Northeast
Whereas elegant Rio de Janeiro and cosmopolitan São Paulo may be the best-known places in Brazil, the Northeast, or Nordeste is one of the liveliest - a land of sunny beaches, colonial towns, vibrating street parties, music and friendly people.
Photo: A. Júnior, CC BY 2.0.
Popular Destinations
Bahia
Bahia is one of the 26 states of Brazil and is in the northeastern part of the country on the Atlantic coast. Photo: Glauco Umbelino, CC BY 2.0.Ceará
Ceará is a state in Northeast Brazil. Traditionally one of the poorest in the country, certain regions have developed almost beyond recognition over the last 20 years, mostly from tourism and light manufacturing. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.Maranhão
Maranhão is a state in Brazil. Located in the country's Northeast Region, it has a population of about 7 million and an area of 332,000 km2. Photo: Glauco Umbelino, CC BY 2.0.Destinations
Rio Grande do Norte
Rio Grande do Norte is one of the states of Brazil, located in the northeastern region of the country, occupying the northeasternmost tip of the South American continent. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.Piauí
Piauí is a state in Northeast Brazil. It has the shortest coastline of any northeastern state. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.Alagoas
Alagoas is one of the 27 states of Brazil and is situated in the eastern part of the Northeast Region. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.Paraíba
Paraíba is a state of Brazil. It is located in the Brazilian Northeast, and it is bordered by Rio Grande do Norte to the north, Ceará to the west, Pernambuco to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.Northeast
- Type: Region
- Description: region of Brazil, composed of nine states
- Category: region of Brazil
- Location: Brazil, South America
Latitude of center -6° or 6° south | Longitude of center -42° or 42° west |
Population 53,000,000 | Elevation 153 metres (502 feet) |
GeoNames ID 3398713 |
Also Known As
- Albanian: Rajoni Verilindor i Brazilit
- Arabic: المنطقة الشمالية الشرقية
- Armenian: Հյուսիսարևելյան տարածաշրջան (Բրազիլիա)
- Armenian: Հյուսիսարևելյան տարածաշրջան
- Azerbaijani: Şimal-şərq regionu (Braziliya)
- Azerbaijani: Şimal-şərq regionu
- Bashkir: Төньяҡ-көнсығыш регионы
- Belarusian: Паўночна-Ўсходні рэгіён (Бразылія)
- Belarusian: Паўночна-Ўсходні рэгіён
- Belarusian: Паўночна-Ўсходні рэгіён Бразыліі
- Belarusian: Паўночна-ўсходні рэгіён
- Bishnupriya: ঔয়াংমুঙ, ব্রাজিল
- Bishnupriya: ঔয়াংমুঙ
- Bishnupriya: ব্রাজিলর ঔয়াঙমুঙ লয়া
- Bosnian: Sjeveroistočna regija
- Breton: Nordeste
- Breton: Rannvro Nordeste
- Bulgarian: Североизточен регион
- Catalan: Regió Nord-est de Brasil
- Catalan: Regió Nord-est del Brasil
- Chinese: 东北地区
- Chinese: 巴西东北部
- Chinese: 東北地區
- Czech: Severovýchodní region
- Danish: Brasil
- Danish: Nordeste
- Dutch: Noordoost-Brazilië
- Dutch: Regio Noordoost
- English: Brazil, Northeast
- English: Brazil Northeast
- English: Northeast Brazil
- English: Northeast Region, Brazil
- English: Northeast Region
- Esperanto: Nordorienta Brazilo
- Estonian: Kirdepiirkond
- Finnish: Koillinen alue
- French: Brésil du Nord-Est
- French: Nordeste
- French: Région Nord-Est
- Galician: Rexión Nordeste do Brasil
- Georgian: ჩრდილოეთ-აღმოსავლეთი რეგიონი
- German: Nordostbrasilien
- German: Nordosten
- German: Nordostregion
- German: Região Nordeste
- Greek: Βόρειο ανατολική Βραζιλία
- Hebrew: צפון-מזרח ברזיל
- Hindi: पूर्वोत्तर क्षेत्र, ब्राज़ील
- Ido: Nord-estala regiono
- Indonesian: Region Timur Laut
- Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association): Region Nord-est
- Italian: Regione Nord-est del Brasile
- Italian: Regione Nordest del Brasile
- Japanese: ノルヂスチ
- Japanese: ノルデスチ
- Japanese: ノルデステ
- Japanese: 北東地域 (ブラジル)
- Japanese: 北東部 (ブラジル)
- Japanese: 北東部地域 (ブラジル)
- Japanese: 北東部地域
- Korean: 노르데스치 지방
- Latvian: Ziemeļaustrumu reģions
- Lithuanian: Brazilijos Šiaurės rytų regionas
- Macedonian: Североисточен регион
- Malay: Nordeste
- Norwegian: Nordeste
- Norwegian Bokmål: Brasil
- Norwegian Bokmål: Nordeste
- Occitan (post 1500): Region Nòrd-Èst
- Persian: شمال شرقی برزیل
- Persian: منطقه شمال شرقی برزیل
- Polish: Region Północno-Wschodni
- Polish: Região Nordeste do Brasil
- Portuguese: Nordeste
- Portuguese: Nordeste (Brasil)
- Portuguese: Nordeste Brasileiro
- Portuguese: Nordeste brasileiro
- Portuguese: Nordeste do Brasil
- Portuguese: Nordeste do brasil
- Portuguese: Região Nordeste
- Portuguese: Região Nordeste do Brasil
- Portuguese: Região nordeste
- Romanian: Nord-Est
- Russian: Северо-восточный регион
- Russian: Северовосточный регион
- Spanish: Nordeste brasileno
- Spanish: Nordeste brasilero
- Spanish: Nordeste brasileño
- Spanish: Nordeste de Brasil
- Spanish: Nordeste del Brasil
- Spanish: Noreste de Brasil
- Spanish: Region Nordeste de Brasil
- Spanish: Region Noreste de Brasil
- Spanish: Región Nordeste de Brasil
- Spanish: Región Noreste de Brasil
- Tatar: Төньяк-көнбатыш төбәк
- Turkish: Kuzeydoğu bölgesi, Brezilya
- Ukrainian: Північно-східний регіон Бразилії
- Urdu: شمال مشرقی علاقہ، برازیل
- Vietnamese: Vùng Đông Bắc, Brasil
- Brasile del nordest
- Grande Regiao Nordeste
- Grande Região Nordeste
- Region Timur Laut, Brasil
- Північно-східний регіон
- Североисточен Регион
- 북동부 지방
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