{"id":44,"date":"2014-10-04T16:29:36","date_gmt":"2014-10-04T16:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/patrickcarpen.com\/brazil\/?page_id=44"},"modified":"2018-01-28T22:20:08","modified_gmt":"2018-01-28T22:20:08","slug":"states-of-brazil","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/patrickcarpen.com\/brazil\/states-of-brazil\/","title":{"rendered":"States of Brazil"},"content":{"rendered":"Last updated: January 28, 2018 at 22:20 pm\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Photo by paulbr75\" src=\"http:\/\/patrickcarpen.com\/brazil\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2014\/10\/e830b5072bf7013ecd0b470de7444e90fe76e7d41eb0174797f7c8_640_bahia.jpg\" alt=\"bahia photo\" \/>Like <a href=\"http:\/\/patrickcarpen.com\/the-united-states-of-america\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the United States of America<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/patrickcarpen.com\/brazil\">Brazil<\/a> is a country which is composed of a number of <em>United States<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>However, while the <a href=\"http:\/\/patrickcarpen.com\/the-united-states-of-america\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USA\u00a0<\/a>is composed of more than fifty states, <a href=\"http:\/\/patrickcarpen.com\/brazil\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brazil<\/a> is made of up twenty six states plus one Federal District. Here are the 26 states of Brazil:<\/p>\n<p><em>Listed Alphabetically: A-Z<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Acre<\/strong> (AC) covers 58,912 square miles and has a population of about 790,000 people. The capital of Acre is Rio Branco.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alagoas<\/strong> (AL) covers an area of 10,721 square miles and has an estimated population of 3,321,730 people. The capital of Alagoas is Maceio.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Amapa<\/strong> (AP) covers an area of 55,151 square miles and has an estimated population of 750,912 people. The capital of Amapa is Macapa.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Amazonas<\/strong> (AM) covers an area of 606,470 square miles and has a population of \u00a0 <span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">3,873, 732 people. The capital of Amazonas is Manaus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bahia<\/strong> (BA) covers an area of 218,030 square miles and has a population of 15,126,371 people. The capital of Bahia is Salvador.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ceara<\/strong> (CE) covers an area of 57,463 square miles and has a population of approximately 8,842,791 people. The capital of Ceara is Fortaleza.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Espirito Santo<\/strong> (ES) covers an area of 17,791 square miles and has a population of approximately 3,885,049 people. The capital of Espirito Santo is Vitoria.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Goias<\/strong> (GO) covers an area of 131,310 square miles and has a population of approximately 6,523,222 people. The capital of Goias is Goiania.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Maranhao<\/strong> (MA) covers an area of 128,180 square miles and has a population of approximately 6,850,884 people. The capital of Maranhao is Sao Luis.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mato Grosso<\/strong> (MT) covers an area of 348,790 square miles and has a population of approximately 3,225,357 people. The capital of Mato Grosso is Cuiaba.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mato Grosso do Sul<\/strong> (MS) covers an area of 137,890 square miles and has a population of approximately 2,619,657 people. The capital of Mato Grosso do Sul is Campo Grande.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Minas Gerais<\/strong> (MG) covers an area of 226,460 square miles and has a population of approximately 20,794,097 people. The capital of Minas Gerais is Belo Horizonte.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Para<\/strong> (PA) covers an area of 481,740 miles and has a population of 8,073,924 people. The capital of Para is Belem.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Paraiba<\/strong> (PB) covers an area of 21,794 square miles and has an estimated population of 3,943,885 people. The capital of Paraiba is Joao Pessoa.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Parana<\/strong> (PR) covers an area of 75,956 square miles and has a population of 11,081,692 people. The capital of Parana is Curitiba.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Piaui<\/strong> (PI) covers an area of 97,726 square miles and has a population of 3,194,178 people. The capital of Piaui is Teresina.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pernambuco<\/strong> (PE) covers an area of 37,958 square miles and has an estimated population of 9,277,727 people. The capital of Pernambuco is Recife.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rio de Janeiro<\/strong> (RJ) covers an area of 16,871 square miles and has a population of approximately 16,461,173 people. The capital of Rio de Janeiro is Rio de Janeiro.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rio Grande do Norte<\/strong> (RN) covers an area of 20,385 square miles and has a population of 3,408,510 people. The capital of Rio Grande do Norte is Natal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rio Grande do Sul<\/strong> (RS) covers an area of 108,780 square miles and has a population of approximately 11,207,274 people. The capital of Rio Grande do Sul is Porto Alegre.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rondonia<\/strong> (RO) covers an area of 91,729 square miles and has a population of approximately 1,748,531 people. The capital of Rondonia is Porto Velho.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Roraima<\/strong> (RR) covers an area of 86,602 square miles and has a population of 496,936 people. The capital of Roraima is Boa Vista.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Santa Catarina<\/strong> (SC) covers an area of 36,813 square miles and has an estimated population of 6,727,148 people. The capital of Santa Catarina is Florianopolis.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sao Paulo<\/strong> (SP) covers an area of 95,838 square miles and has an estimated population of 44,035,304 people. The capital of Sao Paulo is Sao Paulo.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sergipe<\/strong> (SE) covers an area of 8,459 square miles and has a population of 2,219,514 people. The capital of Sergipe is Aracaju.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tocantins<\/strong> (TO) covers an area of 107,190 square miles and has an estimated population of 1,496,880 people. The capital of Tocantins is Palmas.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Listed Geographically: North to South<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Roraima<\/p>\n<p>Amapa<\/p>\n<p>Amazonas<\/p>\n<p>Para<\/p>\n<p>Maranhao<\/p>\n<p>Acre<\/p>\n<p>Piaui<\/p>\n<p>Ceara<\/p>\n<p>Rio Grande do North<\/p>\n<p>Paraiba<\/p>\n<p>Pernambuco<\/p>\n<p>Alagoas<\/p>\n<p>Sergipe<\/p>\n<p>Tocantins<\/p>\n<p>Acre<\/p>\n<p>Rondonia<\/p>\n<p>Mato Grosso<\/p>\n<p>Bahia<\/p>\n<p>DF *<\/p>\n<p>Minas Gerais<\/p>\n<p>Espirito Santo<\/p>\n<p>Mato Grosso do Sul<\/p>\n<p>Rio de Janeiro<\/p>\n<p>Sao Paulo<\/p>\n<p>Parana<\/p>\n<p>Santa Catarina<\/p>\n<p>Rio Grande do Sul<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Listed by size: biggest first.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Amazonas<\/p>\n<p>Para<\/p>\n<p>Mato Grosso<\/p>\n<p>Minas Gerais<\/p>\n<p>Bahia<\/p>\n<p>Mato Grosso do Sul<\/p>\n<p>Goias<\/p>\n<p>Maranhao<\/p>\n<p>Rio Grande do Sul<\/p>\n<p>Tocantins<\/p>\n<p>Piaui<\/p>\n<p>Sao Paulo<\/p>\n<p>Rondonia<\/p>\n<p>Roraima<\/p>\n<p>Parana<\/p>\n<p>Acre<\/p>\n<p>Ceara<\/p>\n<p>Amapa<\/p>\n<p>Pernambuco<\/p>\n<p>Santa Catarina<\/p>\n<p>Paraiba<\/p>\n<p>Rio Grande do North<\/p>\n<p>Espirito Santo<\/p>\n<p>Rio de Janeiro<\/p>\n<p>Alagoas<\/p>\n<p>Sergipe<\/p>\n<p>*Note: Distrito Federal (translated Federal District) is not considered a state, but it is, as the name suggests, the Federal District of Brazil, which holds the capital city, Brasilia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like the United States of America, Brazil is a country which is composed of a number of United States. 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