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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%88_%D8%BA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D8%AF%D9%88_%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%8A" title="ريو غراندي دو نورتي – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="ريو غراندي دو نورتي" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Rio Grande do Norte – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Rio Grande do Norte" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gn mw-list-item"><a href="https://gn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Rio Grande do Norte – Guarani" lang="gn" hreflang="gn" data-title="Rio Grande do Norte" data-language-autonym="Avañe'ẽ" data-language-local-name="Guarani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Avañe'ẽ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ay mw-list-item"><a href="https://ay.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_do_Norte_Istadu" title="Rio Grande do Norte Istadu – Aymara" lang="ay" hreflang="ay" data-title="Rio Grande do Norte Istadu" data-language-autonym="Aymar aru" data-language-local-name="Aymara" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aymar aru</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riu-Qrandi-du-Norti" title="Riu-Qrandi-du-Norti – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Riu-Qrandi-du-Norti" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Rio Grande do Norte – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Rio Grande do Norte" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D1%8B%D1%83-%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%8B-%D0%B4%D1%83-%D0%9D%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D1%8B" title="Рыу-Гранды-ду-Норты – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Рыу-Гранды-ду-Норты" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D1%8B%D1%8E-%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B7%D1%96-%D0%B4%D1%83-%D0%9D%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%86%D1%96" title="Рыю-Грандзі-ду-Норці – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Рыю-Грандзі-ду-Норці" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B8%D0%BE_%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B8_%D0%B4%D0%BE_%D0%9D%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B8" title="Рио Гранди до Норти – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Рио Гранди до Норти" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Rio Grande do Norte – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Rio Grande do Norte" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Rio Grande do Norte – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Rio Grande do Norte" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Rio Grande do Norte – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Rio Grande do Norte" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_do_Norte_(estado_sa_Brasil)" title="Rio Grande do Norte (estado sa Brasil) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Rio Grande do Norte (estado sa Brasil)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Rio Grande do Norte – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Rio Grande do Norte" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Rio Grande do Norte – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Rio Grande do Norte" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Rio Grande do Norte – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Rio Grande do Norte" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Rio Grande do Norte – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Rio Grande do Norte" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_do_Norte_osariik" title="Rio Grande do Norte osariik – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Rio Grande do Norte osariik" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A1%CE%AF%CE%BF_%CE%93%CE%BA%CF%81%CE%AC%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B5_%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%BF_%CE%9D%CF%8C%CF%81%CF%84%CE%B5" title="Ρίο Γκράντε ντο Νόρτε – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Ρίο Γκράντε ντο Νόρτε" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eml mw-list-item"><a href="https://eml.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Rio Grande do Norte – Emiliano-Romagnolo" lang="egl" hreflang="egl" data-title="Rio Grande do Norte" data-language-autonym="Emiliàn e rumagnòl" data-language-local-name="Emiliano-Romagnolo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Emiliàn e rumagnòl</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%ADo_Grande_del_Norte" title="Río Grande del Norte – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Río Grande del Norte" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norda_Rio-Grando" title="Norda Rio-Grando – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Norda Rio-Grando" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iparraldeko_Rio_Grande" title="Iparraldeko Rio Grande – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Iparraldeko Rio Grande" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%88_%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87_%D8%B4%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C" title="ریو گرانده شمالی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ریو گرانده شمالی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Rio Grande do Norte – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Rio Grande do Norte" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Rio Grande do Norte – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Rio Grande do Norte" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%ADo_Grande_do_Norte" title="Río Grande do Norte – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Río Grande do Norte" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%9E%88%EC%9A%B0%EA%B7%B8%EB%9E%80%EC%A7%80%EB%91%90%EB%85%B8%EB%A5%B4%EC%B9%98%EC%A3%BC" title="히우그란지두노르치주 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="히우그란지두노르치주" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8C%D5%AB%D5%B8%D6%82_%D4%B3%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A4%D5%AB_%D5%A4%D5%B8%D6%82_%D5%86%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%BF%D5%AB" title="Ռիու Գրանդի դու Նորտի – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ռիու Գրանդի դու Նորտի" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B_%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A1%E0%A5%87_%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8B_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%87" title="रियो ग्रांडे दो नोर्टे – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="रियो ग्रांडे दो नोर्टे" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Rio Grande do Norte – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Rio Grande do Norte" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Rio Grande do Norte – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Rio Grande do Norte" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bpy mw-list-item"><a href="https://bpy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%93_%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A1%E0%A7%87_%E0%A6%A1%E0%A7%8B_%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%87" title="রিও গ্রান্ডে ডো নর্টে – Bishnupriya" lang="bpy" hreflang="bpy" data-title="রিও গ্রান্ডে ডো নর্টে" data-language-autonym="বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী" data-language-local-name="Bishnupriya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_Utara" title="Rio Grande Utara – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Rio Grande Utara" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Rio Grande do Norte – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Rio Grande do Norte" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B8%D1%83-%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B8-%D0%B4%D1%83-%D0%9D%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B8" title="Риу-Гранди-ду-Норти – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Риу-Гранди-ду-Норти" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Rio Grande do Norte – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Rio Grande do Norte" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Rio Grande do Norte – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Rio Grande do Norte" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%95_%D7%92%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%93%D7%94_%D7%93%D7%95_%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%98%D7%94" title="ריו גראנדה דו נורטה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ריו גראנדה דו נורטה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%A3-%E1%83%92%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%93%E1%83%98-%E1%83%93%E1%83%A3-%E1%83%9C%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98" title="რიუ-გრანდი-დუ-ნორტი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="რიუ-გრანდი-დუ-ნორტი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B8%D1%83-%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B8-%D0%B4%D1%83-%D0%9D%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B8" title="Риу-Гранди-ду-Норти – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Риу-Гранди-ду-Норти" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw mw-list-item"><a href="https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Rio Grande do Norte – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw" data-title="Rio Grande do Norte" data-language-autonym="Kernowek" data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kernowek</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Rio Grande do Norte – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Rio Grande do Norte" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lad mw-list-item"><a href="https://lad.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_del_Norte" title="Rio Grande del Norte – Ladino" lang="lad" hreflang="lad" data-title="Rio Grande del Norte" data-language-autonym="Ladino" data-language-local-name="Ladino" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladino</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civitas_Fluvii_Magni_Septentrionalis" title="Civitas Fluvii Magni Septentrionalis – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Civitas Fluvii Magni Septentrionalis" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riugrandi_du_Norti" title="Riugrandi du Norti – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Riugrandi du Norti" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0iaur%C4%97s_Rio_Grand%C4%97" title="Šiaurės Rio Grandė – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Šiaurės Rio Grandė" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Rio Grande do Norte – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Rio Grande do Norte" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Rio Grande do Norte – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Rio Grande do Norte" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B8%D0%BE_%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B5_%D0%B4%D1%83_%D0%9D%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B5" title="Рио Гранде ду Норте – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Рио Гранде ду Норте" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B_%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87_%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8B_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%89%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%87" title="रियो ग्रांदे दो नॉर्ते – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="रियो ग्रांदे दो नॉर्ते" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%88_%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%89_%D8%AF%D9%88_%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%89" title="ريو جراندى دو نورتى – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ريو جراندى دو نورتى" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%88%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87_%D8%AF%D9%88_%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%DB%8C" title="ریوگرانده دو نورتی – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="ریوگرانده دو نورتی" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Rio Grande do Norte – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Rio Grande do Norte" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Rio Grande do Norte – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Rio Grande do Norte" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AA%E3%82%B0%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%83%BB%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8E%E3%83%AB%E3%83%86%E5%B7%9E" title="リオグランデ・ド・ノルテ州 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="リオグランデ・ド・ノルテ州" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_do_Norte_(Bundesstoot)" title="Rio Grande do Norte (Bundesstoot) – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Rio Grande do Norte (Bundesstoot)" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Rio Grande do Norte – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Rio Grande do Norte" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Rio Grande do Norte – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Rio Grande do Norte" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Rio Grande do Norte – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Rio Grande do Norte" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riu_Grandi_du_Norti" title="Riu Grandi du Norti – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Riu Grandi du Norti" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%88_%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF_%D8%AF%D9%88_%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%DB%92" title="ریو گراند دو نورتے – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="ریو گراند دو نورتے" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pms mw-list-item"><a href="https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_d%C3%ABl_N%C3%B2rd" title="Rio Grande dël Nòrd – Piedmontese" lang="pms" hreflang="pms" data-title="Rio Grande dël Nòrd" data-language-autonym="Piemontèis" data-language-local-name="Piedmontese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Piemontèis</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Rio Grande do Norte – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Rio Grande do Norte" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Rio Grande do Norte – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Rio Grande do Norte" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-crh mw-list-item"><a href="https://crh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riu_Grandi_du_Norti" title="Riu Grandi du Norti – Crimean Tatar" lang="crh" hreflang="crh" data-title="Riu Grandi du Norti" data-language-autonym="Qırımtatarca" data-language-local-name="Crimean Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qırımtatarca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Rio Grande do Norte – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Rio Grande do Norte" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinchay_Hatunmayu_suyu" title="Chinchay Hatunmayu suyu – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Chinchay Hatunmayu suyu" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B8%D1%83-%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B8-%D0%B4%D1%83-%D0%9D%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B8" title="Риу-Гранди-ду-Норти – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Риу-Гранди-ду-Норти" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Rio Grande do Norte – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Rio Grande do Norte" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Rio Grande do Norte – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Rio Grande do Norte" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Rio Grande do Norte – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Rio Grande do Norte" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Rio Grande do Norte – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Rio Grande do Norte" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B8%D0%BE_%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B5_%D0%B4%D0%BE_%D0%9D%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B5" 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.infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Rio Grande do Norte</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/States_of_Brazil" class="mw-redirect" title="States of Brazil">State</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bandeira_do_Rio_Grande_do_Norte.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Rio Grande do Norte"><img alt="Flag of Rio Grande do Norte" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Bandeira_do_Rio_Grande_do_Norte.svg/100px-Bandeira_do_Rio_Grande_do_Norte.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Bandeira_do_Rio_Grande_do_Norte.svg/150px-Bandeira_do_Rio_Grande_do_Norte.svg.png 1.5x, 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class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">5°44′S</span> <span class="longitude">36°33′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">5.74°S 36.55°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-5.74; -36.55</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">March 7, 1948</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Capital and largest city</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Natal,_Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Natal, Rio Grande do Norte">Natal</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Governor_(Brazil)" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor (Brazil)">Governor</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/F%C3%A1tima_Bezerra" title="Fátima Bezerra">Fátima Bezerra</a> (<a href="/wiki/Workers%27_Party_(Brazil)" title="Workers' Party (Brazil)">PT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Vice Governor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Walter_Alves" title="Walter Alves">Walter Alves</a> (<a href="/wiki/Brazilian_Democratic_Movement" title="Brazilian Democratic Movement">MDB</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Federal_Senate_(Brazil)" title="Federal Senate (Brazil)">Senators</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rog%C3%A9rio_Simonetti_Marinho" title="Rogério Simonetti Marinho">Rogério Marinho</a> (<a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(Brazil,_2006)" title="Liberal Party (Brazil, 2006)">PL</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Styvenson_Valentim" title="Styvenson Valentim">Styvenson Valentim</a> (<a href="/wiki/Podemos_(Brazil)" title="Podemos (Brazil)">PODE</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Zenaide_Maia" title="Zenaide Maia">Zenaide Maia</a> (<a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_(Brazil,_2011)" title="Social Democratic Party (Brazil, 2011)">PSD</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">52,796.791 km<sup>2</sup> (20,384.955 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Brazilian_states_by_area" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Brazilian states by area">22nd</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2022)<sup id="cite_ref-census2022_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census2022-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">3,302,729</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Brazilian_states_by_population" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Brazilian states by population">16th</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">63/km<sup>2</sup> (160/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">  • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Brazilian_states_by_population_density" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Brazilian states by population density">10th</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonym</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Potiguar or Norte-rio-grandense</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">GDP<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-bge_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bge-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Total</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Brazilian_real" title="Brazilian real">R$</a> 80.181 billion<br />(<a href="/wiki/US$" class="mw-redirect" title="US$">US$</a> 14.874 billion)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><a href="/wiki/Human_Development_Index" title="Human Development Index">HDI</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Year</th><td class="infobox-data">2021</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Category</th><td class="infobox-data">0.728<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> – <span style="color:#0c0">high</span> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Brazilian_states_by_Human_Development_Index" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Brazilian states by Human Development Index">14th</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC-3" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC-3">UTC-3</a> (<a href="/wiki/Time_in_Brazil" title="Time in Brazil">BRT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Postal Code</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">59000-000 to 59990-000</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data nickname"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166-2:BR" title="ISO 3166-2:BR">BR-RN</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Brazil" title="Vehicle registration plates of Brazil">License Plate Letter Sequence</a></th><td class="infobox-data">MXH to MZM, NNJ to NOH, OJR to OKC, OVZ to OWG, QGA to QGZ, RGE to RGM, RGN</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rn.gov.br/">rn.gov.br</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Rio Grande do Norte</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small"><a href="/wiki/British_English" title="British English">UK</a>: </span><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˌ/: secondary stress follows">ˌ</span><span title="'r' in 'rye'">r</span><span title="/iː/: 'ee' in 'fleece'">iː</span><span title="/uː/: 'oo' in 'goose'">uː</span></span><span class="wrap"> </span><span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˌ/: secondary stress follows">ˌ</span><span title="/ɡ/: 'g' in 'guy'">ɡ</span><span title="'r' in 'rye'">r</span><span title="/æ/: 'a' in 'bad'">æ</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span><span title="'d' in 'dye'">d</span><span title="/i/: 'y' in 'happy'">i</span></span><span class="wrap"> </span><span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'d' in 'dye'">d</span><span title="/uː/: 'oo' in 'goose'">uː</span></span><span class="wrap"> </span><span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span><span title="/ɔːr/: 'ar' in 'war'">ɔːr</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span><span title="/i/: 'y' in 'happy'">i</span></span>/</a></span></span>,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1177148991"><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small"><a href="/wiki/American_English" title="American English">US</a>: </span><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/-<span class="wrap"> </span><span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˌ/: secondary stress follows">ˌ</span><span title="/ɡ/: 'g' in 'guy'">ɡ</span><span title="'r' in 'rye'">r</span><span title="/ɑː/: 'a' in 'father'">ɑː</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span></span>-/</a></span></span>,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1177148991"><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">Portuguese:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="pt-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Portuguese" title="Help:IPA/Portuguese">[ˈʁi.u<span class="wrap"> </span>ˈɡɾɐ̃dʒ(i)<span class="wrap"> </span>du<span class="wrap"> </span>ˈnɔʁtʃi]</a></span> <span class="noprint"><span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="ext-phonos-PhonosButton noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/5\/5d\/Pt-br_Rio_Grande_do_Norte.ogg\/Pt-br_Rio_Grande_do_Norte.ogg.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"Pt-br Rio Grande do 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It is located in the <a href="/wiki/Northeast_Region,_Brazil" title="Northeast Region, Brazil">northeastern region</a> of the country, forming the northeasternmost tip of the South American continent. The name literally translates as "Great Northern River", referring to the mouth of the <a href="/wiki/Potenji_River" title="Potenji River">Potenji River</a>. </p><p>The capital and largest city is <a href="/wiki/Natal,_Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Natal, Rio Grande do Norte">Natal</a>. The state has 410 km (254 mi) of <a href="/wiki/Sand" title="Sand">sandy</a> <a href="/wiki/Beach" title="Beach">beaches</a> and contains <a href="/wiki/Rocas_Atoll" title="Rocas Atoll">Rocas Atoll</a>, the only <a href="/wiki/Atoll" title="Atoll">atoll</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">Atlantic Ocean</a>. The main economic activity is tourism, followed by the <a href="/wiki/Extraction_of_petroleum" title="Extraction of petroleum">extraction of petroleum</a> (the second largest producer in the country), agriculture, fruit growing and extraction of minerals, including considerable production of <a href="/wiki/Seasalt" class="mw-redirect" title="Seasalt">seasalt</a>, among other economic activities.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The state is home to 1.7% of the Brazilian population and produces 1% of the country's <a href="/wiki/GDP" class="mw-redirect" title="GDP">GDP</a>. In 2000-17 the <a href="/wiki/Murder_rate" class="mw-redirect" title="Murder rate">murder rate</a> rose by 655%, making Rio Grande do Norte the state with the highest murder rate in Brazil: 63.9 per 100,000.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Tourist attractions in the state include the <a href="/wiki/Cashew_of_Pirangi" title="Cashew of Pirangi">Cashew of Pirangi</a> (the world's largest cashew tree),<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/Dune" title="Dune">dunes</a> and the dromedaries of <a href="/wiki/Genipabu" title="Genipabu">Genipabu</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the beaches of <a href="/wiki/Ponta_Negra" title="Ponta Negra">Ponta Negra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maracaja%C3%BA" title="Maracajaú">Maracajaú</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pipa_Beach" title="Pipa Beach">Pipa</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/Carnatal" title="Carnatal">Carnatal</a>, Natal's <a href="/wiki/Carnival" title="Carnival">carnival</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the sixteenth-century <a href="/wiki/Forte_dos_Reis_Magos" title="Forte dos Reis Magos">Forte dos Reis Magos</a> fortification,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the hills and mountains of <a href="/wiki/Martins,_Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Martins, Rio Grande do Norte">Martins</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/Natal_Dunes_State_Park" title="Natal Dunes State Park">Natal Dunes State Park</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and others. The folklorist <a href="/wiki/Lu%C3%ADs_da_C%C3%A2mara_Cascudo" class="mw-redirect" title="Luís da Câmara Cascudo">Luís da Câmara Cascudo</a> was born and worked in the state. The state is the closest part of mainland Brazil to the <a href="/wiki/Archipelago" title="Archipelago">archipelago</a> of <a href="/wiki/Fernando_de_Noronha" title="Fernando de Noronha">Fernando de Noronha</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rio_Grande_do_Norte&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rio Grande do Norte is dominated by its coastline. The state is famed for its beaches and <a href="/wiki/Sand_dune" class="mw-redirect" title="Sand dune">sand dunes</a>, and the air is, according to <a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a>, the second-cleanest in the world after <a href="/wiki/Antarctica" title="Antarctica">Antarctica</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2009)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Two climates predominate: humid tropical, in the oriental <a href="/wiki/Littoral" class="mw-redirect" title="Littoral">littoral</a>, and semi-arid, in the remaining (most part) of the State (including the North coast). The rainforest which once covered most of Brazil's coast had its northern end in the south of Rio Grande do Norte; the area north of Natal, the capital, is under dunes, a kind of formation associated with semi-arid climate. The semi-arid climate is characterized not only by the low level but also the irregularity of rainfall; some years can go by with no or very little rain; most of the interior of the State is part of the Polygon of Droughts (an area which receives special attention from the federal government). There are also many <a href="/wiki/Mangrove" title="Mangrove">mangroves</a> in the state, and the interior is dominated by <a href="/wiki/Rainforest" title="Rainforest">rainforest</a>. <a href="/wiki/Rocas_Atoll" title="Rocas Atoll">Rocas Atoll</a> in the Atlantic Ocean, 260 km Northeast of <a href="/wiki/Natal,_Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Natal, Rio Grande do Norte">Natal</a>, also belongs to the state of Rio Grande do Norte. It is contained in the fully protected <a href="/wiki/Atol_das_Rocas_Biological_Reserve" title="Atol das Rocas Biological Reserve">Atol das Rocas Biological Reserve</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rio_Grande_do_Norte&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information (in Portuguese): <a href="/wiki/History_of_Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="History of Rio Grande do Norte">History of Rio Grande do Norte</a></div> <p>The first European to reach the region may have been the <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spaniard</a> <a href="/wiki/Alonso_de_Ojeda" title="Alonso de Ojeda">Alonso de Ojeda</a> in 1499. The northeastern tip of South America, <a href="/wiki/Cape_S%C3%A3o_Roque" title="Cape São Roque">Cape São Roque</a>, 20 miles (32 km) to the north of Natal, was first officially visited by European navigators in 1501, in the 1501–1502 Portuguese expedition led by <a href="/wiki/Amerigo_Vespucci" title="Amerigo Vespucci">Amerigo Vespucci</a>, who named the spot after the <a href="/wiki/Saint_Roch" title="Saint Roch">saint of the day</a>. The Vespucci expedition also named the <a href="/wiki/Potenji_River" title="Potenji River">Potengi</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tupi_language" title="Tupi language">Tupi</a> for "River of Shrimps") river, whose considerably large mouth contrasted with the nearby bodies of water, "Rio Grande" (Portuguese for "Great River"), after which the <a href="/wiki/Captaincy_of_Rio_Grande" title="Captaincy of Rio Grande">Captaincy</a>, Province, and State were named. For decades thereafter, no permanent European settlement was established in the area, inhabited by the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Potiguar_(tribe)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Potiguar (tribe) (page does not exist)">Potiguar</a> tribe. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Natal-Coluna-Capitolina.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Natal-Coluna-Capitolina.jpg/220px-Natal-Coluna-Capitolina.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Natal-Coluna-Capitolina.jpg/330px-Natal-Coluna-Capitolina.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Natal-Coluna-Capitolina.jpg/440px-Natal-Coluna-Capitolina.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1600" /></a><figcaption>Column Capitolina was donated to the state by Mussolini.</figcaption></figure> <p>In the 16th century (between 1535 and 1598), it was explored by French pirates in search for <a href="/wiki/Brazilwood" class="mw-redirect" title="Brazilwood">brazilwood</a>. In 1598, the <a href="/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal">Portuguese</a> built the <i>Forte dos Reis Magos</i> and, in the following year, founded the city of <a href="/wiki/Natal,_Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Natal, Rio Grande do Norte">Natal</a>. Raising cattle and sugarcane plantation lifted the local development and economy.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1633, the area became a battleground between the expansionist Portuguese, seeking to take more land for their Brazilian territories, and the Dutch, who gained a foothold in South America. </p><p>After a short period of peace and prosperity in <a href="/wiki/Olinda" title="Olinda">Olinda</a> and <a href="/wiki/Recife" title="Recife">Recife</a>, the sugar prices went down in the market of Amsterdam and the region entered into a serious economic crisis. The economic problems led the Portuguese settlers and native Brazilians to revolt against the Dutch in what is known today as the massacres of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Cunha%C3%BA&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cunhaú (page does not exist)">Cunhaú</a> and <a href="/wiki/Urua%C3%A7u" title="Uruaçu">Uruaçu</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rampa-Natal.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Rampa-Natal.jpg/220px-Rampa-Natal.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Rampa-Natal.jpg/330px-Rampa-Natal.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Rampa-Natal.jpg/440px-Rampa-Natal.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Rampa,_Natal" title="Rampa, Natal">Rampa</a>, one of the American air bases used during World War II.</figcaption></figure> <p>The religious confrontations (the Portuguese-Brazilian Catholicism and the Dutch <a href="/wiki/Calvinism" class="mw-redirect" title="Calvinism">Calvinism</a>), Portugal's restoration of the throne in 1640 and the reconquest of <a href="/wiki/Maranh%C3%A3o" title="Maranhão">Maranhão</a> in 1643, lead the Portuguese-Brazilians to undertake the 1645 uprising, led by <a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Vidal_de_Negreiros" title="André Vidal de Negreiros">André Vidal de Negreiros</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Jo%C3%A3o_Fernandes_Vieira&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="João Fernandes Vieira (page does not exist)">João Fernandes Vieira</a>. The governor of <a href="/wiki/Bahia" title="Bahia">Bahia</a> promised new Portuguese troops, but most of the rebels were Africans and Amerindians. In 1654, the Dutch were finally cast out. </p><p>During World War II, Rio Grande do Norte was used as an <a href="/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II" title="Allies of World War II">Allied</a> airbase from which to launch <a href="/wiki/Airstrike" title="Airstrike">air raids</a> on German-occupied North Africa. </p><p>In 1964, Latin America's first <a href="/wiki/Space_exploration" title="Space exploration">space launch</a> site was constructed in Rio Grande do Norte; <i><a href="/wiki/Barrier_of_Hell_Launch_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Barrier of Hell Launch Center">Barreira do Inferno</a></i> (Hell's Barrier), which was often referred to as the "Brazilian <a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a>". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rio_Grande_do_Norte&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Largest_cities_of_northeastern_Brazil" class="mw-redirect" title="Largest cities of northeastern Brazil">Largest cities of northeastern Brazil</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Natal,_capital_do_Rio_Grande_do_Norte,_Brasil.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Natal%2C_capital_do_Rio_Grande_do_Norte%2C_Brasil.jpg/220px-Natal%2C_capital_do_Rio_Grande_do_Norte%2C_Brasil.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Natal%2C_capital_do_Rio_Grande_do_Norte%2C_Brasil.jpg/330px-Natal%2C_capital_do_Rio_Grande_do_Norte%2C_Brasil.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Natal%2C_capital_do_Rio_Grande_do_Norte%2C_Brasil.jpg/440px-Natal%2C_capital_do_Rio_Grande_do_Norte%2C_Brasil.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5226" data-file-height="3508" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Natal,_Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Natal, Rio Grande do Norte">Natal</a>, the capital of the state.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Brazilian_Institute_of_Geography_and_Statistics" title="Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics">Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics</a> estimates that the population of Rio Grande do Norte was 3,568,765 on 1 December 2021, a 14.76% increase since the 2000 census. As of the <a href="/wiki/2022_Brazilian_census" title="2022 Brazilian census">2022 census</a>, multiracial people make up 50.9% of the total population. The second largest group composed by white people was 39.5% of the total population, followed by black people (9.2%), indigenous people 0.3% and Asian people (0.2%).<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>77,916 Migrants arrived in the state between 2000 and 2010, while 71,287 people left the state between 2000 and 2010. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Largest_cities">Largest cities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rio_Grande_do_Norte&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Largest cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1219497266">.mw-parser-output .largestCities-table-background{background:#f9f9f9;color:#222}.mw-parser-output .largestCities-cell-background{background:#f0f0f0;color:#222}</style> <div> <table style="font-size:88%;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 100%; border: 1px solid darkgray;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="10" style="padding:0.3em 0.75em;"><div style="float:right; width:6em; height:2.6em"> </div><div style="float:left; width:6em; height:2.6em"> </div> <div style="height:2.6em;line-height:1.3em;"><span style="font-size:110%;">Largest cities or towns in Rio Grande do Norte</span><br /><div style="display:inline;font-weight:normal;">(2021 census by the <a href="/wiki/Brazilian_Institute_of_Geography_and_Statistics" title="Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics">Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-IBGE_Pop_2021_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IBGE_Pop_2021-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></div> </th></tr> <tr> <th></th> <th>Rank </th> <th> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Mesoregion_(Brazil)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mesoregion (Brazil)">Mesoregion</a> </th> <th>Pop. </th> <th>Rank </th> <th> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Mesoregion_(Brazil)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mesoregion (Brazil)">Mesoregion</a> </th> <th>Pop.</th> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="11" style="text-align: center"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Natal_aerial_view.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Natal"><img alt="Natal" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Natal_aerial_view.jpg/120px-Natal_aerial_view.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Natal_aerial_view.jpg/180px-Natal_aerial_view.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Natal_aerial_view.jpg/240px-Natal_aerial_view.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3516" data-file-height="2633" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Natal,_Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Natal, Rio Grande do Norte">Natal</a><br /><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vista_parcial_de_Mossor%C3%B3_(RN).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mossoró"><img alt="Mossoró" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Vista_parcial_de_Mossor%C3%B3_%28RN%29.jpg/120px-Vista_parcial_de_Mossor%C3%B3_%28RN%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="72" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Vista_parcial_de_Mossor%C3%B3_%28RN%29.jpg/180px-Vista_parcial_de_Mossor%C3%B3_%28RN%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Vista_parcial_de_Mossor%C3%B3_%28RN%29.jpg/240px-Vista_parcial_de_Mossor%C3%B3_%28RN%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="2400" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Mossor%C3%B3" title="Mossoró">Mossoró</a> </td> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">1</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Natal,_Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Natal, Rio Grande do Norte">Natal</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Microrregi%C3%A3o_de_Natal&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Microrregião de Natal (page does not exist)">Natal</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">897,780</td> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">11</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Santa_Cruz,_Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Santa Cruz, Rio Grande do Norte">Santa Cruz</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Microrregi%C3%A3o_da_Borborema_Potiguar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Microrregião da Borborema Potiguar (page does not exist)">Borborema Potiguar</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">36,143 </td> <td rowspan="11" style="text-align: center"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nova_Parnamirim.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Parnamirim"><img alt="Parnamirim" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Nova_Parnamirim.jpg/120px-Nova_Parnamirim.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Nova_Parnamirim.jpg/180px-Nova_Parnamirim.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Nova_Parnamirim.jpg/240px-Nova_Parnamirim.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Parnamirim,_Rio_Grande_do_Norte" class="mw-redirect" title="Parnamirim, Rio Grande do Norte">Parnamirim</a><br /><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Aeroporto_de_SGA,_RN.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="São Gonçalo do Amarante"><img alt="São Gonçalo do Amarante" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Aeroporto_de_SGA%2C_RN.jpg/120px-Aeroporto_de_SGA%2C_RN.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Aeroporto_de_SGA%2C_RN.jpg/180px-Aeroporto_de_SGA%2C_RN.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Aeroporto_de_SGA%2C_RN.jpg/240px-Aeroporto_de_SGA%2C_RN.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Gon%C3%A7alo_do_Amarante,_Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="São Gonçalo do Amarante, Rio Grande do Norte">São Gonçalo do Amarante</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">2</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Mossor%C3%B3" title="Mossoró">Mossoró</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Microrregi%C3%A3o_de_Mossor%C3%B3&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Microrregião de Mossoró (page does not exist)">Mossoró</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">263,344</td> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">12</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Nova_Cruz,_Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Nova Cruz, Rio Grande do Norte">Nova Cruz</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Microrregi%C3%A3o_do_Agreste_Potiguar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Microrregião do Agreste Potiguar (page does not exist)">Agreste Potiguar</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">35,617 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">3</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Parnamirim,_Rio_Grande_do_Norte" class="mw-redirect" title="Parnamirim, Rio Grande do Norte">Parnamirim</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Microrregi%C3%A3o_de_Natal&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Microrregião de Natal (page does not exist)">Natal</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">208,425</td> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">13</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Apodi,_Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Apodi, Rio Grande do Norte">Apodi, Rio Grande do Norte</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Microrregi%C3%A3o_da_Chapada_do_Apodi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Microrregião da Chapada do Apodi (page does not exist)">Chapada do Apodi</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">34,808 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">4</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Gon%C3%A7alo_do_Amarante,_Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="São Gonçalo do Amarante, Rio Grande do Norte">São Gonçalo do Amarante</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Microrregi%C3%A3o_de_Maca%C3%ADba&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Microrregião de Macaíba (page does not exist)">Macaíba</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">89,044</td> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">14</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_C%C3%A2mara,_Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="João Câmara, Rio Grande do Norte">João Câmara</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Microrregi%C3%A3o_da_Baixa_Verde&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Microrregião da Baixa Verde (page does not exist)">Baixa Verde</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">32,456 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">5</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Maca%C3%ADba" title="Macaíba">Macaíba</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Microrregi%C3%A3o_de_Maca%C3%ADba&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Microrregião de Macaíba (page does not exist)">Macaíba</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">70,586</td> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">15</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Touros" title="Touros">Touros</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Microrregi%C3%A3o_do_Litoral_Nordeste&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Microrregião do Litoral Nordeste (page does not exist)">Litoral Nordeste</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">31,335 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">6</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Cear%C3%A1-Mirim" title="Ceará-Mirim">Ceará-Mirim</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Microrregi%C3%A3o_de_Maca%C3%ADba&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Microrregião de Macaíba (page does not exist)">Macaíba</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">68,580</td> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">16</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Canguaretama" title="Canguaretama">Canguaretama</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Microrregi%C3%A3o_do_Litoral_Sul_(Rio_Grande_do_Norte)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Microrregião do Litoral Sul (Rio Grande do Norte) (page does not exist)">Litoral Sul</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">31,216 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">7</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Caic%C3%B3" title="Caicó">Caicó</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Microrregi%C3%A3o_do_Serid%C3%B3_Ocidental&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Microrregião do Seridó Ocidental (page does not exist)">Seridó Ocidental</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">63,147</td> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">17</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Macau,_Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Macau, Rio Grande do Norte">Macau</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Microrregi%C3%A3o_de_Macau&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Microrregião de Macau (page does not exist)">Macau</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">29,204 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">8</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/A%C3%A7u" class="mw-redirect" title="Açu">Açu</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Microrregi%C3%A3o_do_Vale_do_A%C3%A7u&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Microrregião do Vale do Açu (page does not exist)">Vale do Açu</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">53,636</td> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">18</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Pau_dos_Ferros" title="Pau dos Ferros">Pau dos Ferros</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Microrregi%C3%A3o_de_Pau_dos_Ferros&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Microrregião de Pau dos Ferros (page does not exist)">Pau dos Ferros</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">27,974 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">9</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Currais_Novos" title="Currais Novos">Currais Novos</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Microrregi%C3%A3o_do_Serid%C3%B3_Oriental&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Microrregião do Seridó Oriental (page does not exist)">Seridó Oriental</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">42,795</td> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">19</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Areia_Branca,_Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Areia Branca, Rio Grande do Norte">Areia Branca</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Microrregi%C3%A3o_de_Mossor%C3%B3&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Microrregião de Mossoró (page does not exist)">Mossoró</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">25,529 </td></tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">10</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Jos%C3%A9_de_Mipibu" title="São José de Mipibu">São José de Mipibu</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Microrregi%C3%A3o_de_Maca%C3%ADba&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Microrregião de Macaíba (page does not exist)">Macaíba</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">40,149</td> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">20</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Extremoz" title="Extremoz">Extremoz</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Microrregi%C3%A3o_de_Natal&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Microrregião de Natal (page does not exist)">Natal</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">24,953 </td></tr> </tbody></table></div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236656977">.mw-parser-output .abbr-header{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-bottom:none;background-color:lavender}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-top:none;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:5px}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border-top:1px #a2a9b1 solid!important}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:none}}</style><table class="table-pale" style="width:15em;border-top-width:0;border-spacing: 0;float:right;clear:right;margin:0.5em 0 1em 0.5em;"><caption class="caption-purple" style="padding:0.25em;font-weight:bold">Historical population</caption><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Percent change" class="abbr-header">±%</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1872</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">233,979</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—    </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1890</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">268,273</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+14.7%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1900</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">274,317</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.3%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1920</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">537,135</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+95.8%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1940</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">768,018</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+43.0%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1950</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">967,921</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+26.0%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1960</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,157,258</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+19.6%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1970</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,611,606</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+39.3%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1980</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,933,126</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+20.0%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1991</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">2,414,121</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+24.9%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2000</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">2,777,509</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+15.1%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2010</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">3,168,027</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+14.1%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2022</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">3,302,729</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+4.3%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);font-size:85%;text-align:left">Source:<sup id="cite_ref-census2022_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census2022-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Education">Education</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rio_Grande_do_Norte&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Escola-de-M%C3%BAsica-UFRN.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Escola-de-M%C3%BAsica-UFRN.jpg/220px-Escola-de-M%C3%BAsica-UFRN.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Escola-de-M%C3%BAsica-UFRN.jpg/330px-Escola-de-M%C3%BAsica-UFRN.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Escola-de-M%C3%BAsica-UFRN.jpg/440px-Escola-de-M%C3%BAsica-UFRN.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Federal_University_of_Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte">Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte</a> in Natal, considered one of the best in the country.</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_language" title="Portuguese language">Portuguese</a> is the official national language, and thus the primary language taught in schools, but English and Spanish are part of the official high school curriculum. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Educational_institutions">Educational institutions</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rio_Grande_do_Norte&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Educational institutions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN) (Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte);</li> <li>Universidade Estadual do Rio Grande do Norte (UERN) (State University of Rio Grande do Norte);</li> <li>Universidade Potiguar (UnP) (Potiguar University);</li> <li>Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido (Ufersa) (Rural Federal University of Semi-Arid);</li> <li>Instituto Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (IFRN) (Federal Institute of Rio Grande do Norte);</li> <li>and many others.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rio_Grande_do_Norte&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Service_sector" class="mw-redirect" title="Service sector">service sector</a> is the largest component of GDP at 65.2%, followed by the <a href="/wiki/Industrial_sector" class="mw-redirect" title="Industrial sector">industrial sector</a> at 30.2%. Agriculture represents 4.6% of GDP (2021). Rio Grande do Norte exports: fish and <a href="/wiki/Crustacean" title="Crustacean">crustacean</a> 30.5%, fruits 19.3%, <a href="/wiki/Woven" class="mw-redirect" title="Woven">woven</a> of cotton 12.3%, petroleum 10.8%, <a href="/wiki/Cashew" title="Cashew">cashew</a> 8.5%, sugar 5.3%, chocolate 3.9%, <a href="/wiki/Sea_salt" title="Sea salt">sea salt</a> 3.7% (2002). </p><p>Share of the Brazilian economy: 1.9% (2021). </p><p>Historically, Rio Grande do Norte has relied upon sugar and cattle for its livelihood. However, since the 1980s, the state government has realised that tourism is a lucrative industry, and more money is being poured into the construction of tourist resorts, and restoring colonial buildings in major cities. </p><p>Fruit is also grown in Rio Grande do Norte, with the state supplying 70% of Brazil's melons, and the state is famed for its <a href="/wiki/Mango" title="Mango">mango</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cashew" title="Cashew">cashew</a> fields. The world's largest cashew tree is located in the state; it has a <a href="/wiki/Circumference" title="Circumference">circumference</a> of 500 metres and occupies an area of 7,300 cm<sup>2</sup>, making it 70 times the size of average cashew trees. Rio Grande do Norte is also one of three Brazilian states that together produce the world's entire supply of <a href="/wiki/Carnauba" class="mw-redirect" title="Carnauba">carnauba</a> wax. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Infrastructure">Infrastructure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rio_Grande_do_Norte&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Infrastructure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to research by Fundação Dom Cabral, Rio Grande do Norte is the state with the second-best infrastructure in the Northeast Region and ninth in the country.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Natal_airport.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Natal_airport.jpg/220px-Natal_airport.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Natal_airport.jpg/330px-Natal_airport.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Natal_airport.jpg/440px-Natal_airport.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5472" data-file-height="3648" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Greater_Natal_International_Airport" title="Greater Natal International Airport">Greater Natal International Airport</a>.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="International_Airport">International Airport</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rio_Grande_do_Norte&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: International Airport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Augusto_Severo_International_Airport" title="Augusto Severo International Airport">Augusto Severo Airport</a> has ceased to be <a href="/wiki/Greater_Natal_International_Airport" title="Greater Natal International Airport">Greater Natal International Airport</a> since summer 2014. The new airport, situated outside the city,<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Wikipedia_and_sources_that_mirror_or_use_it" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="This claim cites another Wikipedia article. Articles need references to reliable third-party sources. (September 2015)">circular reference</span></a></i>]</sup> is in São Gonçalo do Amarante. Located virtually at sea level (169 ft), with favorable weather and geographic conditions, <a href="/wiki/Augusto_Severo_International_Airport" title="Augusto Severo International Airport">Augusto Severo International Airport</a> in Parnamirim is 18 kilometers from Natal (RN). It takes its name from Augusto Severo de Albuquerque Maranhão, a native son of that state who died in an accident in France in 1902. The airport has a total area of 11.3 thousand square meters and capacity for 1.2 million passengers a year. The installations and passenger terminals are air conditioned with equipment that can put out 630 tons of cooled air. With an area of 5.5 million square meters, the airport complex operates with 16,482 square meters of passenger and cargo terminals and administrative and maintenance installations. There are 6,224 meters of runways and 61.5 square meters of apron space, providing connections from the greater <a href="/wiki/Natal,_Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Natal, Rio Grande do Norte">Natal</a> region to the main centers of the world. The airport is the only one in the Northeast Region to receive charter flights from <a href="/wiki/Scandinavia" title="Scandinavia">Scandinavia</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Highways">Highways</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rio_Grande_do_Norte&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Highways"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BR-304_e_RN-013,_Mossor%C3%B3_-_RN.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/BR-304_e_RN-013%2C_Mossor%C3%B3_-_RN.JPG/220px-BR-304_e_RN-013%2C_Mossor%C3%B3_-_RN.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="109" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/BR-304_e_RN-013%2C_Mossor%C3%B3_-_RN.JPG/330px-BR-304_e_RN-013%2C_Mossor%C3%B3_-_RN.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/BR-304_e_RN-013%2C_Mossor%C3%B3_-_RN.JPG/440px-BR-304_e_RN-013%2C_Mossor%C3%B3_-_RN.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3951" data-file-height="1953" /></a><figcaption>BR-304 highway.</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BR-101" class="mw-redirect" title="BR-101">BR-101</a>;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/BR-104" class="mw-redirect" title="BR-104">BR-104</a>;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/BR-110" class="mw-redirect" title="BR-110">BR-110</a>;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/BR-226" class="mw-redirect" title="BR-226">BR-226</a>;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/BR-304" class="mw-redirect" title="BR-304">BR-304</a>;</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=BR-405&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="BR-405 (page does not exist)">BR-405</a>;</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=BR-406&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="BR-406 (page does not exist)">BR-406</a>;</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=BR-427&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="BR-427 (page does not exist)">BR-427</a>;</li> <li>RN-117;</li> <li>RN-401.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Port">Port</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rio_Grande_do_Norte&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Port"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Porto_de_Natal_a%C3%A9rea.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Porto_de_Natal_a%C3%A9rea.jpg/220px-Porto_de_Natal_a%C3%A9rea.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Porto_de_Natal_a%C3%A9rea.jpg/330px-Porto_de_Natal_a%C3%A9rea.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Porto_de_Natal_a%C3%A9rea.jpg/440px-Porto_de_Natal_a%C3%A9rea.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="2667" /></a><figcaption>Entrance of the Port of Natal</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Port of Natal</b> is specialized in cold storage cargo such as fruit, fish and <a href="/wiki/Shrimp" title="Shrimp">shrimp</a>, among others. It has its own customs facilities and is connected to Europe by direct navigation lines, mainly to the ports of <a href="/wiki/Vigo" title="Vigo">Vigo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rotterdam" title="Rotterdam">Rotterdam</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sheerness" title="Sheerness">Sheerness</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rio_Grande_do_Norte&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Saint_John's_Day"><span id="Saint_John.27s_Day"></span>Saint John's Day</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rio_Grande_do_Norte&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Saint John's Day"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Natal,_Rio_Grande_do_Norte#Culture_and_recreation" title="Natal, Rio Grande do Norte">Natal, Rio Grande do Norte § Culture and recreation</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Festa_Junina" title="Festa Junina">Festa Junina</a> was introduced to Northeastern <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal">Portuguese</a> for whom St John's day (also celebrated as <a href="/wiki/Midsummer" title="Midsummer">Midsummer</a> Day in several European countries), on 24 June, is one of the oldest and most popular celebrations of the year. Differently, of course, from what happens on the European <a href="/wiki/Midsummer" title="Midsummer">Midsummer</a> Day, the festivities in Brazil do not take place during the <a href="/wiki/Summer_solstice" title="Summer solstice">summer solstice</a> but during the tropical <a href="/wiki/Winter_solstice" title="Winter solstice">winter solstice</a>. The festivities traditionally begin after 12 June, on the eve of St Anthony's day, and last until the 29th, which is Saint Peter's day. During these fifteen days, there are <a href="/wiki/Bonfires" class="mw-redirect" title="Bonfires">bonfires</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fireworks" title="Fireworks">fireworks</a>, and folk dancing in the streets. Once exclusively a rural festival, today in Brazil it is largely an urban festival during which people joyfully and theatrically mimic peasant stereotypes and clichés in a spirit of jokes and good times. Typical refreshments and dishes are served. Similar to during Carnival, these festivities involve costume-wearing (in this case, peasant costumes), dancing, heavy drinking, and visual spectacles (fireworks display and folk dancing). Like what happens on <a href="/wiki/Midsummer" title="Midsummer">Midsummer</a> and St John's Day in Europe, <a href="/wiki/Bonfires" class="mw-redirect" title="Bonfires">bonfires</a> are a central part of these festivities in Brazil. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports">Sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rio_Grande_do_Norte&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Arena_das_Dunas_(indoors)_-_panoramio.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Arena_das_Dunas_%28indoors%29_-_panoramio.jpg/220px-Arena_das_Dunas_%28indoors%29_-_panoramio.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Arena_das_Dunas_%28indoors%29_-_panoramio.jpg/330px-Arena_das_Dunas_%28indoors%29_-_panoramio.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Arena_das_Dunas_%28indoors%29_-_panoramio.jpg/440px-Arena_das_Dunas_%28indoors%29_-_panoramio.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2912" data-file-height="1874" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Arena_das_Dunas" title="Arena das Dunas">Arena das Dunas</a> in <a href="/wiki/Natal,_Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Natal, Rio Grande do Norte">Natal</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Natal,_Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Natal, Rio Grande do Norte">Natal</a>, the capital of the state, was one of 12 cities to host games of the <a href="/wiki/2014_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2014 FIFA World Cup">2014 FIFA World Cup</a> held in <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a>. </p><p>The three main football clubs in Natal are <a href="/wiki/ABC_Futebol_Clube" title="ABC Futebol Clube">ABC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alecrim_Futebol_Clube" title="Alecrim Futebol Clube">Alecrim</a> and <a href="/wiki/Am%C3%A9rica_Futebol_Clube_(RN)" title="América Futebol Clube (RN)">América</a> Futebol Clube. ABC and America are the biggest rivals, and their match is often referred as <a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cl%C3%A1ssico_Rei" class="extiw" title="pt:Clássico Rei">Clássico Rei</a> (King Classic). </p><p>The state is one of the <a href="/wiki/Member_states_of_the_World_Sports_Alliance" title="Member states of the World Sports Alliance">member states of the World Sports Alliance</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Flag">Flag</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rio_Grande_do_Norte&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Flag"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Rio_Grande_do_Norte_state_symbols" title="List of Rio Grande do Norte state symbols">List of Rio Grande do Norte state symbols</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Flag of Rio Grande do Norte">flag of Rio Grande do Norte</a> was adopted on 3 December 1957. It is based on a design by <a href="/wiki/Lu%C3%ADs_da_C%C3%A2mara_Cascudo" class="mw-redirect" title="Luís da Câmara Cascudo">Luís da Câmara Cascudo</a>. In the middle of the flag is the coat of arms of the state, which was adopted on 1 July 1909. It shows a sailing boat at the coast in the middle, representing the fishing and salt industries. Above it is a bar which shows two flowers on the sides and two cotton bolls in the center. To the sides of the shield are a <a href="/wiki/Coconut" title="Coconut">coconut</a> palm to the right and a carnauba palm to the left, connected by two branches of <a href="/wiki/Sugar_cane" class="mw-redirect" title="Sugar cane">sugar cane</a>. The star above represents the state as part of Brazil. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rio_Grande_do_Norte&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="List of governors of Rio Grande do Norte">List of governors of Rio Grande do Norte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="List of municipalities in Rio Grande do Norte">List of municipalities in Rio Grande do Norte</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rio_Grande_do_Norte&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bom_Jesus,_Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Bom Jesus, Rio Grande do Norte">Bom Jesus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brejinho,_Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Brejinho, Rio Grande do Norte">Brejinho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ielmo_Marinho" title="Ielmo Marinho">Ielmo Marinho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boa_Sa%C3%BAde" title="Boa Saúde">Boa Saúde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lagoa_d%27Anta" title="Lagoa d'Anta">Lagoa d'Anta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lagoa_de_Pedras" title="Lagoa de Pedras">Lagoa de Pedras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lagoa_Salgada" title="Lagoa Salgada">Lagoa Salgada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monte_Alegre,_Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Monte Alegre, Rio Grande do Norte">Monte Alegre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nova_Cruz,_Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Nova Cruz, Rio Grande do Norte">Nova Cruz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Passa_e_Fica" title="Passa e Fica">Passa e Fica</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Jundi%C3%A1,_Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Jundiá, Rio Grande do Norte">Jundiá</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V%C3%A1rzea,_Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Várzea, Rio Grande do Norte">Várzea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vera_Cruz,_Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Vera Cruz, Rio Grande do Norte">Vera Cruz</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Baixa Verde</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bento_Fernandes" title="Bento Fernandes">Bento Fernandes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janda%C3%ADra,_Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Jandaíra, Rio Grande do Norte">Jandaíra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_C%C3%A2mara,_Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="João Câmara, Rio Grande do Norte">João Câmara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parazinho" title="Parazinho">Parazinho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Po%C3%A7o_Branco" title="Poço Branco">Poço Branco</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Borborema Potiguar</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barcelona,_Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Barcelona, Rio Grande do Norte">Barcelona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Campo_Redondo,_Rio_Grande_do_Norte" class="mw-redirect" title="Campo Redondo, Rio Grande do Norte">Campo Redondo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coronel_Ezequiel" title="Coronel Ezequiel">Coronel Ezequiel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ja%C3%A7an%C3%A3,_Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Jaçanã, Rio Grande do Norte">Jaçanã</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japi" title="Japi">Japi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lagoa_de_Velhos" title="Lagoa de Velhos">Lagoa de Velhos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lajes_Pintadas" title="Lajes Pintadas">Lajes Pintadas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monte_das_Gameleiras" title="Monte das Gameleiras">Monte das Gameleiras</a></li> <li><a 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Angicos</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Afonso_Bezerra" title="Afonso Bezerra">Afonso Bezerra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angicos" title="Angicos">Angicos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cai%C3%A7ara_do_Rio_do_Vento" title="Caiçara do Rio do Vento">Caiçara do Rio do Vento</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fernando_Pedroza,_Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Fernando Pedroza, Rio Grande do Norte">Fernando Pedroza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jardim_de_Angicos" title="Jardim de Angicos">Jardim de Angicos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lajes,_Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Lajes, Rio Grande do Norte">Lajes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pedra_Preta,_Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Pedra Preta, Rio Grande do Norte">Pedra Preta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pedro_Avelino" title="Pedro Avelino">Pedro Avelino</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Macau</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Bento_do_Norte" title="São Bento do Norte">São Bento do Norte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galinhos" title="Galinhos">Galinhos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guamar%C3%A9" title="Guamaré">Guamaré</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macau,_Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Macau, Rio Grande do Norte">Macau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cai%C3%A7ara_do_Norte" title="Caiçara do Norte">Caiçara do Norte</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Seridó Ocidental</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Caic%C3%B3" title="Caicó">Caicó</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ipueira" title="Ipueira">Ipueira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jardim_de_Piranhas" title="Jardim de Piranhas">Jardim de Piranhas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Fernando" title="São Fernando">São Fernando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Jo%C3%A3o_do_Sabugi" title="São João do Sabugi">São João do Sabugi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serra_Negra_do_Norte" title="Serra Negra do Norte">Serra Negra do Norte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timba%C3%BAba_dos_Batistas" title="Timbaúba dos Batistas">Timbaúba dos Batistas</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Seridó Oriental</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Acari,_Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Acari, Rio Grande do Norte">Acari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carna%C3%BAba_dos_Dantas" title="Carnaúba dos Dantas">Carnaúba dos Dantas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cruzeta" title="Cruzeta">Cruzeta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Currais_Novos" title="Currais Novos">Currais Novos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Equador,_Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Equador, Rio Grande do Norte">Equador</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jardim_do_Serid%C3%B3" title="Jardim do Seridó">Jardim do Seridó</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ouro_Branco,_Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Ouro Branco, Rio Grande do Norte">Ouro Branco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parelhas" title="Parelhas">Parelhas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santana_do_Serid%C3%B3" title="Santana do Seridó">Santana do Seridó</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Jos%C3%A9_do_Serid%C3%B3" title="São José do Seridó">São José do Seridó</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Serra de Santana</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bod%C3%B3" title="Bodó">Bodó</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cerro_Cor%C3%A1,_Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Cerro Corá, Rio Grande do Norte">Cerro Corá</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flor%C3%A2nia" title="Florânia">Florânia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lagoa_Nova" title="Lagoa Nova">Lagoa Nova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santana_do_Matos" title="Santana do Matos">Santana do Matos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Vicente,_Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="São Vicente, Rio Grande do Norte">São Vicente</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tenente_Laurentino_Cruz" title="Tenente Laurentino Cruz">Tenente Laurentino Cruz</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Mesoregion <br /> Leste Potiguar</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Litoral Nordeste</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Maxaranguape" title="Maxaranguape">Maxaranguape</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pedra_Grande,_Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Pedra Grande, Rio Grande do Norte">Pedra Grande</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pureza,_Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Pureza, Rio Grande do Norte">Pureza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rio_do_Fogo" title="Rio do Fogo">Rio do Fogo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Miguel_do_Gostoso" title="São Miguel do Gostoso">São Miguel do Gostoso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taipu,_Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Taipu, Rio Grande do Norte">Taipu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Touros" title="Touros">Touros</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Litoral Sul</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ar%C3%AAs,_Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Arês, Rio Grande do Norte">Arês</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ba%C3%ADa_Formosa" title="Baía Formosa">Baía Formosa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canguaretama" title="Canguaretama">Canguaretama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Esp%C3%ADrito_Santo,_Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Espírito Santo, Rio Grande do Norte">Espírito Santo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goianinha" title="Goianinha">Goianinha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montanhas" title="Montanhas">Montanhas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pedro_Velho" title="Pedro Velho">Pedro Velho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senador_Georgino_Avelino" title="Senador Georgino Avelino">Senador Georgino Avelino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tibau_do_Sul" title="Tibau do Sul">Tibau do Sul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vila_Flor,_Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Vila Flor, Rio Grande do Norte">Vila Flor</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Macaíba</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cear%C3%A1-Mirim" title="Ceará-Mirim">Ceará-Mirim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maca%C3%ADba" title="Macaíba">Macaíba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N%C3%ADsia_Floresta,_Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Nísia Floresta, Rio Grande do Norte">Nísia Floresta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Gon%C3%A7alo_do_Amarante,_Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="São Gonçalo do Amarante, Rio Grande do Norte">São Gonçalo do Amarante</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Jos%C3%A9_de_Mipibu" title="São José de Mipibu">São José de Mipibu</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Natal</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Extremoz" title="Extremoz">Extremoz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Natal,_Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Natal, Rio Grande do Norte">Natal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parnamirim" title="Parnamirim">Parnamirim</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Mesoregion <br /> Oeste Potiguar</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Chapada do Apodi</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Apodi,_Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Apodi, Rio Grande do Norte">Apodi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cara%C3%BAbas,_Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Caraúbas, Rio Grande do Norte">Caraúbas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Felipe_Guerra" title="Felipe Guerra">Felipe Guerra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governador_Dix-Sept_Rosado" title="Governador Dix-Sept Rosado">Governador Dix-Sept Rosado</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Medio Oeste</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Campo_Grande,_Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Campo Grande, Rio Grande do Norte">Campo Grande</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jandu%C3%ADs" title="Janduís">Janduís</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messias_Targino" title="Messias Targino">Messias Targino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Para%C3%BA" title="Paraú">Paraú</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Triunfo_Potiguar" title="Triunfo Potiguar">Triunfo Potiguar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upanema" title="Upanema">Upanema</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Mossoró</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Areia_Branca,_Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Areia Branca, Rio Grande do Norte">Areia Branca</a></li> <li><a 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title="Marcelino Vieira">Marcelino Vieira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paran%C3%A1,_Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Paraná, Rio Grande do Norte">Paraná</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pau_dos_Ferros" title="Pau dos Ferros">Pau dos Ferros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pil%C3%B5es,_Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Pilões, Rio Grande do Norte">Pilões</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portalegre,_Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Portalegre, Rio Grande do Norte">Portalegre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rafael_Fernandes,_Rio_Grande_do_Norte" title="Rafael Fernandes, Rio Grande do Norte">Rafael Fernandes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riacho_da_Cruz" title="Riacho da Cruz">Riacho da Cruz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rodolfo_Fernandes" title="Rodolfo Fernandes">Rodolfo Fernandes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Francisco_do_Oeste" title="São Francisco do Oeste">São Francisco do Oeste</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Severiano_Melo" title="Severiano Melo">Severiano Melo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taboleiro_Grande" 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