What is Regions of Brazil?
[[Brazil]] is currently divided into five [[region]]s (also called [[macroregion]]s) by the [[IBGE|Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística]] ([[IBGE]]). These divisions are composed of states with similar cultural, economical, historical and social aspects, and, although information given by this type of division is not very accurate from the scientific point of view, this division is the most widely used in Brazil because official information given by the IBGE uses this system. ==North Region== {{main|North Region of Brazil}} *[[Area]]: 3,869,637.,9&nbsp;km² (45.27%) *[[Population]]: 12,833,383 (3.31 people/km²; 6.2%) *[[Gross domestic product|GDP]]: ~[[USD|$]]9.6 billion (2%) *[[Human Development Index|HDI]]: ~0.764 *[[Climate]]: Equatorial (high temperatures and high annual precipitation) *States: [[Acre (state)|Acre]], [[Amapá]], [[Amazonas (Brazil)|Amazonas]], [[Pará]], [[Rondônia]], [[Roraima]], [[Tocantins (state)|Tocantins]] *Largest Cities: [[Manaus]] (1,403,796); [[Belém]] (1,279,861); [[Ananindeua]] (392,947); [[Porto Velho]] (314,525); [[Macapá]] (282,745); [[Santarém, Brazil|Santarém]] (262,721); [[Rio Branco]] (252,885); [[Boa Vista, Roraima|Boa Vista]] (220,383); [[Palmas, Tocantins|Palmas]] (208,000). *[[Economy]]: [[Iron]], Energy production, electronic manufacturing, latex, tourism. *[[Transport]]: Mainly rivers (which are abundant in the region). Highways are scarce and present mainly in the east. Airplanes are commonly used in small remote communities and sometimes in the larger cities. *[[Vegetation]]: Almost the entire region is covered by the [[Amazon Rainforest]], except the state of Tocantins, which has [[savanna]]-like vegetation (''cerrado''). Although most of the native vegetation still remains, the region suffers from critical problems due to the growing [[deforestation]] of the area. *Notable characteristics: Presence of the Amazon Rainforest, which is the vegetation dominant in every state but Tocantins. Cities are spread far apart in the region, and it has the lowest popul