Rio de Janeiro (state)

**Rio de Janeiro** is one of the 26 states of Brazil. Its capital is the city of Rio de Janeiro.

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 .

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 , the third longest coastline in the country.

## Ethnic groups

- White - 54.7% (Mostly Portuguese, Italian and German)
- Mixed Race - 33.5% (mainly Mulattos and also some Mestizos)
- Black - 10.6% (Mostly Bantu and Yoruba ancestry)
- Amerindian - 0.3%
- Asian - 0.2%
- Undescribed - 0.7%

## Other websites

- Official homepage

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Rio de Janeiro
- **official name**: _Estado do Rio de Janeiro_
State of Rio de Janeiro
- **native name lang**: pt
- **settlement type**: States of Brazil, State
- **image flag**: Bandeira do estado do Rio de Janeiro.svg
- **image shield**: Brasão do estado do Rio de Janeiro.svg
- **motto**: _Recte Rem Publicam Gerere_ <small>(Latin language, Latin)
 "Conduct the affairs of the public with righteousness"</small>
- **anthem**: November 15th
- **image map**: Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.svg
- **map caption**: Location of the State of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil
- **coor pinpoint**: Brazil
- **subdivision type**: List of sovereign states, Country
- **seat type**: Capital (political), Capital and largest city
- **seat**:  Rio de Janeiro
- **leader title1**: List of Governors of Rio de Janeiro, Governor
- **leader name1**: Wilson Witzel (Christian Social Party (Brazil), PSC)
- **leader title2**: Vice Governor
- **leader name2**: Cláudio Castro (Christian Social Party (Brazil), PSC)
- **leader title3**: Federal Senate, Senators
- **leader name3**: Arolde de Oliveira (Social Democratic Party, PSD)
Flávio Bolsonaro (Liberal Social Party (Brazil), PSL)
Romário, Romário Faria (Podemos (Brazil), PODE)
- **unit pref**: Metric
- **area total km2**: 43696.1
- **area rank**: List of Brazilian states by area, 24th
- **population total**: 16,718,956
- **population as of**: 2017
- **population density km2**: auto
- **population rank**: List of Brazilian states by population, 3rd
- **population density rank**: List of Brazilian states by population density, 2nd
- **population demonym**: Fluminense
- **demographics type1**: Gross domestic product, GDP
- **demographics1 title1**: Year
- **demographics type2**: Human Development Index, HDI
- **demographics2 title1**: Year
- **demographics2 info1**: 2014
- **timezone1**: Time in Brazil, BRT
- **utc offset1**: -3
- **timezone1 dst**: Time in Brazil, BRST
- **utc offset1 dst**: -2
- **postal code type**: Postal Code
- **postal code**: 20000-000 to 28990-000
- **iso code**: ISO 3166-2:BR, BR-RJ
- **website**: [http://www.rj.gov.br/ rj.gov.br]
- **demographics1 info1**: 2017 estimate
- **demographics1 title2**: Total
- **demographics1 info2**: US$308 billions (PPP) US$195 billions (nominal)  (List of Brazilian states by gross domestic product, 2nd)
- **demographics1 title3**: Per capita
- **demographics1 info3**: US$18.432 (PPP) US$11.687 (nominal)  (List of Brazilian states by gross domestic product, 3rd)
- **demographics2 title2**: Category
- **demographics2 info2**: 0.778 – <span style="color:#0c0">high</span> (List of Brazilian states by Human Development Index, 6th)