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List of Brazilian states by area
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Brazilian states by area.
There are 27 States of Brazil , or Estados in Portuguese, which are the federal states of Brazil , plus the Federal District which holds the capital city, Brasília. Below are these states listed in order of the area, from Amazonas with the greatest area, to the Federal District with the least. The second number in bold corresponds to the map. Brazil has a total area of 8,514,877 km², and is ranked 5th in the world.
Rank
State
Area[1]
Comparable country
1
Amazonas
1,570,745.7
Mongolia
2
Pará
1,247,689.5
Angola
3
Mato Grosso
903,357.9
Venezuela
4
Minas Gerais
586,528.3
Madagascar
5
Bahia
564,692.7
France
6
Mato Grosso do Sul
357,125
Germany
7
Goiás
340,086.7
Finland
8
Maranhão
331,983.3
Vietnam
9
Rio Grande do Sul
281,748.5
Ecuador
10
Tocantins
277,620.9
Burkina Faso
11
Piauí
251,529.2
Guinea
12
São Paulo
248,209.4
Guinea
13
Rondônia
237,576.2
Romania
14
Roraima
224,299
Guyana
15
Paraná
199,314.9
Guyana
16
Acre
152,581.4
Nepal
17
Ceará
148,825.6
Nepal
18
Amapá
142,814.6
Tajikistan
19
Pernambuco
98,311.6
South Korea
20
Santa Catarina
95,346.2
Hungary
21
Paraíba
56,439.8
Croatia
22
Rio Grande do Norte
52,796.8
Bosnia and Herzegovina
23
Espírito Santo
46,077.5
Bhutan
24
Rio de Janeiro
43,696.1
Denmark
25
Alagoas
27,767.7
Haiti
26
Sergipe
21,910.3
Israel
27
Distrito Federal
5,801.9
Brunei
Notes and references
^ Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística: "Área Territorial Oficial", http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/geociencias/areaterritorial/principal.shtm
See also
External links
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