Rio de Janeiro (state)
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| Capital | Rio de Janeiro | |
| Largest City | Rio de Janeiro | |
| Area | 43,696.054 km² | |
| Population - Total - Density |
14,381,282 (in the year 2000) 328.59 inh./km² |
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| Governor | Sérgio Cabral Filho (PMDB) (since January 1, 2007) Lieutenant Governor: Luiz Fernando Pezão |
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| Demonym | Fluminense | |
| Timezone | GMT-3 | |
| ISO 3166-2 | BR-RJ | |
Rio de Janeiro is one of the 26 states of Brazil. Its capital is the city of Rio de Janeiro.
Rio de Janeiro is located 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 43,653 km².
The state's most 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. It's climate is tropical.
[edit] Geography
The state is made up of both mountains and plains. It is located 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. It has, however, the third longest coastline in the country (635 km).
[edit] 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%
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| States of Brazil |  |
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| Acre | Alagoas | Amapá | Amazonas | Bahia | Ceará | Espírito Santo | Goiás | Maranhão | Mato Grosso | Mato Grosso do Sul | Minas Gerais | Pará | Paraíba | Paraná | Pernambuco | Piauí | Rio de Janeiro | Rio Grande do Norte | Rio Grande do Sul | Rondônia | Roraima | Santa Catarina | São Paulo | Sergipe | Tocantins | |
| Federal District: Brazilian Federal District | |
