Norte Region (Brazil)

Região Norte in Brazil

The Região Norte ( Portuguese for "Northern Region") is one of five major statistical regions in Brazil . It includes the seven states of Acre , Amapá , Amazonas , Pará , Rondônia , Roraima and Tocantins . Its largest and most important cities are Manaus , Belém and Porto Velho .

The Região Norte makes up 45.27% of the area of ​​Brazil. At the same time, it is the region with the second fewest inhabitants, namely 15,864,454 in the 2010 census.

The north-west is underdeveloped industrially and not very well developed. In return, it is home to the largest ecosystem on earth, the Amazon basin .

Brazilian states in the Norte Region

State	Capital	Residents 2010	Area in km²	Communities
Rondônia	Porto Velho	1,562,409	238,512.8	52
acre	Rio Branco	733,559	153,149.9	22nd
Amazon	Manaus	3,483,985	1,577,820.2	62
Roraima	Boa Vista	450,479	225,116.2	15th
Pará	Belém	7,581,051	1,253,164.5	144
Amapá	Macapá	669.526	143,453.7	16
Tocantins	Palmas	1,383,445	277,620.9	139
total		15,864,454	3,868,838.2	450

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Results of the census of August 1, 2010 (PDF; 74 kB) Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística, accessed on September 22, 2013.
2. ↑ Publication of the results of the census of August 1, 2010 (PDF; 55 kB) Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística, accessed on September 22, 2013.

Coordinates: 3 ° 0 ′  S , 60 ° 0 ′  W