Rio Grande do Norte

- 5.74 - 36.55Koordinaten: 5 ° 44 ' S, 36 ° 33 ' W

Rio Grande do Norte [ xiu gɾɐd ʲ i you nɔxt ʲ i] (literally "Great River of the North" ) is the north- eastern state of Brazil, and also the north-eastern corner of South America.

Rio Grande do Norte is dominated by the shoreline, he is famous for its beaches and sand dunes. The state has 410 km of sandy beaches, lagoons and coconut palms. The most famous beaches are Praia de cashew tree, Genipabu (north of Natal ) with up to 50 m high sand dunes. Baía Formosa is the most beautiful beach on the south coast of the state, he has Reefs and is popular with surfers. Further south lie the Sagi - beach.

Geography

Rio Grande do Norte borders the Brazilian states of Ceará and Paraíba and the Atlantic Ocean. Rio Grande do Norte has 2,776,782 inhabitants ( census 2000) and an area of ​​52,797 km ². Thus, the population density is 53 inhabitants per km ². The capital of Rio Grande do Norte Natal.

The Rocas Atoll in the Atlantic Ocean, 260 km north-east of Natal also part of the State.

History

The first European likely to have seen the region in 1499, the Spaniard Alonso de Ojeda. European sailors landed for the first time in 1501 at the northeast tip of South America, the Cape São Roque, 32 km north of present-day Natal located. It was a Portuguese expedition led by Amerigo Vespucci, which lasted from 1501 to 1502. The cape was named after St. Roch, the -day Saints on the day of discovery (August 16 ).

In the following decades there was no permanent European settlements in the area, which was inhabited by Potiguar strain.

Cities

Largest cities (population 1 July 2004)

  • Natal - 766 081
  • Mossoró - 224 910
  • Parnamirim - 156 181
  • Sao Goncalo do Amarante - 82 063
  • Ceara -Mirim - 67 692
  • Macaíba - 60 749
  • Caico - 60 266
  • Acu - 50.117
  • Currais Novos - 41,080
  • Sao Jose de Mipibu - 38 381
  • Nova Cruz - 35 774
  • Apodi - 35 713
  • Santa Cruz - 32 648
  • Touros - 31 296
  • Canguaretama - 29,110
  • Pau dos Ferro - 26.775
  • Macau - 25 554

See also: List of municipalities in Rio Grande do Norte

Natal, Rio Grande do Norte Brazilian real Acre (state) Alagoas Amazonas (Brazilian state) Bahia Federal District (Brazil) Mato Grosso do Sul
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