page_title: Geography of Brazil
section_title: Northeast
hierarchical_section_title: Geography of Brazil / Geographic regions / Northeast
caption_attribution_description: Português: Parque Nacional da Chapada Diamantina, um dos lugares mais belos e intocados do Brasil.
context_page_description: The country of Brazil occupies roughly half of South America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean. Brazil covers a total area of 8,514,215 km² which includes 8,456,510 km² of land and 55,455 km² of water. The highest point in Brazil is Pico da Neblina at 2,994 m. Brazil is bordered by the countries of Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela, and France.
  Much of the climate is tropical, with the south being relatively temperate. The largest river in Brazil, the second longest in the world, is the Amazon.
context_section_description: The nine states that make up the Northeast are Alagoas, Bahia, Ceará, Maranhão, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio Grande do Norte, and Sergipe. The Fernando de Noronha archipelago (formerly the federal territory of Fernando de Noronha, now part of Pernambuco state) is also included in the Northeast.
  The Northeast, with 1,561,178 square kilometers (602,774 sq mi), covers 18.3% of the national terrest concentration of rural population, and its living standards are the lowest in Brazil. In 1994 Piauí had the lowest per capita income in the region and the country, only US$835, while Sergipe had the highest average income in the region, with US$1,958.
caption: Chapada Diamantina region in Bahia
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