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Monday, April 21, 2008

Water profile: Brazil


Geography and population

Brazil is politically divided into twenty-six states and one federal district, in five regions: north, northeast, southeast, south and center-west. The total area of the country is 854.7 million hectares (ha), out of which the extension of cultivated land area was 49.1 million ha in 1996. A large amount of land is still available for further agricultural production, especially in the center-west of the country in the so-called "cerrado" areas. The annual population growth in 1997/98 was close to 1.3%. The average population density varies according to region: the north has 3.3 inhabitants/km2, the northeast 29.8, the southeast 73.8, the south 41.0 and the center-west 6.76 inhabitants/km2.

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