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List of Brazilian states

Flag Flags of Brazilian states This gallery of flags of Brazilian states shows the flags of the 26 Brazilian States of Brazil and the federal district....	State	Abbreviation ISO 3166-2:BR ISO 3166-2:BR is the subset of codes defined in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standardization published by the International Organization for Standardization , for the names of the principal subdivisions of Brazil....	Capital List of capitals of Brazil This is a list of the city that are or have been considered national or state capital s of Brazil....	Area List of the states of Brazil by area There are 27 States of Brazil, or Estados in Portuguese, which are the State of Brazil, plus the Federal District which holds the capital city, Bras?lia....  (km²)	Population List of the states of Brazil by population There are 26 States of Brazil, or Estados in Portuguese, which are the State of Brazil, plus the Federal District which holds the capital city, Bras?lia....  (2005)	Density List of the states of Brazil by population density There are 27 States of Brazil, or Estados in Portuguese, which are the State of Brazil, plus the Federal District which holds the capital city, Bras?lia....  (2005)	GDP (% total) (2004)	GDP per capita (US$) (2004)	HDI List of the states of Brazil by HDI This is a list of Brazilian states by Human Development Index as included in the 2008 United Nations Development Program's Report, compiled on the basis of 2005 data and published on September 15, 2008....  (2005)	Literacy (2003)	Infant Mortality (2002)	Life Expectancy List of Brazilian states by life expectancy There are 26 States of Brazil, or Estados in Portuguese, which are the State of Brazil, plus the Federal District which holds the capital city, Bras?lia....  (2004)
	Acre Acre (state) Acre is a States of Brazil of Brazil, located in the north-western part of the country. To the north is the state of Amazonas, Brazil, to the east is a short border with the state of Rond?nia, to the south is Bolivia and to the west is the Ucayali Region of Peru....	AC	Rio Branco Rio Branco Rio Branco is the biggest city and the capital of the Brazilian state of Acre . The city of Rio Branco has gone by a number of names throughout its history....							84%
	Alagoas Alagoas Alagoas is a small States of Brazil in northeastern Brazil lying between the states of Pernambuco and Sergipe; touching the state of Bahia along a part of its southwestern border....	AL	Maceió Maceió Macei? is the capital and the largest city of the coastal state Alagoas, Brazil.The city is located between Munda? Lake and the Atlantic Ocean....							70%
	Amapá Amapá Amap? is one of the States of Brazil of Brazil, located in the extreme north, bordering French Guiana and Suriname to the north. To the east is the Atlantic Ocean, and to the south and west is the Brazilian state of Par?....	AP	Macapá Macapá Macap? is the capital of the state of Amap? in Brazil, , on the Amazon River. Mining is central to its economy. It exports tin iron, gold, and manganese, as well as lumber, oil, animal pelts, and fish....							91%
	Amazonas	AM	Manaus Manaus Manaus is a city in Brazil, the capital of Amazonas state. It is situated at the confluence of the Rio Negro and River Solim?es rivers. It is the most populous city of Amazonas, according to the statistics of Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics and is a popular tourism destination....							94%
	Bahia Bahia Bahia is one of the 26 states of Brazil, and is located in the northeastern part of the country on the Atlantic coast.It is the fourth most populous Brazilian state after S?o Paulo , Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro , and the fifth-largest in size....	BA	Salvador							79%
	Ceará Ceará Cear? is one of the 26 States of Brazil of Brazil, located in the northeastern part of the country, on the Atlantic Ocean coast. This land of the sun is one of the main tourist destinations of Brazil and has attractions for all tastes....	CE	Fortaleza Fortaleza Fortaleza is the state capital of Cear?, located in Northeastern Brazil. With a population of over 3.4 million , Fortaleza has an area of . To the north of the city lies the Atlantic Ocean; to the south are the cities of Pacatuba, Eus?bio, Maracana? and Itaitinga; to the east is the county of Aquiraz and the Atlantic Ocean; and to the west i...							78%
	Distrito Federal Brazilian Federal District The Federal District is set apart for Bras?lia, the capital of Brazil. Located in a region called Planalto Central, the Distrito Federal is divided in 19 administrative regions....	DF	Brasília Brasília Bras?lia is the Capital of Brazil. The city and its District are located in the Central-West Region, Brazil of the country, along a plateau known as Planalto Central....							96%
	Espírito Santo Espírito Santo Esp?rito Santo is one of the states of Brazil of southeastern Brazil, often referred to by the abbreviation "ES". Its capital is Vit?ria and the largest city is Vila Velha....	ES	Vitória Vitória Vit?ria is the capital of the States of Brazil of Esp?rito Santo, Brazil. It is located on a small island within a bay where a few rivers meet the sea....							90%
	Goiás Goiás Goi?s is a States of Brazil of Brazil, located in the central part of the country. The most central of the Brazilian states and most populous of the region, Goi?s is characterized by a landscape of chapad?es ....	GO	Goiânia Goiânia Goi?nia , is the capital and the largest city in the state of Goi?s. It is also the largest city de facto in the Central-West Region, Brazil of Brazil....							90%
	Maranhão Maranhão Maranh?o is one of the states of Brazil of Brazil in the north-eastern region. To the north is the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. Neighboring states are Piau?, Tocantins State and Par?....	MA	São Luís São Luís, Maranhão S?o Lu?s is the capital of the Brazilian Brazilian state of Maranh?o. The city is located on S?o Lu?s island in the Ba?a de S?o Marcos , an extension of the Atlantic Ocean which forms the estuary of Pindar? River, Mearim River, Itapecuru River and other rivers....							77%
	Mato Grosso Mato Grosso Mato Grosso is one of the States of Brazil of Brazil, the List of Brazilian states by area, located in the western part of the country.Neighboring states are Rond?nia, Amazonas State, Brazil, Par?, Tocantins State, Goi?s and Mato Grosso do Sul....	MT	Cuiabá Cuiabá Cuiab? is the capital city of the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso. It is located in the exact centre of South America and is in conurbation with the neighbouring town of V?rzea Grande....							90%
	Mato Grosso do Sul Mato Grosso do Sul Mato Grosso do Sul is one of the States of Brazil of Brazil.Neighbouring states are Mato Grosso, Goi?s, Minas Gerais, S?o Paulo and Paran? ....	MS	Campo Grande Campo Grande Campo Grande is the Capital of the States of Brazil of Mato Grosso do Sul in the Center-West Region, Brazil region of Brazil. The city is nicknamed Cidade Morena after the reddish-brown colour of the region's soil....							91%
	Minas Gerais Minas Gerais Minas Gerais was so named for its great riches in the mining industry. It is one of the 26 states of Brazil of Brazil, the second most populous and fourth largest by area in the federation....	MG	Belo Horizonte Belo Horizonte Belo Horizonte The first Human settlement in the region occurred in the early 1700s, but the city as it is known today was planned and constructed in the 1890s, in order to replace Ouro Preto as the capital of Minas Gerais....							89%
	Pará Pará Par? is one of the States of Brazil of Brazil, located in the northern part of the country.Neighboring states are Amap?, Maranh?o, Tocantins , Mato Grosso, Amazonas, Brazil and Roraima....	PA	Belém Belém Bel?m is a city on the banks of the Amazon estuary, in the northern part of Brazil. It is the capital of the state of Par?. It is the entrance gate to the Amazon with a busy port, airport and coach station....							90%
	Paraíba Paraíba Para?ba is one of the States of Brazil of Brazil, located in the northeastern part of the country, on the Atlantic Ocean coast, where lies the easternmost point of the Americas, a cape called Ponta do Seixas....	PB	João Pessoa João Pessoa Jo?o Pessoa , formerly Parahyba do Norte in 1917 and sometimes called the city where the sun rises first, is a Brazilian city and the easternmost city in the Americas at 34?47'38"W, 7?9'28"S....							75%
	Paraná Paraná (state) Paran? is one of the States of Brazil of Brazil, located in the Southern Region, Brazil of the country, bordering Paraguay and Argentina. Cut by the Tropic of Capricorn, Paran? has what is left of the araucarias forest, one of the most important subtropical forests of the world....	PR	Curitiba Curitiba Curitiba is the capital city of the Brazilian Brazilian state of Paran? . The city has the largest population and also the largest economy in Southern Region, Brazil....							93%
	Pernambuco Pernambuco Pernambuco is a States of Brazil of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region, Brazil of the country. To the north are the states of Para?ba and Cear?, to the west is Piau?, to the south are Alagoas and Bahia, and to the east is the Atlantic Ocean....	PE	Recife Recife File:P?r-do-Sol_na_Jaqueira.jpgRecife is the fourth largest Metropolitan area in Brazil and the capital of the state of Pernambuco. The population was 1,549,980 in 2007....							79%
	Piauí Piauí Piau? is one of the States of Brazil of Brazil, located in the northeastern part of the country.Piau? has the shortest coastline of any of the non-landlocked Brazilian states at 66 km , and the capital, Teresina, is the only state capital in the north east to be located inland....	PI	Teresina Teresina Teresina is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian Brazilian state of Piau? and the only inland capital in the Northeast Region, Brazil of the country....							72%
	Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro (state) Rio de Janeiro is one of the States of Brazil of Brazil.It is located in the Brazilian geopolitical region of the Southeast Region, Brazil and its boundaries, all of them with other Brazilian states in the Southeast region , are with Minas Gerais , Esp?rito Santo and S?o Paulo , and plus its shore line, in the Atlantic Ocean, to its Eas...	RJ	Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro , is the second largest city of Brazil and South America, behind S?o Paulo, and the third largest metropolitan area in South America, behind S?o Paulo and Buenos Aires....							96%
	Rio Grande do Norte Rio Grande do Norte Rio Grande do Norte is one of the States of Brazil of Brazil, located in the northeastern part of the country, on the edge of the South American continent....	RN	Natal Natal, Rio Grande do Norte Natal is the capital city of Rio Grande do Norte, a north eastern state in Brazil. As of the IBGE 2008, the city had a total population of 798,896 ....							77%
	Rio Grande do Sul Rio Grande do Sul is the southernmost States of Brazil of Brazil, and the State with the fourth highest Human Development Index . In Rio Grande do Sul is the most southern city of the country, Chu?, on Uruguayan border....	RS	Porto Alegre Porto Alegre Porto Alegre is the 10th most populous municipality in Brazil, 4th largest Metropolitan Area in the country, and the capital city of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul....							95%
	Rondônia Rondônia Rond?nia is a States of Brazil in Brazil, located in the north-western part of the country. To the west is a short border with the state of Acre , to the north is the state of Amazonas, Brazil, in the east is Mato Grosso, and in the south is Bolivia....	RO	Porto Velho Porto Velho Porto Velho is the capital of the Brazilian state of Rond?nia, in the upper Amazon River basin. The population is about 379,186 people . Located at the border of Rond?nia and the state of Amazonas State, Brazil, the town is an important trade center of cassiterite, the mining of which represents the most important economic activity in the re...							92%
	Roraima Roraima Roraima is the northernmost and least populated States of Brazil of Brazil, located in the Amazon Basin region. It borders the states of Amazonas and Par?, as well as the nations of Venezuela and Guyana....	RR	Boa Vista Boa Vista, Roraima Boa Vista is the capital of the Brazilian state of Roraima. Situated on the western bank of the River Branco, 220 km from Brazil's border with Venezuela....							91%
	Santa Catarina Santa Catarina (state) is a States of Brazil in southern Brazil with one of the highest standards of living in the country. Its capital is Florian?polis, which mostly lies on the Santa Catarina Island....	SC	Florianópolis Florianópolis Florian?polis is the capital city of Santa Catarina in southern Brazil. It is composed of one main island, the Santa Catarina , a continental part and the surrounding small islands....							95%
	São Paulo São Paulo (state) is a States of Brazil in Brazil. It is the major industrial and economic powerhouse of the Brazilian economy. It is named after Paul of Tarsus. S?o Paulo has the largest population, the biggest industrial park and the biggest economic production of the country....	SP	São Paulo São Paulo S?o Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, and along with Tokyo, Seoul and Mexico City is among the four largest metropolitan regions of the world....							95%
	Sergipe Sergipe Sergipe , is the smallest States of Brazil of the Brazil, located on the northeastern Atlantic Ocean coast of the country. It borders on two other states, Bahia in the south and west and Alagoas in the north, and in the east on the Atlantic Ocean....	SE	Aracaju Aracaju Aracaju is the capital of the State of Sergipe, Brazil. It is located in the northeastern part of the country, about 350 km north of Salvador, Bahia....							90%
	Tocantins Tocantins (state) Tocantins is one of the states of Brazil of Brazil.The state was formed in 1988 out of the northern part of Goi?s, and construction began on the capital, Palmas, Tocantins, in 1989, in contrast to most of the other cities in the state which date back to Portuguese colonization of the Americas period....	TO	Palmas Palmas, Tocantins Palmas is the capital of the Brazilian state of Tocantins . According to IBGE estimates from July 2005, the city had 208,165 inhabitants. It has an area of 2474,95 km?....							83%

See also

• Brazil Socio-Geographic Division
  Brazil Socio-Geographic Division
  
  The Brazil Socio-Geographic Division is a slightly different division than the Brazil Regional Division. It separates the country into three different and distinctive regions:...
  
• List of Brazil state name etymologies
  List of Brazil state name etymologies
  
  Most of Brazilian state names are based on native indigenous placenames, while others were given by Portugal and other European ethnic groups colonists....
  
• List of major cities in Brazil
  List of major cities in Brazil
  
  This is a list of the largest cities in Brazil. Brazil has a relatively high reported level of urbanization, with 8 out of every 10 Brazilians living in cities....
  

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