Leet o municipalities in Rio Grande do Norte

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Leet o municipalities in Rio Grande do Norte
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Rio Grande do Norte (Scots: Great River o the North)[1] is a state locatit in the Northeast Region of Brazil. It is the 16t lairgest state bi population an the 22nt lairgest bi aurie, oot o 26 states.[2][3] Accordin tae the 2010 Census conductit bi the Brazilian Institute o Geografie o Statistics (IBGE), Rio Grande do Norte haes a population o 3,168,133 inhabitants ower 52,797 square kilometre (20,385 sq mi).[4][5] It is hame tae ceeties such as Natal, Mossoró, an São Gonçalo do Amarante.

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A map o the offeecial subdiveesions o Rio Grande do Norte

The laund that became Rio Grande do Norte wis a donatário tae João de Barros, the factor o the Hoose o Indie an Mina, frae John III o Portugal in 1535;[6] prior tae that, the laund wis awned bi the Portuguese Croun.[7] The French, who trokit Brazil firth in the aurie, haed a fuithauld on the laund till the Portuguese expelled them frae the aurie in 1598.[6] The Dutch teuk ower the laund that wad become Rio Grande do Norte in 1634, as a pairt o Dutch Brazil, an haed reign till 1654 when they wur defeatit bi the Portuguese.[8] In 1701, Rio Grande do Norte joined the Caiptaincy o Pernambuco, an became a province in 1822 an a state o Brazil in 1889.[6] Agricultur an tourism are major pairts o Rio Grande do Norte's current economy.[9]

The state is dividit intae 167 municipalities, which are groupit intae fower mesoregions an 23 microregions bi the IBGE for statistical purposes. O the 167 municipalities, Natal haes the heichest population, wi 803,811 inhabitants, while the smawest bi population is Viçosa, wi 1,618 inhabitants. The lairgest municipality bi aurie is Mossoró, wi an aurie o 2,110 square kilometre (815 sq mi); the smawest is Senador Georgino Avelino, namit efter the umwhile Senator an Rio Grande do Norte Govrenor José Georgino Avelino,[10] which covers an aurie o 26 square kilometre (10 sq mi).

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Municipalities

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Acari
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Pico do Cabugi, an extinct volcano in Angicos
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The Piranhas River in Macau
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Natal, the caipital o Rio Grande do Norte
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Parelhas celebratin the 150t anniversary o its foondin
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The Calcanhar Lichthoose, the lairgest tradeetional lichthoose in Brazil,[11] locatit in Touros
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Notes

  1. Converted using the square kilometers to square miles conversion factor given at "Metric Weights and Measures". NASA. Retrieved 10 October 2011.[deid airtin]

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