Rio Grande do Norte

Estado do Rio Grande do Norte Rio Grande do Norte
Rio Grande do Norte
Coordinates	5 ° 44 ′  S , 36 ° 33 ′  W Coordinates: 5 ° 44 ′  S , 36 ° 33 ′  W
Symbols
coat of arms flag
founding	1889 (state)
Basic data
Country	Brazil
State	Rio Grande do Norte
Capital	natal
Região intermediária	3
Região imediata	11
Mesoregion	4 (until 2017)
Microregion	19 (until 2017)
surface	52,811.1 km²
Residents	3,168,027 (2010)
density	60  Ew. / km²
estimate	3,506,853 Ew. (last: July 1, 2019)
Time zone	UTC −3
Website	www.rn.gov.br (Brazilian Portuguese)
politics
Governor	Fátima Bezerra (2019-2022)
Political party	(PT)
economy
GDP	36,103  thousand R $ (BRL) 11,287  R $ (BRL) per capita (2011)
HDI	0.684 (2010)

Rio Grande do Norte [ xiu ˈgɾɐ̃dʲi du ˈnɔxtʲi ] (literally: " great river of the north "; officially Portuguese Estado do Rio Grande do Norte ) is the north-easternmost state of Brazil and also the north-easternmost corner of South America . The capital is Natal .

Rio Grande do Norte is dominated by the coastline, it is famous for its beaches and sand dunes. The state has 410 km of sandy beaches, with lagoons and coconut trees. The most famous beaches are Praia de Cajueiro , Genipabu (north of Natal ) with up to 50 m high sand dunes. Baía Formosa is a beach in the south of the state. It has offshore reefs and is popular with surfers. Sagi Beach is further south.

The inhabitants call themselves Potiguar after an Indian tribe from the area.

geography

Rio Grande do Norte borders the Brazilian states of Ceará and Paraíba and the Atlantic Ocean . According to the 2010 census, Rio Grande do Norte had 3,168,027 inhabitants and an area of ​​52,811 km². The population density is thus 60 inhabitants per km². The Brazilian Statistics Institute (IBGE) estimated the population as of July 1, 2019 at 3,506,853 inhabitants, which results in an increased population density of 66.4 inhabitants per km². The Rocas Atoll in the Atlantic, 260 km northeast of Natal, also belongs to the state.

According to the Köppen and Geiger climate classification, the climate is tropical and semi-arid (Aw, BSh).

history

The Spaniard Alonso de Ojeda was probably the first European to see the region in 1499. European sailors landed for the first time in 1501 on the northeastern tip of South America, Cabo São Roque , 32 km north of today's Natal. It was a Portuguese expedition under Amerigo Vespucci that lasted from 1501 to 1502. The cape was named after Rochus de Montpellier , the day saint on the day of discovery (August 16).

In the decades that followed, there were no permanent European settlements in the region inhabited by the Potiguar tribe. 1534 were from Johann III. Established captains in the New World and given the captaincy of Rio Grande to João de Barros in 1535 , marking the beginning of the colonization of the area. After the colonial days of Brazil, the province of Rio Grande do Norte was established from the core area when the Empire of Brazil was founded in 1822 , and after the republic was founded in 1889, it was converted into the state of Rio Grande do Norte (Estado do Rio Grande do Norte).

politics

Following the elections in Brazil in 2018, the state governor has been Fátima Bezerra of the Workers' Party (PT) since January 1, 2019 , while Antenor Roberto Soares de Medeiros of the PCdoB is vice-governor . Parliament is the unicameral system of the legislative assembly of Rio Grande do Norte .

population

Around a third of the state's population lives in the Natal metropolitan area . Another population center is the city of Mossoró on the north coast. The rest of the state is sparsely populated.

Population development

Source:

Cities

See also : List of municipalities in Rio Grande do Norte

The ten most populous cities in Rio Grande do Norte are according to the 2010 census by the IBGE with population estimates as of July 1, 2018:

 Map with all coordinates of the cities section : OSM

	local community	Population census 2010	2018 estimate
01	natal	803.739	877.640 ▲
02	Mossoró	241,645	294.076 ▲
03	Parnamirim	202.456	255.793 ▲
04th	São Gonçalo do Amarante	87,668	101.102 ▲
05	Macaíba	69,467	79,743 ▲
06th	Ceará-Mirim	68.141	73,099 ▲
07th	Caicó	62,709	67,554 ▲
08th	Açu (Assu)	53,227	57,644 ▲
09	Currais Novos	42,652	44,664 ▲
10	Sao José de Mipibu	39,776	43,640 ▲

Picture gallery

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  Natal Beach

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  Sertão in the interior of Rio Grande do Norte

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  Traditional house in the Sertão

literature

• Sérgio Luiz Bezerra Trindade: História do Rio Grande do Norte. Editora do IFRN, Natal 2010, ISBN 978-85-89571-77-7 (PDF; 18.7 MB).

Web links

Commons : Rio Grande do Norte  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Rio Grande do Norte government website (Brazilian Portuguese)
• Assembleia Legislativa do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte , Legislative Assembly website (Brazilian Portuguese)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE): Estados @ Rio Grande do Norte: Panorama. Retrieved September 5, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).
2. ↑ Fatima Bezerra 13 (Governadora). In: todapolitica.com. Eleições 2018, accessed September 5, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese). 
3. ↑ SIDRA database of the IBGE
4. ↑ IBGE : Cidades @ Rio Grande do Norte . Retrieved July 11, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese, English, Spanish).