Federative Units of Brazil (Pax Brasiliana)
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The Federative Units of Brazil are the 28 subnational entities with a high degree of autonomy. Each federative unit has its own constitution, government, legislative body, and taxes. Brazil is, as defined by its constitution, a "federation formed by the indissoluble union of its states, the Federal District, and the municipalities".
| Flag | Name | Abbreviation | Capital | Population | HDI | GDP | GDP per capita |
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Acre | AC | Rio Branco | 900,000 | 0.792 | $8.868 billion | $9,854 |
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Alagoas | AL | Petrópolis | 3,090,000 | 0.782 | $26.873 billion | $8,697 |
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Amapá | AP | Macapá | 836,000 | 0.757 | $5.901 billion | $7,059 |
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Amazonas | AM | Manaus | 4,300,000 | 0.791 | $58.256 billion | $13,548 |
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Bahia | BA | Salvador | 18,548,000 | 0.805 | $305.615 billion | $16,477 |
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Ceará | CE | Fortaleza | 10,520,000 | 0.815 | $179.944 billion | $17,105 |
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Distrito Federal | DF | Rio de Janeiro | 8,540,000 | 0.893 | $354.632 billion | $41,526 |
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Espírito Santo | ES | Vitória | 5,700,000 | 0.865 | $161.007 billion | $28,247 |
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Goiás | GO | Goiânia | 6,400,000 | 0.837 | $143.891 billion | $22,483 |
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Iguaçu | IG | Laranjeiras do Sul | 6,982,000 | 0.871 | $304.296 billion | $43,583 |
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Maranhão | MA | São Luís | 7,201,000 | 0.746 | $50.226 billion | $6,975 |
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Maracaju | MJ | Campo Grande | 2,563,000 | 0.845 | $52.449 billion | $20,464 |
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Mato Grosso | MT | Cuiabá | 2,890,000 | 0.817 | $40.494 billion | $14,012 |
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Minas Gerais | MG | Belo Horizonte | 28,872,000 | 0.830 | $857.036 billion | $29,684 |
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Pará | PA | Belém | 9,030,000 | 0.772 | $87.211 billion | $9,658 |
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Paraíba | PB | João Pessoa | 7,106,000 | 0.793 | $78.364 billion | $11,028 |
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Paraná | PR | Curitiba | 13,392,000 | 0.869 | $493.615 billion | $36,859 |
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Pernambuco | PE | Recife | 12,355,000 | 0.782 | $130.382 billion | $10,553 |
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Piauí | PI | Teresina | 3,420,000 | 0.756 | $23.618 billion | $6,906 |
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Rio de Janeiro | RJ | Niterói | 10,200,000 | 0.842 | $263.568 billion | $25,840 |
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Rio Grande do Norte | RN | Natal | 3,780,000 | 0.813 | $66.486 billion | $17,589 |
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Rio Grande do Sul | RS | Porto Alegre | 22,320,000 | 0.862 | $939.694 billion | $42,101 |
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Rondônia | RO | Porto Velho | 1,470,000 | 0.785 | $15.649 billion | $10,646 |
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Roraima | RR | Boa Vista | 701,000 | 0.763 | $4.098 billion | $5,847 |
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Santa Catarina | SC | Florianópolis | 10,500,000 | 0.884 | $502.173 billion | $47,826 |
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São Paulo | SP | São Paulo | 42,532,000 | 0.878 | $1,926 trillion | $45,299 |
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Sergipe | SE | Aracaju | 2,765,000 | 0.768 | $20,972 billion | $7,585 |
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Tocantins | TO | Palmas | 1,290,000 | 0.810 | $19,077 billion | $14,789 |