State Rio De Janeiro: State in the Southeast Region of Brazil
Rio de Janeiro is one of the 26 states of Brazil.
Its capital is the city of Rio de Janeiro.
Rio de Janeiro | |
|---|---|
| Estado do Rio de Janeiro State of Rio de Janeiro | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
| Motto(s): Recte Rem Publicam Gerere (Latin) "Conduct the affairs of the public with righteousness" | |
| Anthem: November 15th | |
 Location of the State of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil | |
| Coordinates (Brazil): 22°54′S 43°12′W / 22.900°S 43.200°W | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Capital and largest city |  Rio de Janeiro |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Wilson Witzel (PSC) |
| • Vice Governor | Cláudio Castro (PSC) |
| • Senators | Arolde de Oliveira (PSD) Flávio Bolsonaro (PSL) Romário Faria (PODE) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 43,696.1 km2 (16,871.2 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 24th |
| Population (2017) | |
| • Total | 16,718,956 |
| • Rank | 3rd |
| • Density | 380/km2 (990/sq mi) |
| • Rank | 2nd |
| Demonym | Fluminense |
| GDP | |
| • Year | 2017 estimate |
| • Total | US$308 billions (PPP) US$195 billions (nominal) (2nd) |
| • Per capita | US$18.432 (PPP) US$11.687 (nominal) (3rd) |
| HDI | |
| • Year | 2014 |
| • Category | 0.778 – high (6th) |
| Time zone | UTC-3 (BRT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-2 (BRST) |
| Postal Code | 20000-000 to 28990-000 |
| ISO 3166 code | BR-RJ |
| Website | rj.gov.br |
Rio de Janeiro is in the Southeast Region of Brazil. It shares borders with Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo and São Paulo as well as the Atlantic Ocean. Rio de Janeiro has an area of 43,653 square kilometres (16,855 sq mi).
The state's largest cities are Rio de Janeiro, Nova Iguaçu, Niterói, Duque de Caxias, São Gonçalo, São João de Meriti, Campos dos Goytacazes, Petrópolis and Volta Redonda. Its main rivers are the Guandu River, the Piraí, the Paraíba do Sul, the Macaé and the Muriaé. Its climate is tropical.
Geography
The state is made up of both mountains and plains. It is between the Mantiqueira Mountains and the Atlantic Ocean. The bays of Guanabara, Sepetiba, and Ilha Grande are on the coastline of Rio de Janeiro.
Rio de Janeiro is the smallest state in the Southeast Region and one of the smallest in Brazil. Its coastline is 635 kilometres (395 mi), the third longest coastline in the country.
Ethnic groups
References
Other websites
Media related to Rio de Janeiro at Wiki Commons- Official homepage Archived 2007-03-22 at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese)
| States of Brazil |  |
|---|---|
| Acre | Alagoas | Amapá | Amazonas | Bahia | Ceará | Espírito Santo | Goiás | Maranhão | Mato Grosso | Mato Grosso do Sul | Minas Gerais | Pará | Paraíba | Paraná | Pernambuco | Piauí | Rio de Janeiro | Rio Grande do Norte | Rio Grande do Sul | Rondônia | Roraima | Santa Catarina | São Paulo | Sergipe | Tocantins | |
| Federal district: Distrito Federal | |
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