Northeast Region, Brazil

The Northeast Region of Brazil () is one of the five geographical regions of Brazil defined by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics in 1969. It is the third largest region, corresponding to 18% of the national territory, and the second in population.

 Geography 
The Northeast Region has an area of . It is the region of the country with the longest coastline.

The climate in the region is very hot all the year long; tropical near the coast and semi-arid in the interior; semi-equatorial in the far west of the region. The vegetation mainly desert-like, with tropical forests along the coast and in the west and savanna-like vegetation, known as the Cerrado. in the southwest.

The Northeast Region is between 01° 02' 30" of latitude north and 18° 20' 07" of latitude south and between 34° 47' 30" and 48° 45' 24" of longitude west. It borders to the north and east with the Atlantic Ocean; to the south with the Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo states; and to west with the Pará, Tocantins and Goiás states.

The main rivers in the region are the São Francisco and the Parnaíba rivers; they have many tributaries.

Mountains
The highest point in the Northeast Region is Pico do Barbado () at . Pico do Barbado is the highest summit of the larger Serra do Barbado, in the Chapada Diamantina, in Bahia.

The highest point of the different states of the North Region are:
 Department  Mountain  Elevation Alagoas  Pico 844 (Serra Santa Cruz)   Bahia  Pico do Barbado (Serra do Barbado)   Ceará  Pico Serra Branca   Maranhão  Pico 804 (Chapada das Mangabeiras)   Paraíba  Pico do Jabre   Pernambuco  Pico 1195 (Serra da Boa Vista)   Piauí  Pico 865 (Serra Grande)   Rio Grande do Norte  Pico 868 (Serra do Coqueiro)   Sergipe  Pico 742 (Serra Negra)  

 States 
This region is formed of nine states: Alagoas, Bahia, Ceará, Maranhão, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio Grande do Norte and Sergipe.

+  States in the Northeast Region of Brazil Code  State  Capital  Municipalities  Population(2016)  Area(km2)  Density(inh./km2)   border|22px Alagoas  Maceió  102  3,358,963  27,848.16     border|22px Bahia  Salvador  63  15,276,566  564,732.64     border|22px Ceará  Fortaleza  184  8,963,663  148,887.63     border|22px Maranhão  São Luís  217  6,954,036  331,936.96     border|22px Paraíba  João Pessoa  223  3,999,415  56,468.43     border|22px Pernambuco  Recife  185  9,410,336  98,076.00     border|22px Piauí  Teresina  224  3,212,180  251,611.93     border|22px Rio Grande do Norte  Natal  167  3,474,998  52,811.11     border|22px Sergipe  Aracaju  75  2,265,779  21,918.45   Total  1,440  56,915,936  1,554,291.31  

 Population 
, the Northeast region had a population of 56,915,936, 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   Salvador   Bahia  2,938,092  11   Feira de Santana  Bahia  622,639 2   Fortaleza  Ceará  2,609,716  12   Campina Grande  Paraíba  407,754 3   Recife  Pernambuco  1,625,583  13   Olinda  Pernambuco  390,144 4   São Luís  Maranhão  1,082,935  14   Caucaia  Ceará  358,164 5   Maceió  Alagoas  1,021,709  15   Caruaru  Pernambuco  351,686 6   Natal  Rio Grande do Norte  877,662  16   Vitória da Conquista  Bahia  346,069 7   Teresina  Piauí  847,430  17   Petrolina  Pernambuco  337,683 8   João Pessoa  Paraíba  801,718  18   Paulista  Pernambuco  325,590 9   Jaboatão dos Guararapes   Pernambuco   691,125  19   Camaçari  Bahia  292,074 10   Aracaju  Sergipe  641,523  20   Mossoró  Rio Grande do Norte  291,937

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Category:Regions of Brazil