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Roraima (state) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 01 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 1.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 061 00 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -61.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Covered with sparsely inhabited rain forest; some gold & diamonds are panned in streams; in 1970s N part of state was designated a reserve for Yanomano Indians, the nation's largest remaining isolated tribal group. |
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| Roraima (preferred,C,V,Spanish)
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| Estado de Roraima (C,V,O,Spanish)
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| BR25 (C,U,FIPS)
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| Território do Rio Branco (C,U)
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| Estado do Roraima (C,U)
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| Rio Branco (H,V)
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............ | from 1943-1962 |
| Roraima, Território de (H,V)
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Norte (region (geographic)) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| state (preferred, C) |
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status raised from territory January 1, 1990 |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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| agricultural land (C) |
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| jungle (C) |
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| territory (H) |
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from 1943-1990 |
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