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Population distribution in Brazil. Brazil has a high level of urbanization with 87.8% [1] of the population residing in urban and metropolitan areas. The criteria used by the IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics) [2] in determining whether households are urban or rural, however, are based on political divisions, not on the developed environment.
Rio de Janeiro (Portuguese: [ˈʁi.u d (ʒi) ʒɐˈne (j)ɾu] ⓘ [6]), or simply Rio, [7] is the capital of the state of Rio de Janeiro. It is the second-most-populous city in Brazil (after São Paulo) and the sixth-most-populous city in the Americas. Founded in 1565 by the Portuguese, the city was initially the seat of the Captaincy of Rio de ...
State City Population Population year Notes Ref Distrito Federal: Brasília: 3,094,325: 2021: National capital [5]Goiás: Águas Lindas de Goiás: 222,850: 2021 [5]Anápolis
São Paulo. São Paulo (/ ˌsaʊ ˈpaʊloʊ /, Brazilian Portuguese: [sɐ̃w ˈpawlu] ⓘ; Portuguese for ' Saint Paul ') is the most populous city in Brazil and the capital of the state of São Paulo. Listed by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) as an alpha global city, it exerts substantial international influence in ...
Website. www.manaus.am.gov.br. Manaus (Portuguese: [mɐˈnaws, ma-] ⓘ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Amazonas. It is the seventh-largest city in Brazil, with an estimated 2022 population of 2,063,689 distributed over a land area of about 11,401 km 2 (4,402 sq mi). Located at the east centre of the state, the city ...
Brasília is Brazil's third-most populous city after São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. [2] Among major Latin American cities, it has the highest GDP per capita. [7] Brasília is a planned city developed by Lúcio Costa, Oscar Niemeyer and Joaquim Cardozo in 1956 in a scheme to move the capital from Rio de Janeiro to a more central location.
curitiba.pr.gov.br (in Portuguese) Curitiba (Brazilian Portuguese: [kuɾiˈtʃibɐ]) is the capital and largest city in the state of Paraná in Southern Brazil. The city's population was 1,773,718 as of 2022, making it the eighth most populous city in Brazil and the largest in Brazil's South Region. [1] The Curitiba Metropolitan area comprises ...
Fortaleza is an important industrial and commercial center of Northeast Brazil. According to the Ministry of Tourism, it is the fourth most visited city and tourist destination in the country. The BR-116, the most important highway in the country, starts in Fortaleza.