Political Map of Brazil
Brazil is the largest South American country. The capital is the modern Brasília. It is divided into 26 estates and one Federal District. The states are: Acre, Alagoas, Amapá, Amazonas, Bahia, Ceará, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraíba, Paraná, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul, Rio de Janeiro, Rondônia, Roraima, Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Sergipe and Tocantins.
Brazil is the fifth-largest country in the world in terms of territorial extension, with an area of 8.5 million km². The area covered by the legal boundaries of Brazil's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) represents an increase of 3.5 million km², with rights to the economic exploitation of its resources.
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The biggest carnival of Planet Earth, with the participation of more than two million people in the city of Salvador. In the background, the Farol da Barra, the first lighthouse in America.
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Political Map of Brazil
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