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Rio Grande do Norte (state) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 05 45 00 S degrees minutes |
Lat: -5.7500 decimal degrees |
| Long: 036 00 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -36.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Contains salt-rich marshes that have supported local economy; terrain ranges from semiarid plains to forests; settled by Portuguese in 16th cen.; French pirates also occupied land until defeat in 1598; site of large cotton plantations & mines. |
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| Rio Grande do Norte (preferred,C,V)
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| Estado do Rio Grande do Norte (C,V,O)
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| Rio Grande do Norte, Estado do (C,V)
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| BR22 (C,U,FIPS)
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| Estado de Río Grande del Norte (C,U,Spanish)
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| Río Grande del Norte (C,U,Spanish)
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Additional Parents: |
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Nordeste (region (geographic)) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| state (preferred, C) |
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since 1889 |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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| agricultural land (C) |
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| mining center (C) |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| Estado de Río Grande del Norte.......... |
[VP] |
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GeoNames online [n.d.] 3390290 |
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