Brazil is generally divided into five regions and these regions are made up of 26 states:
Northeast Region: Bahia, Maranhão, Ceará, Piauí, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Sergipe;
North Region: Acre, Amazonas, Amapá, Roraima, Rondônia, Pará, Tocantins;
Center-West Region: Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Goiás, and Distrito Federal, where the national capital, Brasília, is situated;
Southeast Region: Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo;
South Region: Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina;
Brasília is the capital city. Other major cities include São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Fortaleza, Belo Horizonte, Curitiba, Manaus, Porto Alegre, Recife, Belém and Goiânia.
Bordering countries:
Uruguay,
Argentina,
Paraguay,
Bolivia,
Peru,
Colombia,
Venezuela,
Guyana,
Suriname,
French Guiana
