North Region of Brazil facts for kids
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North Region
Região Norte
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Location of North Region in Brazil
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| Country |  Brazil |
| Largest cities | Manaus Belém |
| States | Acre, Amapá, Amazonas, Pará, Rondônia, Roraima and Tocantins |
| Area | |
| • Region | 3,853,676.9 km2 (1,487,913.0 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 1st |
| Population
(2016 census)
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| • Region | 17,707,783 |
| • Rank | 4th |
| • Density | 4.59503572/km2 (11.9010879/sq mi) |
| • Density rank | 5th |
| • Urban | 75.6% |
| GDP | |
| • Year | 2014 |
| • Total | R$308 billion (5th) |
| • Per capita | R$17,879 (4th) |
| HDI | |
| • Year | 2014 |
| • Category | 0.718 – high (4th) |
| • Life expectancy | 71 years (4th) |
| • Infant mortality | 25.8 per 1,000 (2nd) |
| • Literacy | 88.7% (4th) |
| Time zone | UTC-04 (BRT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-03 (BRST) |
The North Region of Brazil is one of the five political subdivisions of Brazil. This region is formed of seven states: Acre, Amapá, Amazonas, Pará, Rondônia, Roraima and Tocantins. It the last region to be given importance by the Brazilian government, when it was already independent from Portugal.
The North Region corresponds to 45.27% of the national territory, the most big of all Brazilian regions. But this is the region with less population: with only 2,92 inhabitants per km2.
The most important cities of the North Region are:
| City | Population (2007) |
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| Manaus | 1,612,475 |
| Belém | 1,408,847 |
| Ananindeua | 484,600 |
| Porto Velho | 380,988 |
| Macapá | 368,397 |
| Rio Branco | 288,614 |
| Santarém | 274,074 |
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