Amazônia Legal
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Amazônia Legal
Amazônia Legal (Portuguese pronunciation: [amaˈzonjɐ leˈɡaw], Legal Amazon) is the largest socio-geographic division of the South American nation of Brazil, which contains all of the Brazilian territory in the Amazon Basin (although part of the Amazônia Legal is located in the Rio de la Plata Basin or other places outside the Amazon Basin). It is officially designated to encompass all seven states of the North Region (Acre, Amapá, Amazonas, Pará, Rondônia, Roraima and Tocantins), as well as Mato Grosso state in the Center-West Region and most of Maranhão state in the Northeast Region.
The main characteristic of the region is the abundant and tropical vegetation, including large sections of rainforest. Because of its remoteness, this region was the last to be inhabited by Brazilians of European descent and it still has very low population density.
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- Amazônia Legal, on Noticias Da Amazonia (in Portuguese)
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