{"id":6046,"date":"2015-05-18T16:26:31","date_gmt":"2015-05-18T16:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=6046"},"modified":"2015-05-18T16:28:20","modified_gmt":"2015-05-18T16:28:20","slug":"regioes-regions-do-brasil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/regioes-regions-do-brasil\/","title":{"rendered":"Regi\u00f5es (regions) do Brasil"},"content":{"rendered":"

In order to understand Brasil, the language and the culture it is important to know more about each one of the 5\u00a0<\/span>regi\u00f5es<\/i><\/span>\u00a0(regions).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Brasil has 27 <\/span>unidades federativas<\/i><\/span> (federative units):<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

* 26 <\/span>estados<\/span><\/em> (states)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

* 1 <\/span>Distrito Federal<\/span><\/em> (<\/span>Federal District)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The country is divided in 5 regi\u00f5es: Norte (North), Nordeste (Northeast), Centro-oeste (West-Central), Sudeste (Southeast) and Sul (South).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

E<\/span>ach estado has its own characteristics, <\/span>culture<\/span> and some independence to create its own <\/span>leis<\/i><\/span> (laws) nowadays. When the portugueses<\/em> colonized Brasil they granted land to Portuguese noblemen or merchants to colonize the land. These lands were called <\/span>capitanias heredit\u00e1rias<\/i><\/span> (hereditary captaincies) and the devision of these lands evolved <\/span>in<\/span>to the estados we have now. Even though the capitanias heredit\u00e1rias<\/em> were rule<\/span>d<\/span> by different people they would still ultimately have to answer to the Coroa Portuguesa<\/em> (Portuguese crown).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Only in 1969 did Brasil finally shap<\/span>e<\/span> the <\/span>regi\u00f5es<\/i><\/span>, its <\/span>estados<\/i><\/span> and <\/span>capitais<\/i><\/span> to what they are today. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Regi\u00f5es<\/a>

Regi\u00f5es do Brasil<\/p><\/div>\n

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Norte:<\/b><\/span> it is <\/span>the biggest in Brasil (45.<\/span>2<\/span>% of the land) and the smallest popula\u00e7\u00e3o<\/em>. The equatorial climate makes it hot and humid all year long <\/span>and most<\/span> of the regi\u00e3o<\/em> is covered by Amazon Rainforest. <\/span>Because of the late occupation by the Portuguese, this regi\u00e3o<\/em> has many comunidades ind\u00edgenas<\/em> (indigenous <\/span>communities)<\/span> as well as a very preserved ecosystem, which makes ecotourism the main form of tourism. <\/span>Even though tourism is a big part of the\u00a0economy there, this regi\u00e3o<\/em> is also greatly responsible for energy production as well as the manufacturing of electronic goods due to the fact that it has a free economic zone called <\/span>Zona Franca de Manaus<\/i><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Curiosity:<\/i><\/span> if you own or have access to any electronic goods made in Brasil, check the back of it for where it was made. The chances of it being made in <\/span>Zona Franca de Manaus<\/i><\/span> are big.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Photo<\/a>

Amazon – Photo by lubasi<\/p><\/div>\n

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Nordeste:<\/b><\/span> it is <\/span>the third region in size in Brasil (18.2% of the land) and the second biggest popula\u00e7\u00e3o<\/em>. <\/span>This was where the Portuguese first set foot in Brasil and where the first capital was: the city of Salvador, in Bahia. <\/span>Even thou<\/span>gh<\/span> the climate is tropical climate near the coast, it is semi-arid in the interior, creating big water supply issues for the popula\u00e7\u00e3o e colheita<\/em>\u00a0(population and crops). <\/span>Nordeste<\/em> is also the most impoverished region as it has the lowest levels in nearly all the social indicators. It has, however, an immensely rich culture: carnaval<\/em>, forr\u00f3<\/em> (a type o dance\/music), cordel<\/em> (a type of literature) and much more. The poverty and the lack of rain in some areas of Regi\u00e3o Nordeste<\/em> had great cultural influence in music and literature. An example would be this very well-known song called Asa Branca, which is all about the migration to other regions for <\/span>the hope of a better life.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n