Roraima state

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Roraima state is Brazil’s northernmost and least populated state, located in the Amazon region and known for its vast savannas, indigenous communities, and the iconic Mount Roraima.

All labels observed (7)

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf state of Brazil ⓘ
admittedToBrazilAsState 1988 ⓘ
bordersCountry Guyana ⓘ
Venezuela ⓘ
bordersState Amazonas (Brazilian state) ⓘ
linked to: Amazonas state

Pará ⓘ
capital Boa Vista ⓘ
contains Monte Roraima National Park ⓘ
Mount Roraima ⓘ
linked to: Roraima Tepui

Raposa Serra do Sol Indigenous Territory ⓘ
Serra do Tepequém ⓘ
Virgínia Falls (Cataratas do Rio Cotingo) ⓘ
Yanomami Indigenous Territory ⓘ
country Brazil ⓘ
hasBorderType international land border with Guyana ⓘ
international land border with Venezuela ⓘ
hasClimate tropical climate ⓘ
hasDemonym roraimense ⓘ
hasEconomySector agriculture ⓘ
cattle ranching ⓘ
mining ⓘ
hasEcoregion savanna ⓘ
tropical rainforest ⓘ
hasIndigenousLanguages Macuxi ⓘ
Wapichana ⓘ
linked to: Wapixana

Yanomami ⓘ
hasISOCode BR-RR ⓘ
hasMajorRiver Branco River ⓘ
Cotingo River ⓘ
Tacutu River ⓘ
hasMunicipalitiesCountApprox 15 municipalities ⓘ
hasNotableIndigenousPeople Macuxi people ⓘ
Wapichana people ⓘ
Yanomami people ⓘ
linked to: Yanomami
hasOfficialLanguage Portuguese ⓘ
hasPopulationCharacteristic one of the lowest population densities in Brazil ⓘ
hasProtectedArea Caracaraí Ecological Station ⓘ
Roraima National Forest ⓘ
isLeastPopulatedStateOf Brazil ⓘ
isNorthernmostStateOf Brazil ⓘ
knownFor Mount Roraima plateau ⓘ
linked to: Roraima Tepui

indigenous communities ⓘ
vast savannas ⓘ
largestCity Boa Vista ⓘ
locatedIn Amazon rainforest ⓘ
locatedInRegion North Region of Brazil ⓘ
partOf Brazilian Amazon Legal Amazonia ⓘ
sharesGuianaShield Guiana Shield ⓘ
timezone UTC−04:00 ⓘ
wasFormerly Federal Territory of Rio Branco ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wapishana language → spokenIn → Roraima state ⓘ
Pará → borderedBy → Roraima ⓘ
linked to: Roraima state
Makushi language → usedIn → Roraima ⓘ
linked to: Roraima state
Boa Vista Air Base → locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → State of Roraima ⓘ
linked to: Roraima state
Roraima → previousName → Territory of Roraima ⓘ
linked to: Roraima state
Rupununi region → borderedBy → Brazilian state of Roraima ⓘ
linked to: Roraima state
Makushi → locatedIn → Roraima state ⓘ
Ye’kuana → geographicDistribution → Roraima state ⓘ
Hixkaryána → region → Roraima state (Brazil) ⓘ
linked to: Roraima state
Rio Branco → locatedIn → Roraima state territory ⓘ
linked to: Roraima state