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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.

Area of the states [1]
Rank	State	Sigle	Capital	Area
1	Amazonas	AM	Manaus	1,570,745.7
2	Pará	PA	Belém	1,247,689.5
3	Mato Grosso	MT	Cuiabá	903,357.9
4	Minas Gerais	MG	Belo Horizonte	586,528.3
5	Bahia	BA	Salvador	564,692.7
6	Mato Grosso do Sul	MS	Campo Grande	357,125
7	Goiás	GO	Goiânia	340,086.7
8	Maranhão	MA	São Luís	331,983.3
9	Rio Grande do Sul	RS	Porto Alegre	281,748.5
10	Tocantins	TO	Palmas	277,620.9
11	Piauí	PI	Teresina	251,529.2
12	São Paulo	SP	São Paulo	248,209.4
13	Rondônia	RO	Porto Velho	237,576.2
14	Roraima	RR	Boa Vista	224,299
15	Paraná	PR	Curitiba	199,314.9
16	Acre	AC	Rio Branco	152,581.4
17	Ceará	CE	Fortaleza	148,825.6
18	Amapá	AP	Macapá	142,814.6
19	Pernambuco	PE	Recife	98,311.6
20	Santa Catarina	SC	Florianópolis	95,346.2
21	Paraíba	PB	João Pessoa	56,439.8
22	Rio Grande do Norte	RN	Natal	52,796.8
23	Espírito Santo	ES	Vitória	46,077.5
24	Rio de Janeiro	RJ	Rio de Janeiro	43,696.1
25	Alagoas	AL	Maceió	27,767.7
26	Sergipe	SE	Aracaju	21,910.3
27	Distrito Federal	DF	Brasília	5,801.9

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Notes and references

1. Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística: "Área Territorial Oficial", http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/geociencias/areaterritorial/principal.shtm

See also

★ Brazil

★ States of Brazil

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