Nordeste (socio-geographic division)

The socio-geographic division of Nordeste (Portuguese pronunciation: [nɔʁˈdɛstʃi], Northeast) is the oldest populated by Europeans (also with the oldest fossils that suggests human presence in Brazil) and currently the second most populous area of Brazil (42,822,100 in 1990). == Area == Its area is approximately 1,542,271 km², made up of the official Northeast Region, minus the western half of Maranhão, but including the north of Minas Gerais - the Jequitinhonha Valley.

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