the largest city in the southern hemisphere and cho culture. The largest city in the region is Porto
Latin America’s largest financial center), Rio de Alegre, the capital of Rio Grande do Sul. SOUTH
Janeiro (the host city for the 2016 Olympic Games
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