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2 days ago · Pernambuco (Brazilian Portuguese: [pɛʁnɐ̃ˈbuku] ⓘ) is a state of Brazil, located in the Northeast region of the country. With an estimated population of 13 million people as of 2022, it is the seventh-most populous state of Brazil and with around 98,067.877 km 2, it is the 19th-largest in area among federative units of the country. It is ...
2 days ago · Website. www.recife.pe.gov.br (in Portuguese) Recife (Brazilian Portuguese: [ʁeˈsifi] ⓘ) is the state capital of Pernambuco, Brazil, on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. It is the largest urban area within both the North and the Northeast Region of Brazil.
1 day ago · Rio Grande do Sul is bordered to the northeast by the Brazilian State of Santa Catarina, to the southeast by the Atlantic Ocean, on the southwest by Uruguay, and to the northwest by the Argentine provinces of Corrientes and Misiones.
Sep 13, 2024 · Bahia, estado (state) of eastern Brazil. It is bounded by Piauí and Pernambuco states to the north, by Alagoas and Sergipe states to the northeast, by the Atlantic Ocean to the east, by Espírito Santo and Minas Gerais states to the south, and by Goiás and Tocantins states to the west.
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1 day ago · For political administration, Brazil's 26 states—and the Federal District (Distrito Federal, Brasília)—are divided into five different regions. The name of each of the Brazilian states below is preceded by its commonly used two letter abbreviation.
Sep 7, 2024 · Rio de Janeiro, estado (state) of southeastern Brazil, bounded by the states of Espírito Santo (north), Minas Gerais (west), and São Paulo (southwest), while to the east lies the Atlantic Ocean. It is named for the city of Rio de Janeiro, the state capital, which was the capital of Brazil from 1763.
1 day ago · Brazil, country of South America that occupies half the continent’s landmass. It is the fifth largest country in the world, exceeded in size only by Russia, Canada, China, and the United States, though its area is greater than that of the 48 conterminous U.S. states. Brazil faces the Atlantic Ocean along 4,600 miles (7,400 km) of coastline ...
