Common Two
Letter
Abbreviation |
State |
Capitol City
|
Region |
Size
(in km²) |
Population
(2007
estimate) |
Per Capita
GNP in Reais (R$) |
|
AC
|
Acre |
Rio
Branco |
North |
152,581 |
664,000 |
R$5,413 |
|
AL |
Alagoas |
Maceió |
Northeast |
27,767 |
3,557,000 |
R$3,876 |
|
AP |
Amapá |
Macapá |
North |
142,814 |
619,000 |
R$6,796 |
|
AM |
Amazonas |
Manaus |
North |
1,570,745 |
3,351,000 |
R$11,434 |
|
BA |
Bahia |
Salvador |
Northeast |
564,692 |
13,974,000 |
R$6,350 |
|
CE |
Ceará |
Fortaleza |
Northeast |
148,825 |
8,238,000 |
R$4,169 |
|
DF |
Distrito Federal |
Brasília |
Center West |
5,801 |
2,393,000 |
R$19,071 |
|
ES |
Espírito Santo |
Vitória |
Southeast |
46,077 |
3,474,000 |
R$10,288 |
|
GO |
Goiás |
Goiânia |
Center West |
340,086 |
5,750,000 |
R$7,500 |
|
MA |
Maranhão |
São
Luís |
Northeast |
331,983 |
6,199,000 |
R$2,748 |
|
MT |
MatoGrosso |
Cuiabá |
Center West |
903,357 |
2,866,000 |
R$10,161 |
|
MS |
MatoGrosso do Sul |
Campo
Grande |
Center West |
357,124 |
2,304,000 |
R$8,944 |
|
MG |
Minas
Gerais |
Belo
Horizonte |
Southeast |
586,528 |
19,522,000 |
R$8,770 |
|
PA |
Pará |
Belém |
North |
1,247,689 |
7,136,000 |
R$4,991 |
|
PB |
Paraíba |
João
Pessoa |
Northeast |
56,440 |
3,595,886 |
R$3,872 |
|
PR |
Paraná |
Curitiba |
South |
199,315 |
10,261,856 |
R$9,891 |
|
PE |
Pernambuco |
Recife |
Northeast |
98,311 |
8,518,000 |
R$5,730 |
|
PI |
Piauí |
Teresina |
Northeast |
251,529 |
3,041,000 |
R$2,892 |
|
RJ |
Rio
de Janeiro |
Rio
de Janeiro |
Southeast |
43,696 |
15,593,000 |
R$14,638 |
|
RN |
Rio Grande do Norte |
Natal |
Northeast |
52,796 |
3,051,000 |
R$5,369 |
|
RS |
Rio Grande do Sul |
Porto
Alegre |
South |
281,748 |
10,984,000 |
R$ 13,320 |
|
RO |
Rondônia |
Porto
Velho |
North |
237,576 |
1,567,000 |
R$6,238 |
|
RR |
Roraima |
Boa
Vista |
North |
224,298 |
405,000 |
R$4,881 |
|
SC |
Santa
Catarina |
Florianópolis |
South |
95,346 |
5,974,000 |
R$12,158 |
|
SP |
São Paulo |
São
Paulo |
Southeast |
248,209 |
41,164,000 |
R$13,725 |
|
SE |
Sergipe |
Aracajú |
Northeast |
21,910 |
2,007,000 |
R$6,782 |
|
TO |
Tocantins |
Palmas |
North |
277,620 |
1,337,000 |
R$3,776 |
Brazil’s
Booming Economy |
| Brazil’s economy is the strongest
in South America and its recent economic performance has been
exceptional; Q2 2008 GDP growth was 6% and foreign investment
in 2008 is set to equal the record US$34.6 billion in 2007.
Economic health is visible in Brazil’s growing wealthy
population; Brazil’s millionaire list grew by nearly
50% in 2007. |
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