List of airports in Brazil
Defunct airports
Table:
City served

State

Airport name

Closure

Notes

Alegrete
Rio Grande do Sul
Old Alegrete Airport
1996
Became an urbanized area

Brasília
Federal District
Vera Cruz Airport
1957
Became an urbanized area

Cacoal
Rondônia
Old Cacoal Airport
2009

Feijó
Acre
Alcimar Leitão Airport
2008
Became an urbanized area

Ibaté
São Paulo
Ibaté Airport
2006
Became an urbanized area

Manaus
Amazonas
Ponta Pelada Airport
1976
Became Manaus Air Force Base

Natal / Parnamirim
Rio Grande do Norte
Augusto Severo International Airport
2014
Became Natal Air Force Base

Palmas
Tocantins
Old Palmas Airport
2001
Became an urbanized area

Parintins
Amazonas
Old Parintins Airport
1980
Became an urbanized area

Porto Velho
Rondônia
Caiari Airport
1969
Became an urbanized area

Porto Ferreira
São Paulo
Porto Ferreira Airport
2006
Became an urbanized area

Rio Branco
Acre
Presidente Médici International Airport
1999
Became an urbanized area

Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Bartolomeu de Gusmão Airport
1942
Became Santa Cruz Air Force Base

Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Campo dos Afonsos Airport
1941
Became Afonsos Air Force Base

Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Manguinhos Airport
1961
Became an urbanized area

Santarém
Pará
Old Santarém Airport
1977
Became an urbanized area

São Carlos
São Paulo
Salgado Filho Airport
2002
Became an urbanized area

Based on the following table as well as the textual context provided at the end.

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Brazil has a high level of urbanization with 87.8% of the population residing in urban and metropolitan areas . The criteria used by the IBGE ( Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics ) in determining whether households are urban or rural , however , are based on political divisions , not on the built environment . Nowadays , the country has more than 5,570 municipalities . The state capitals are also the largest cities in their respective states , exceptions being Florianópolis ( which is the capital and the second largest city of Santa Catarina state after Joinville ) and Vitória ( which is the capital but only the fourth-largest city of Espírito Santo state , albeit being located in that state 's largest metropolitan area ) .
The federative units of Brazil ( Portuguese : unidades federativas do Brasil ) are subnational entities with a certain degree of autonomy ( self-government , self-regulation and self-collection ) and endowed with their own government and constitution , which together form the Federative Republic of Brazil . There are 26 states ( estados ) and one federal district ( distrito federal ) . The states are generally based on historical , conventional borders which have developed over time . The states are divided into municipalities , while the Federal District assumes the competences of both a state and a municipality .
Alegrete is a municipality in Rio Grande do Sul located in southern Brazil . Its medium altitude is 102 m ( 335 ft ) . Its estimated population in 2008 was 78,984 inhabitants and the total area is 7,803.967 km2 ( 3,013.129 sq mi ) ( the largest municipality of the State and of Southern Brazil ) . Its inhabitants are called Alegretenses .
Rio Grande do Sul ( UK : /ˌriːuː ˌɡrændi duː ˈsʊl/ , US : /ˌriːuː ˌɡrɑːndi duː ˈsuːl/ , Portuguese : [ ˈʁiw ˈɡɾɐ̃dʒi du ˈsuw ] ( listen ) ; [ a ] lit . Great Southern River ) is a state in the southern region of Brazil . It is the fifth-most-populous state and the ninth largest by area . Located in the southernmost part of the country , Rio Grande do Sul is bordered clockwise by Santa Catarina to the north and northeast , the Atlantic Ocean to the east , the Uruguayan departments of Rocha , Treinta y Tres , Cerro Largo , Rivera and Artigas to the south and southwest , and the Argentine provinces of Corrientes and Misiones to the west and northwest . The capital and largest city is Porto Alegre . The state has the highest life expectancy in Brazil , and the crime rate is relatively low compared to Brazilian national average . Despite the high standard of living , unemployment is still high and according to census data , it is one of the most difficult states in Brazil for foreigners to find jobs . The state has a gaucho culture like its foreign neighbors . It was originally inhabited by Guarani people . The first Europeans there were Jesuits , followed by settlers from the Azores . In the 19th century it was the scene of conflicts including the Farroupilha Revolution and the Paraguayan War . Large waves of German and Italian migration have shaped the state .
Brasília ( /brəˈzɪliə/ , Portuguese : [ bɾaˈziljɐ ] ) is the federal capital of Brazil and seat of government of the Federal District . The city is located atop the Brazilian highlands in the country 's center-western region . It was founded on April 21 , 1960 , to serve as the new national capital . Brasília is estimated to be Brazil 's third-most populous city . Among major Latin American cities , it has the highest GDP per capita . Brasília was planned and 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 . The landscape architect was Roberto Burle Marx . The city 's design divides it into numbered blocks as well as sectors for specified activities , such as the Hotel Sector , the Banking Sector , and the Embassy Sector . Brasília was chosen as a UNESCO World Heritage Site due to its modernist architecture and uniquely artistic urban planning . It was named City of Design by UNESCO in October 2017 and has been part of the Creative Cities Network since then . All three branches of Brazil 's federal government are centered in the city : executive , legislative and judiciary . Brasília also hosts 124 foreign embassies .
The Federal District ( Portuguese : Distrito Federal [ d͡ʒisˈtɾitu fedeˈɾaṷ ] ( listen ) ) is one of 27 federative units of Brazil . Located in the Center-West Region , it is the smallest Brazilian federal unit and the only one that has no municipalities , being divided into 31 administrative regions , totaling an area of 5,802 km² . In its territory , is located the federal capital of Brazil , Brasília , that is also the seat of government of the Federal District .
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Rondônia ( Brazilian Portuguese : [ ʁõˈdõniɐ ] ( listen ) ) is a state in Brazil , located in the northern part of the country . To the west is a short border with the state of Acre , to the north is the state of Amazonas , in the east is Mato Grosso , and in the south and southwest is Bolivia . Its capital is Porto Velho . The state was named after Cândido Rondon .
Feijó is municipality located in the center of the Brazilian state of Acre . Its population is 31 288 and its area is 24,202 km² . The city is served by Feijó Airport . The municipality contains the 231,555 hectares ( 572,180 acres ) Santa Rosa do Purus National Forest , a sustainable use conservation unit created in 2001 .
Acre ( [ ˈakɾi ] ( listen ) ) is a state located in the northern region of Brazil . Located in the westernmost part of the country with a two hour time difference from Brasília , Acre is bordered clockwise by the Brazilian states of Amazonas to the north and northeast , Rondônia to the east , the Bolivian department of Pando to the southeast , and the Peruvian regions of Madre de Dios , Ucayali and Loreto to the south and west . It occupies an area of 152,581.4 km2 . Its capital and largest city is Rio Branco . Other important places include Cruzeiro do Sul , Sena Madureira , Tarauacá and Feijó . Intense extractive activity , which reached its height in the 20th century , attracted Brazilians from many regions to the state . From the mixture of sulista , southeastern Brazil , nordestino , and indigenous traditions arose a diverse cuisine , which unites sun-dried meat ( carne-de-sol ) with pirarucu , a typical fish of the region . Such dishes are seasoned with tucupi , a sauce made from manioc . Fluvial transport , concentrated on the Juruá and Moa rivers , in the western part of the state , and the Tarauacá and Envira Rivers in the northwest , is the principal form of transportation , especially between November and June , when rain leaves impassable the BR-364 , which connects Rio Branco to Cruzeiro do Sul .
Alcimar Leitão Airport , formerly ( IATA : FEJ , ICAO : SWFJ ) , was the airport that served Feijó , Brazil until 2008 , when the newer Feijó Airport was opened . The airport was later closed and became an urbanized area .
Ibaté is a municipality in the state of São Paulo , Brazil with a population of 30,734 in 2010 according to IBGE . The city 's name comes from the Tupi language and means dry lake . Ibaté is located on the east-center of the state , 12 km from São Carlos and 247 km from the city of São Paulo .
São Paulo ( Portuguese pronunciation : [ sɐ̃w̃ ˈpawlu ] ( listen ) ) is one of the 26 states of the Federative Republic of Brazil and is named after Saint Paul of Tarsus . As the richest Brazilian state and a major industrial complex , often dubbed the locomotive of Brazil , the state is responsible for 33.9% of the Brazilian GDP . São Paulo also has the second highest Human Development Index ( HDI ) and GDP per capita , the fourth lowest infant mortality rate , the third highest life expectancy , and the third lowest rate of illiteracy among the federative units of Brazil , being by far , the safest state in the country . The homicide rate is 3.8 per 100 thousand as of 2018 , almost 1/4 of the Brazilian rate . São Paulo alone is richer than Argentina , Uruguay , Paraguay and Bolivia combined . The economy of São Paulo State is the most developed in Brazil . With more than 46 million inhabitants in 2019 , São Paulo is the most populous Brazilian state , the most populous national subdivision in the Americas , and the third most populous political unit of South America , surpassed only by the rest of the Brazilian Federation and Colombia . The local population is one of the most diverse in the country and descended mostly from Italians , who began immigrating to the country in the late 19th century ; of the Portuguese , who colonized Brazil and installed the first European settlements in the region ; indigenous peoples , many distinct ethnic groups ; Africans , who were brought from Africa as slaves in the colonial era and migrants from other regions of the country . In addition , Arabs , Germans , Spanish , Japanese , Chinese , and Greeks also are present in the ethnic composition of the local population . The area that today corresponds to the state territory was already inhabited by indigenous peoples from approximately 12,000 BC . In the early 16th century , the coast of the region was visited by Portuguese and Spanish explorers and navigators . In 1532 Martim Afonso de Sousa would establish the first Portuguese permanent settlement in the Americas - the village of São Vicente , in the Baixada Santista .
Manaus ( /mɑːˈnaʊs/ ; Portuguese : [ mɐˈnaws , mɐˈnawʃ ] ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Amazonas . It is the seventh-largest city in Brazil , with an estimated 2019 population of 2,182,763 distributed over a land area of about 4,401.97 square miles ( 11,401 km2 ) . Located at the east center of the state , the city is the center of the Manaus metropolitan area and the largest metropolitan area in the North Region of Brazil by urban landmass . It is situated near the confluence of the Negro and Solimões rivers . The city was founded in 1669 as the Fort of São José do Rio Negro . It was elevated to a town in 1832 with the name of Manaus , an altered spelling of the indigenous Manaós peoples , and legally transformed into a city on October 24 , 1848 , with the name of Cidade da Barra do Rio Negro , Portuguese for The City of the Margins of the Black River . On September 4 , 1856 it returned to its original name . Manaus is located in the center of the world 's largest rainforest , and home to the National Institute of Amazonian Research , being the most important center for scientific studies in the Amazon region and for international sustainability issues . It was known at the beginning of the century , as Heart of the Amazon and City of the Forest . Currently its main economic engine is the Industrial Park of Manaus , a Free Economic Zone . The city has a free port and an international airport . Its manufactures include electronics , chemical products , and soap ; there are distilling and ship construction industries .
Amazonas ( [ ɐmɐˈzõnɐs ] ( listen ) ) is a state of Brazil , located in the North Region in the northwestern corner of the country . It is the largest Brazilian state by area and the 9th largest country subdivision in the world , and is greater than the areas of Uruguay , Paraguay , and Chile combined . Mostly located in the Southern Hemisphere , it is the third largest country subdivision in the Southern Hemisphere after the Australian states of Western Australia and Queensland . It would be the sixteenth largest country in land area , slightly larger than Mongolia . Neighbouring states are ( from the north clockwise ) Roraima , Pará , Mato Grosso , Rondônia , and Acre . It also borders the nations of Peru , Colombia and Venezuela . This includes the Departments of Amazonas , Vaupés and Guainía in Colombia , as well as the Amazonas state in Venezuela , and the Loreto Region in Peru . Amazonas is named after the Amazon River , and was formerly part of the Spanish Empire 's Viceroyalty of Peru , a region called Spanish Guyana . It was settled by the Portuguese moving northwest from Brazil in the early 18th century and incorporated into the Portuguese empire after the Treaty of Madrid in 1750 . It became a state under the First Brazilian Republic in 1889 . Most of the state is tropical jungle ; cities are clustered along navigable waterways and are accessible only by boat or plane . The capital and largest city is Manaus , a modern city of 2.1 million inhabitants in the middle of the jungle on the Amazon River 1,500 km upstream from the Atlantic Ocean .
Ponta Pelada Airport ( IATA : PLL , ICAO : SBMN ) was the main airport of Manaus , Brazil until 1976 . Between 1970 and 1976 , the facilities were shared with Manaus Air Force Base of the Brazilian Air Force . On March 31 , 1976 , all civilian operations were transferred to the newer Eduardo Gomes International Airport . During this transition , Ponta Pelada Airport was renamed Manaus Air Force Base handling military operations exclusively under the control of the Brazilian Air Force .
Manaus Air Force Base - BAMN ( IATA : PLL , ICAO : SBMN ) is a base of the Brazilian Air Force located in Manaus , Brazil . It was created in 1970 and between 1970 and 1976 public facilities of Ponta Pelada Airport were shared with the military facilities of Manaus Air Force Base . In 1976 , with the opening of Eduardo Gomes International Airport , all public operations were transferred to the new airport . Ponta Pelada Airport was then renamed Manaus Air Force Base and since then it handles exclusively military operations .
Natal ( Brazilian Portuguese : [ naˈtaw ] ) is the capital and largest city of the state Rio Grande do Norte , located in northeastern Brazil . According to IBGE 's July 2018 report , the city had a total population of 877,640 , while Greater Natal had 1,485,505 inhabitants . The implementation of the Via Costeira ( Coastal Highway ) , 10 km ( 6.2 miles ) long avenue along the shore and the dunes , was the true starting point for the beginning of tourist activity in the State in the 1980s . The main hotels are concentrated along Via Costeira . Natal has several tourist attractions and is known for its natural environment ( such as the waters of Maracajaú and the largest cashew tree in the world ) , for its historical monuments and buildings ( e.g . Forte dos Reis Magos , the Alberto Maranhão Theatre and Newton Navarro Bridge ) , for its beaches ( such as Ponta Negra , Pipa and Genipabu ) and also for its off-season carnival , the Carnatal . The city also boasts the second largest urban park in Brazil , the Natal Dunes State Park . It is the closest state capital of Brazil to Africa and Europe . The Greater Natal International Airport connects Natal with many Brazilian cities and also operates some international flights . The city was one of the host cities of the 2014 FIFA World Cup .
Parnamirim is a city in the state of Rio Grande do Norte , Brazil , next to the state capital city of Natal and part of its metropolitan area . The Natal Air Force Base and the adjoining Augusto Severo International Airport , the now closed civilian airport that used to serve Natal , are located there , as well as the Barreira do Inferno rocket launch base .
Rio Grande do Norte ( UK : /ˌriːuː ˌɡrændi duː ˈnɔːrti/ , US : /- ˌɡrɑːn-/ , Portuguese : [ ˈɦi.u ˈɡɾɐ̃di du ˈnɔhti̥ ] ( listen ) ; [ a ] lit . Great Northern River , in reference to the mouth of the Potengi River ) is one of the states of Brazil , located in the northeastern region of the country , occupying the northeasternmost tip of the South American continent . Because of its geographic position , Rio Grande do Norte has a strategic importance . The capital and largest city is Natal . It is the land of the folklorist Luís da Câmara Cascudo . Its 410 km ( 254 mi ) of sand , much sun , coconut palms and lagoons are responsible for the fame of beaches . Rocas Atoll , the only such feature in the Atlantic Ocean , is part of the state . The main economic activity is tourism , followed by the extraction of petroleum ( the second largest producer in the country ) , agriculture , fruit growing and extraction of minerals , including considerable production of seasalt , among other economic activities . The state is famous for having many popular attractions such as the Cashew of Pirangi ( the world 's largest cashew tree ) , the dunes and the dromedaries of Genipabu , the famous beaches of Ponta Negra , Maracajaú and Pipa 's paradise , the Carnatal the largest off-season carnival in Brazil , the Forte dos Reis Magos is a sixteenth-century fortress , the hills and mountains of Martins , the Natal Dunes State Park the second largest urban park in the country , and several other attractions . The state is also closest to the archipelago of Fernando de Noronha . In 2000-17 the murder rate rose by 655% . In 2017 , Rio Grande do Norte was the state with the highest murder rate in Brazil : 63.9 per 100,000 .
Augusto Severo International Airport ( Portuguese : Aeroporto Internacional Augusto Severo ) ( IATA : NAT , ICAO : SBNT ) , formerly called Parnamirim Airport , was the airport that served Natal , Brazil , located in the adjoining municipality of Parnamirim . On May 31 , 2014 all domestic and international flights were moved to the new Gov . Aluízio Alves International Airport , and Augusto Severo was closed to civil aviation . Some of its facilities were shared with the Natal Air Force Base of the Brazilian Air Force . From 24 November 1951 , the airport was named after the aviator Augusto Severo de Albuquerque Maranhão ( 1864-1902 ) .
Natal Air Force Base - BANT ( Portuguese : Base Aérea de Natal ) is a base of the Brazilian Air Force , located in Parnamirim , near Natal , Brazil . It shared some facilities with Augusto Severo International Airport until May 31 , 2014 .
Palmas ( Portuguese pronunciation : [ ˈpawmɐs ] , Palm trees ) is the capital and largest city in the state of Tocantins , Brazil , newly organized under the 1988 constitution . According to IBGE estimates from 2017 , the city had 286,787 inhabitants . Palmas is located at the state geographic centre at an average altitude of 230 m ( 755 ft ) . The city is located between these hills and the Tocantins River . In the east , Palmas is bordered by the Serra do Lajeado . Palmas has a metropolitan area with 471,639 inhabitants on the side of Palmas Lake . Palmas was founded in 1990 and developed from the ground up in a former agricultural area as the capital of the newest Brazilian state Tocantins . This was organized under the new 1988 Brazilian Constitution . It was intended to develop a relatively undeveloped area of the nation to provide better jobs for people . The city has a well-designed road system , and its urban zoning is modeled on that of Brasília , the capital . In Palmas a symmetrical park was developed at the city centre . The Federal University of Tocantins was established here in the late 20th century , at the time of other development .
Tocantins ( Brazilian Portuguese : [ tokɐ̃ˈtʃĩs ] ( listen ) A ) is one of the states of Brazil . ( From : Tukã´ , Toucan + tï , beak . lit . Toucan 's beak in Tupi language ) . It is the newest of the 26 Brazilian states , formed in 1988 and encompassing what had formerly been the northern two-fifths of the state of Goiás . Tocantins covers 277,620.91 square kilometres ( 107,190.03 sq mi ) and has a population of 1,496,880 ( 2014 est. ) . Construction of its capital , Palmas , began in 1989 ; most of the other cities in the state date to the Portuguese colonial period . With the exception of Araguaína there are few other cities with a significant population in the state . The government has invested in a new capital , a major hydropower dam , railroads and related infrastructure to develop this primarily agricultural area . Tocantins has attracted hundreds of thousands of new residents , primarily to Palmas . It is building on its hydropower resources . The Araguaia and Tocantins rivers drain the largest watershed that lies entirely inside Brazilian territory .
Parintins is a municipality in the far east of the Amazonas state , Brazil . It is part of a microregion also named Parintins . The population for the entire municipality was 114,273 ( IBGE 2019 ) and its area is 5,952 km² . The city is located on Tupinambarana island in the Amazon River . Parintins is known for a popular folklore festival held there each June called Boi-Bumbá . It also was the site of an experimental deployment of WiMAX , sponsored by Intel , in late 2006 . It is served by Júlio Belém Airport .
Porto Velho ( Portuguese pronunciation : [ ˈpoʁtu ˈvɛʎu ] , Old Port ) is the capital of the Brazilian state of Rondônia , in the upper Amazon River basin , and a Catholic Metropolitan Archbishopric . The population is 519,531 people ( as of the IBGE 2018 estimation ) . Located on the border of Rondônia and the state of Amazonas , the town is an important trading center for cassiterite , the mining of which represents the most important economic activity in the region , as well as a transportation and communication center . It is on the eastern shore of the Madeira River , one of the main tributaries of the Amazon River . It is also Rondônia 's largest city , and the largest state capital of Brazil by area . The municipality occupies most of the border between Amazonas and Rondônia , and is both the westernmost and northernmost city in the state .
Caiari Airport , formerly ( IATA : PVH ) , was the airport that served Porto Velho , Brazil until 1969 , when Governador Jorge Teixeira de Oliveira International Airport was opened . On that very occasion the airport was closed .
Porto Ferreira is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil . It is situated on the Mojiguaçu River at an altitude of 559 meters . The population is 54,761 ( 2015 est . ) in an area of 244.9 km² .
Rio Branco ( Portuguese pronunciation : [ ˈʁi.u ˈbɾɐ̃ku ] , White River ) is a Brazilian municipality , capital of the state of Acre . Located in the valley of the Acre River in northern Brazil , it is the most populous municipality in the state , with 407,319 inhabitants , according to the 2018 census , almost half the state population . Rio Branco was one of the first settlements to appear in the region , being the 4th oldest state capital city in the North of Brazil . In 1913 , it became a county . In 1920 , it became the capital of the territory of Acre , and in 1962 , the state capital . It is the administrative center for the economic , political and cultural region .
Presidente Médici International Airport , formerly ( IATA : RBR ) , was the airport that served Rio Branco , Brazil until 1999 , when Plácido de Castro International Airport was opened . On that very occasion the airport was closed .
Rio de Janeiro ( /ˈriːoʊ di ʒəˈnɛəroʊ , - deɪ - , - də -/ ; Portuguese : [ ˈhi.u d ( ʒi ) ʒɐˈne ( j ) ɾu ] ( listen ) ; River of January ) , or simply Rio , is anchor to the Rio de Janeiro metropolitan area and the second-most populous municipality in Brazil and the sixth-most populous in the Americas . Rio de Janeiro is the capital of the state of Rio de Janeiro , Brazil 's third-most populous state . Part of the city has been designated as a World Heritage Site , named Rio de Janeiro : Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea , by UNESCO on 1 July 2012 as a Cultural Landscape . Founded in 1565 by the Portuguese , the city was initially the seat of the Captaincy of Rio de Janeiro , a domain of the Portuguese Empire . Later , in 1763 , it became the capital of the State of Brazil , a state of the Portuguese Empire . In 1808 , when the Portuguese Royal Court transferred itself from Portugal to Brazil , Rio de Janeiro became the chosen seat of the court of Queen Maria I of Portugal , who subsequently , in 1815 , under the leadership of her son , the Prince Regent , and future King João VI of Portugal , raised Brazil to the dignity of a kingdom , within the United Kingdom of Portugal , Brazil , and Algarves . Rio stayed the capital of the pluricontinental Lusitanian monarchy until 1822 , when the War of Brazilian Independence began . This is one of the few instances in history that the capital of a colonising country officially shifted to a city in one of its colonies . Rio de Janeiro subsequently served as the capital of the independent monarchy , the Empire of Brazil , until 1889 , and then the capital of a republican Brazil until 1960 when the capital was transferred to Brasília . Rio de Janeiro has the second largest municipal GDP in the country , and 30th largest in the world in 2008 , estimated at about R $ 343 billion ( nearly US $ 201 billion ) . It is headquarters to Brazilian oil , mining , and telecommunications companies , including two of the country 's major corporations - Petrobras and Vale - and Latin America 's largest telemedia conglomerate , Grupo Globo . The home of many universities and institutes , it is the second-largest center of research and development in Brazil , accounting for 17% of national scientific output according to 2005 data .
Rio de Janeiro ( Portuguese pronunciation : [ ˈʁi.u dʒi ʒɐˈnejɾu ] River of January ) is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil . It has the second largest economy of Brazil , with the largest being that of the state of São Paulo . The state of Rio de Janeiro is located within the Brazilian geopolitical region classified as the Southeast ( assigned by IBGE ) . Rio de Janeiro shares borders with all the other states in the same Southeast macroregion : Minas Gerais ( N and NW ) , Espírito Santo ( NE ) and São Paulo ( SW ) . It is bounded on the east and south by the South Atlantic Ocean . Rio de Janeiro has an area of 43,653 km2 ( 16,855 sq mi ) . Its capital is the city of Rio de Janeiro , which was the capital of the Portuguese Colony of Brazil from 1763 to 1815 , of the following United Kingdom of Portugal , Brazil and the Algarves from 1815 to 1822 , and of later independent Brazil as a kingdom and republic from 1822 to 1960 . The state 's 22 largest cities are Rio de Janeiro , São Gonçalo , Duque de Caxias , Nova Iguaçu , Niterói , Campos dos Goytacazes , Belford Roxo , São João de Meriti , Petrópolis , Volta Redonda , Magé , Macaé , Itaboraí , Cabo Frio , Armação dos Búzios , Angra dos Reis , Nova Friburgo , Barra Mansa , Barra do Piraí , Teresópolis , Mesquita and Nilópolis . Rio de Janeiro is the smallest state in the Southeast macroregion and one of the smallest in Brazil . It is , however , the third most populous Brazilian state , with a population of 16 million of people in 2011 ( making it the most densely populated state in Brazil ) and has the third longest coastline in the country ( after those of the states of Bahia and Maranhão ) . In the Brazilian flag , the state is represented by Mimosa , the beta star in the Southern Cross ( β Cru ) .
Bartolomeu de Gusmão Airport ( IATA : SNZ , ICAO : SBSC ) was a Brazilian airport built to handle the operations with the rigid airships Graf Zeppelin and Hindenburg . The airport was named after Bartolomeu Lourenço de Gusmão ( 1685-1724 ) , a Portuguese priest born in Brazil who did research about transportation with balloons .
Santa Cruz Air Force Base - BASC ( IATA : SNZ , ICAO : SBSC ) is a base of the Brazilian Air Force located in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil .
Afonsos Air Force Base - BAAF ( ICAO : SBAF ) is a base of the Brazilian Air Force , located in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil . The official name of the Base is Campo Délio Jardim de Matos ( 1916-1990 ) after a former commander of the base and Minister of the Air Force .
Afonsos Air Force Base - BAAF ( ICAO : SBAF ) is a base of the Brazilian Air Force , located in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil . The official name of the Base is Campo Délio Jardim de Matos ( 1916-1990 ) after a former commander of the base and Minister of the Air Force .
Manguinhos Airport was an airport that existed in the neighborhood of Manguinhos , near Oswaldo Cruz Foundation in Rio de Janeiro from 1936 to 1972 .
Santarém ( Portuguese pronunciation : [ sɐ̃taˈɾẽj ] ) is a city and municipality in the western part of the state of Pará in Brazil . Located at the confluence of the Tapajós and Amazon Rivers , it has become a popular tourist destination . It is the second-most important city in the state , and the financial and economic center of the western part of the state . It leads the Santarém Metropolitan Area , made up of Santarém , Belterra and Mojuí dos Campos . It was once home to the Tapajós Indians , a tribe of Native Americans after whom the river was named . They were the leaders of a large , agricultural chiefdom that flourished before the arrival of Europeans . It is located some 800 km ( 500 mi ) from the two largest cities in the Brazilian Amazon : Manaus , upriver in the state of Amazonas , and the Pará state capital Belém , located downriver at the mouth of the Amazon on the Atlantic Ocean . Santarém has an estimated population of 299,419 people ( 2012 Census ) , and is the third most populous city of the state . The city occupies an area of 22 887,087 km2² ( 14 304,42 sq mi ) , of which 77 km2 are urban areas . The city was founded by Portuguese colonists in 1661 as New Santarém ( after the city in Portugal ) . It is one of the oldest cities in the Brazilian Amazon . This is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Santarém .
Pará is a State of Brazil , located in northern Brazil and traversed by the lower Amazon River . It borders the Brazilian states of Amapá , Maranhão , Tocantins , Mato Grosso , Amazonas and Roraima . To the northwest are the borders of Guyana and Suriname , to the northeast of Pará is the Atlantic Ocean . The capital and largest city is Belém , which is located at the mouth of the Amazon . Pará is the most populous state of the northern region , with a population of over 7.5 million , being the ninth-most populous state in Brazil . It is the second-largest state of Brazil in area , with 1.2 million km² ( 460,000 square miles ) , second only to Amazonas upriver . Its most famous icons are the Amazon River and the Amazon Rainforest . Pará produces rubber ( extracted from natural rubber tree groves ) , tropical hardwoods such as mahogany , and minerals such as iron ore and bauxite . A new commodity crop is soy , cultivated in the region of Santarém . Every October , Belém receives tens of thousands of tourists for the year 's most important religious celebration : the procession of the Círio de Nazaré . Another important attraction of the capital is the Marajó-style ceramics , based on the extinct Marajoara culture , which developed on an island in the Amazon River .
São Carlos ( Saint Charles , in English , Portuguese pronunciation : [ sɐ̃w̃ ˈkaʁlus ] ; named after Saint Charles Borromeo ) is a Brazilian municipality in the interior of the state of São Paulo , 254 kilometers from the city of São Paulo . With a population of 249,415 inhabitants , it is the 13th largest city in the state in terms of the number of residents , being almost in the center of the state of São Paulo . The municipality is formed by the headquarters and the districts of Água Vermelha , Bela Vista São-Carlense , Santa Eudóxia and Vila Nery . The city is an important regional industrial center , with the economy based on industrial activities and farming , such as the production of sugar cane , orange , milk and chicken . Served by road and rail systems , São Carlos houses several multinational companies . Given local and , in some ways , regional needs , there is a network of commerce and services distributed in street stores , convenience stores and a mall of the Iguatemi network . In the field of research , besides the universities , two centers of technical development of Embrapa are present in the municipality . São Carlos is the first city in South America in numbers of doctors per inhabitant , according to a survey done since 2006 by UFSCar . In all , there are 1,700 PhDs , which represents one for every 135 inhabitants . In Brazil , the ratio is one PhD per 5423 inhabitants . The city is home to several public higher education institutions , such as the Federal University of São Carlos ( UFSCar ) , two campi of the University of São Paulo ( USP ) , the Federal Institute of São Paulo ( IFSP ) and FATEC , as well as a private higher education institution . This makes intense the university activity in the city , which affects the population count .