Rio de Janeiro (state)

Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
State
	Estado do Rio de Janeiro ; State of Rio de Janeiro
	Flag Coat of arms
	Motto(s): Recte Rem Publicam Gerere ( Latin ) ; "Conduct the affairs of the public with righteousness"
	Anthem: November 15th
	Location of the State of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil
	Coordinates (Brazil): 22°54′S 43°12′W / 22.900°S 43.200°W
Country	Brazil
Capital and largest city	Rio de Janeiro
Government
? Governor	Wilson Witzel ( PSC )
? Vice Governor	Claudio Castro ( PSC )
? Senators	Arolde de Oliveira ( PSD ) ; Flavio Bolsonaro ( PSL ) ; Romario Faria ( PODE )
Area
? Total	43,696.1 km 2 (16,871.2 sq mi)
? Rank	24th
Population (2017)
? Total	16,718,956
? Rank	3rd
? Density	380/km 2 (990/sq mi)
? Rank	2nd
Demonym	Fluminense
GDP
? Year	2017 estimate
? Total	US$308 billions (PPP) US$195 billions (nominal) ( 2nd )
? Per capita	US$18.432 (PPP) US$11.687 (nominal) ( 3rd )
HDI
? Year	2014
? Category	0.778 ? high ( 6th )
Time zone	UTC-3 ( BRT )
? Summer ( DST )	UTC-2 ( BRST )
Postal Code	20000-000 to 28990-000
ISO 3166 code	BR-RJ
Website	rj.gov.br

Rio de Janeiro is one of the 26 states of Brazil . Its capital is the city of Rio de Janeiro .

Rio de Janeiro is in the Southeast Region of Brazil. It shares borders with Minas Gerais , Espirito Santo and Sao Paulo as well as the Atlantic Ocean . Rio de Janeiro has an area of 43,653 square kilometres (16,855 sq mi).

The state's largest cities are Rio de Janeiro, Nova Iguacu , Niteroi , Duque de Caxias , Sao Goncalo , Sao Joao de Meriti , Campos dos Goytacazes , Petropolis and Volta Redonda . Its main rivers are the Guandu River , the Pirai , the Paraiba do Sul , the Macae and the Muriae . Its climate is tropical .

Geography [ change | change source ]

The state is made up of both mountains and plains . It is 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. Its coastline is 635 kilometres (395 mi), the third longest coastline in the country .

Ethnic groups [ change | change source ]

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%

References [ change | change source ]

↑ "STIMATIVAS DA POPULACAO RESIDENTE NO BRASIL E UNIDADES DA FEDERACAO COM DATA DE REFERENCIA EM 1º DE JULHO DE 2017" (PDF) . IBGE . Retrieved 22 April 2018 .
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 "Produto Interno Bruto do Estado do Rio de Janeiro" . Archived from the original on 15 June 2018 . Retrieved 22 April 2018 .
↑ "Archived copy" (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-03-07 . Retrieved 2018-05-15 . {{ cite web }}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title ( link )

Other websites [ change | change source ]

Media related to Rio de Janeiro at Wikimedia Commons
Official homepage Archived 2007-03-22 at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese)

States of Brazil
Acre \| Alagoas \| Amapa \| Amazonas \| Bahia \| Ceara \| Espirito Santo \| Goias \| Maranhao \| Mato Grosso \| Mato Grosso do Sul \| Minas Gerais \| Para \| Paraiba \| Parana \| Pernambuco \| Piaui \| Rio de Janeiro \| Rio Grande do Norte \| Rio Grande do Sul \| Rondonia \| Roraima \| Santa Catarina \| Sao Paulo \| Sergipe \| Tocantins
Federal district : Distrito Federal

[IBGE-1] "STIMATIVAS DA POPULACAO RESIDENTE NO BRASIL E UNIDADES DA FEDERACAO COM DATA DE REFERENCIA EM 1º DE JULHO DE 2017" (PDF) . IBGE . Retrieved 22 April 2018 .

[CEPERJ-2] 2.0 ^2.1 "Produto Interno Bruto do Estado do Rio de Janeiro" . Archived from the original on 15 June 2018 . Retrieved 22 April 2018 .

[3] "Archived copy" (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-03-07 . Retrieved 2018-05-15 . {{ cite web }}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title ( link )

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