Rio Grande C Norte

The Rio Grande C Norte is one of the States of the Brésil, located in the north-eastern part of the country, in edge of the American southern continent whose it constitutes the north-Eastern end.

History

The first European to reach the area was probably Spanish Alonso de Ojeda in 1499. In XVIe century (between 1535 and 1598), of the French pirates explored it in the search of Wood-Brazil. In 1598, Portuguese built the Forte back Reis Magos (Extremely of Kings Mages) then the next year they founded the town of Natal. Quickly the breeding of cattle and the cane with sugar made develop the local economy.

This caused the covetousness of the young people United Provinces (Netherlands). In 1633, the area became a battle field between the Portuguese, who sought has to increase their Brazilian possessions, and the Dutchmen, eager to establish a solid pied-à-terre in South America, which they succeeded in doing by occupying all the area (including Pernambouc, Olinda, São Luis of Maranhão).

A little later the courses of sugar dropped on the market of Amsterdam and the area underwent a serious economic crisis. This led the Portuguese colonists and the Amerindian natives to revolt against the Dutch occupants.

Religious confrontations (between Portuguese-Brazilian Catholicism and the Dutch Calvinism), the restoration of Portuguese monarchy in 1640 and the reconquest of Maranhão in 1643 started a general insurrection of Brazilian Portuguese in 1645. This one was directed by André Vidal de Negreiros and João Fernandes Vieira. The majority of the rebels were Africans and Amerindians. The governor of Bahia assisted from the insurrectionists. In 1654, the Dutchmen were finally expelled.

Flag

The flag was adopted in December 1957. In the middle of the flag one finds the weapons of the state adopted in 1909. They show a sailing boat close to the coasts and representing the traditional activities of fishing and salt. With the top, there are a bar which shows two flowers on the sides and two cotton balls in the center. At the sides of the escutcheon one sees two palm trees, a coconut on the right and a carnauba on the left, connected by two branches of cane to sugar. The star with the top represents the state as a part of Brazil.

Geography

Limited to north as in the east by the Atlantic Ocean, it is next to in the south the Paraíba and the west the Ceará. It has a surface of 53.307 km ². Its capital is Natal.

The principal cities are: Native (778.040 hab. in July 2005), Mossoró, Parnamirim, Caicó and Ceará-Mirim. The territory presents a relief moderated with more than 80% of its territory under the 300 meters of altitude.

Rios Mossoró, Apodi, Assu, Piranhas, Potengi, Trairi, Jundiaí, Jacu, Seridó E Curimataú are the principal rivers.

The climate is tropical and its economy present a beautiful expansion.

Economy

The principal product of the basement is the Pétrole (second larger producer of the country). The state produces also sea salt. In the agricultural sector let us note the Carciniculture (shellfish breeding), the Fructiculture irrigated (pineapple abacaxi, bananas, melon S and coconut (Coconut-da-baía), inter alia) and the herds. The state provides for example 70% of the Brazilian melon S, and is famous for its Manguier S and its fields of cashew nut. The largest tree with cajou in the world is in the state; it has a circumference of 500 meters and occupies (with its foliage) a surface of more than 7.000 m ², that is to say 70 times the intermediate size of the species.

Since the years 1980, the authorities of the State tried to make tourism a lucrative industry, and one invested considerably in the construction of tourist equipment, like fort fortunately in the restoration of historical buildings (colonial) in the principal cities.

External bonds

História C Rio Grande C Norte
Instituto Internacional de Neurociências de Natal

Simple: Rio Grande C Norte

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