North Region, Brazil

The North Region of Brazil () is one of the five geographical subdivisions of Brazil. It is the largest region, corresponding to 45.27% of the national territory but is the least inhabited region of the country and the lowest population density.

 Geography 
The North Region has an area of . In this region are the two largest Brazilian states: Amazonas and Pará, and also the three largest Brazilian municipalities: Altamira, Barcelos and São Gabriel da Cachoeira, with more of  each one.

The region is between the Guiana Shield (to the north), the central plateau of Brazil (to the south), the Andes mountain range (to the west) and the Atlantic Ocean (to the northeast). The climate in the region is a tropical climate. Most of the region is part of the Amazon rainforest ecoregion but most of the Tocantins state is in a tropical savanna ecoregion known as the Cerrado.

The North Region borders to the south with the Mato Grosso and Goiás states; to the southwest with Bolivia; to the west with Peru and Colombia; to the north with Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana; and to the east with the Maranhão, Piauí and Bahia states.

The main regions rivers in the region are the Amazon, the Tocantins and the Araguaia; they have many tributaries.

Mountains
The highest point in the North Region is Pico da Neblina () at . Pico da Neblina is the highest summit of the larger Serra do Imeri, a plateau on the Venezuela-Brazil border; it is also the highest mountain in Brazil.

The highest point of the different states of the North Region are:
 Department  Mountain  Elevation Acre  Loma Alta (Serra do Divisor)   Amapá  Pico 701 (Serra Tumucumaque)   Amazonas  Pico da Neblina   Pará  Pico 906 (Serra do Acari)   Rondônia  Pico 1126 (Serra dos Pacaás)   Roraima  Monte Roraima-Triple Country Point   Tocantins  Pico 1340 (Serra Traíras)  

 States 
This region is formed of seven states: Acre, Amapá, Amazonas, Pará, Rondônia, Roraima and Tocantins.

+  States in the North Region of Brazil State  Capital  Municipalities  Population(2016)  Area(km2)  Density(inh./km2) border|22px Acre  Rio Branco  22  816,687  164,123.04   border|22px Amapá  Macapá   16  782,295  142,828.52   border|22px Amazonas  Manaus  62  4,001,667 1,559,159.15   border|22px Pará  Belém  144  8,272,724  1,247,954.67   border|22px Rondônia  Porto Velho  52  1,787,279  237,590.54   border|22px Roraima  Boa Vista  15  514,229  224,300.51   border|22px Tocantins  Palmas  139  1,532,902  277,620.91   Total  450  17,707,783  3,853,577.34  

 Population 
, the North region had a population of 17,707,783, for a population density of  inhabitants/km2.

The most important municipalities of the North Region are:

+ Main municipalities in the North Region of Brazil Rank  Municipality  State  Population  Rank  City  State  Population 1   Manaus   Amazonas  2,094,391  11   Parauapebas  Pará  196,259 2   Belém  Pará  1,446,042  12   Castanhal  Pará  192,571 3   Porto Velho  Rondônia  511,219  13   Araguaína  Tocantins  173,112 4   Ananindeua  Pará  510,834  14   Abaetetuba  Pará  151,934 5   Macapá  Amapá  465,495  15   Cametá  Pará  132,515 6   Rio Branco  Acre  377,057  16   Ji-Paraná  Rondônia  131,560 7   Boa Vista  Roraima  326,419  17   Marituba  Pará  125,435 8   Santarém  Pará  294,447  18   Bragança  Pará  122,881 9   Palmas   Tocantins   279,856  19   São Félix do Xingu  Pará  120,580 10   Marabá  Pará  266,932  20   Barcarena  Pará  118,537

Economy
The economy of the North Region is essentially based on the plantations and the use of natural resources, such as latex, açaí, woods and nuts; and mineral extraction of gold, cassiterite and tin (metal); as well as mining exploitation, mainly iron in Pará and manganese in Amapá.

 References 

Category:Regions of Brazil