Roraima

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Roraima (disambiguation) .

Estado de Roraima Roraima
Roraima
Coordinates	2 °  N , 61 °  W Coordinates: 2 °  N , 61 °  W
Location of the state of Roraima in Brazil
Symbols
coat of arms flag
founding	1988 (previously 1943–1988 Territorio Federal do Rio Branco)
Basic data
Country	Brazil
State	Roraima
Capital	Boa Vista
Região intermediária	2 (since 2017)
Região imediata	4 (since 2017)
structure	15 municipalities
Waters	Rio Branco
climate	equatorial, Aw, Am
surface	224,300.8 km²
Residents	450,479 (2010, last census )
density	2  Ew. / km²
estimate	605,761 Ew. (July 1, 2019)
Time zone	UTC −4
Website	portal.rr.gov.br (Brazilian Portuguese)
politics
governor	Antonio Denarium ( PSL ) Vice-Governor : Frutuoso Lins ( PTC ) National MEPs : 24 (January 1, 2019)
economy
GDP	9,744 billion R $ 19,608  R $ per capita (2014)
HDI	0.707 (2010)

Roraima , officially Portuguese Estado de Roraima , is the least populous of the 27 states of Brazil and is located in the north of the greater Norte region . First as a federal territory set up by the central government in 1943 and subordinate to it ( Território Federal do Rio Branco ), Roraima was elevated to a federal state in 1988. The capital of Roraima is Boa Vista , it is the only Brazilian capital that is entirely in the northern hemisphere .

geography

Roraima borders the Brazilian states of Pará and Amazonas as well as Venezuela and Guyana .

Much of the state is covered in tropical rainforest . A small savannah area extends to the east . One of the highest mountains in Brazil and the namesake of the state, the Roraima-Tepui , is located in the Roraima National Park .

Demographics

According to the 2000 census of the Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE), Roraima had 324,397 inhabitants on an area of ​​around 224,300 km². The population density was 1.45 inhabitants per km².

The last census of 2010 showed a population of 450,479 people on an area of ​​around 224,301 km² and a population density of 2.09 inhabitants per km².

More recent estimates of the population were published by the IBGE on July 1, 2019.

2000 census	2010 census	Estimated July 1, 2019	Area 2018 km 2	More information
324.397	450,479	605.761	224,273.831

Cities

→ Main article : List of parishes in Roraima

Roraima has a total of 15 cities with large municipal areas that have the status of a município (Munizip) according to Brazilian municipal law.

The three largest cities are: Boa Vista as the only large city and the highest annual increase (2018 estimated: 375,374 inhabitants), Rorainópolis (2018 estimated: 29,533 inhabitants) and Caracaraí (2018 estimated: 21,564 inhabitants), which replaced Alto Alegre in the ranking .

Web links

Commons : Roraima  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Roraima Government Portal (Brazilian Portuguese)
• Government Portal Transpârencia (Brazilian Portuguese)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} IBGE : Roraima - Panorama . Retrieved September 5, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).
2. ^ John Hemming: How Brazil Acquired Roraima. In: The Hispanic American Historical Review . 70.2 (1990) 295-325.