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Acre
Acre (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈakɾi]) is a former independent country and now state of Brazil, located in the north-western part of the country. To the north is the state of Amazonas, to the east is a short border with the state of Rondônia, to...
Alagoas
Alagoas (AL) (Portuguese pronunciation: [alaˈɡo.ajs]) is a small state in northeastern Brazil lying between the states of Pernambuco and Sergipe; touching the state of Bahia along a part of its southwestern border. The southern border of Alagoas is...
Amapá
Amapá (Portuguese pronunciation: [amaˈpa]) is one of the states of Brazil, located in the extreme north, bordering French Guiana and Suriname to the north. To the east is the Atlantic Ocean, and to the south and west is the Brazilian state of Pará....
Amazonas
Amazonas (Portuguese pronunciation: [amaˈzonas] or ɐmɐˈzonɐʃ ) is a state of Brazil, located in the northwestern corner of the country. Neighboring states are (from north clockwise) Roraima, Pará, Mato Grosso, Rondônia, and Acre. It also borders...
Bahia
Bahia (Portuguese pronunciation: [baˈi.a]) is one of the 26 states of Brazil, and is located in the northeastern part of the country on the Atlantic coast.
It is the fourth most populous Brazilian state after São Paulo, Minas Gerais and Rio de...
Ceará
Ceará (Portuguese pronunciation: [siaˈɾa]) is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the northeastern part of the country, on the Atlantic coast. It is one of the main tourist destinations of Brazil.
Literally, the name Ceará means "sings the...
Espírito Santo
Espírito Santo (Portuguese pronunciation: [isˈpiɾitu ˈsɐ̃tu]) is one of the states of southeastern Brazil, often referred to by the abbreviation "ES". Its capital is Vitória and the largest city is Vila Velha. Those who are born in the state are...
Goiás
Goiás (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɡoˈjajs]) is a state of Brazil, located in the central part of the country. The most central of the Brazilian states and most populous of the region, Goiás is characterized by a landscape of chapadões (plateaus). In...
Maranhão
Maranhão (Portuguese pronunciation: [maɾaˈɲɐ̃w̃]) is one of the states of Brazil in the north-eastern region. To the north is the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. Neighboring states are (from east clockwise) Piauí, Tocantins and Pará. The people of...
Mato Grosso
Mato Grosso (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈmatu ˈɡɾosu] - lit. "Thick Woods") is one of the states of Brazil, the third largest in area, located in the western part of the country.
Neighboring states are (from west clockwise) Rondônia, Amazonas, Pará...
Mato Grosso do Sul
Mato Grosso do Sul (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈmatu ˈɡɾosu du ˈsuw]) is one of the states of Brazil.
Neighbouring Brazilian states are (from north clockwise) Mato Grosso, Goiás, Minas Gerais, São Paulo and Paraná. It also borders the countries of...
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais (pronounced [ˌminɐzʒeˈɾajs]) is one of the 26 states of Brazil, the second most populous and fourth largest by area in the federation. The capital is the city of Belo Horizonte, located near the central area. The main producer of coffee...
Pará
Pará (Portuguese pronunciation: [paˈɾa]) is one of the states of Brazil, located in the northern part of the country.
Neighboring states are (clockwise from north) Amapá, Maranhão, Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Amazonas and Roraima. To the north it...
Paraíba
Paraíba (Portuguese pronunciation: [paɾaˈiba]) is one of the states of Brazil, located in the northeastern part of the country, on the Atlantic coast, where lies the easternmost point of the Americas, a cape called Ponta do Seixas. Paraíba coast has...
Paraná
Paraná (Portuguese pronunciation: [paɾaˈna]) is one of the states of Brazil, located in the South of the country, bordered on the north by São Paulo state, on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, on the south by Santa Catarina state and the Misiones...
Pernambuco
Pernambuco (Portuguese pronunciation: [pɛʁnɐ̃ˈbuku]) is a state of Brazil, located in the Northeast region of the country. To the north are the states of Paraíba and Ceará, to the west is Piauí, to the south are Alagoas and Bahia, and to the east is...
Piauí
Piauí (Portuguese pronunciation: [pi.aw.ˈi]) is one of the states of Brazil, located in the northeastern part of the country.
Piauí has the shortest coastline of any of the non-landlocked Brazilian states at 66 km (41 mi), and the capital, Teresina,...
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Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʁiu dʒi ʒaˈneiɾu] ) is one of the 26 states of Brazil.
It is located in the Brazilian geopolitical region of the Southeast (assigned by IBGE) and its boundaries, all of them with other Brazilian states in...
Rio Grande do Norte
Rio Grande do Norte (lit. "Great River of the North", in reference to the mouth of the Potengi River, Portuguese pronunciation: [ʁiu ˈɡɾɐ̃di du ˈnɔʁti]) is one of the states of Brazil, located in the northeastern part of the country, on the edge of...
Rio Grande do Sul
Rio Grande do Sul (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʁiw ˈɡɾɐ̃dʒi du ˈsuɫ] ( listen); lit. "Large River of the South") is the southernmost State of Brazil, and the State with the fourth highest Human Development Index (HDI) in the country. In Rio Grande...
Rondônia
Rondônia (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʁõˈdõnia]) is a state in Brazil, located in the north-western part of the country. To the west is a short border with the state of Acre, to the north is the state of Amazonas, in the east is Mato Grosso, and in...
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Roraima
Roraima (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʁoˈɾajma]) is the northernmost and least populated state of Brazil, located in the Amazon region. It borders the states of Amazonas and Pará, as well as the nations of Venezuela and Guyana. It is the state with...
Santa Catarina
Santa Catarina (help·info) ("Saint Catherine"; Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈsɐ̃ta kataˈɾina]) is a state in southern Brazil with one of the highest standards of living in Latin America. Its capital is Florianópolis, which mostly lies on the Santa...
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São Paulo
São Paulo (Portuguese pronunciation: [sɐ̃ʊ̯̃ ˈpaʊ̯lʊ] ( listen)) is a state in Brazil. It is the major industrial and economic powerhouse of the Brazilian economy. Named after Saint Paul, São Paulo has the largest population, industrial park and...
Sergipe
Sergipe (Portuguese pronunciation: [sɛʁˈʒipi]) (officially the State of Sergipe), is the smallest state of the Brazilian Federation, located on the northeastern Atlantic coast of the country. It borders on two other states, Bahia in the south and...
Tocantins
Tocantins (Portuguese pronunciation: [tokɐ̃ˈtĩs]) is one of the states of Brazil. The state was formed in 1988 out of the northern part of Goiás, and construction began on the capital, Palmas, in 1989, in contrast to most of the other cities in the...
