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Rio Grande do Norte is one of 27 units of Brazil. Is located in the Northeast and is limited to the north and east the Atlantic Ocean to the south and west with the Paraíba Ceará. It is divided into 167 municipalities and covers an area of 52,796.791 km ², is slightly larger than Costa Rica. Its capital is the city of Natal and is the current Governor Wilma de Faria. The State has the best Human Development Index of the region. [1] It has an estimated population of 3,013,740 inhabitants, and the most populous cities are in addition to capital, Mossoró, Parnamirim, Açu, São Gonçalo do Amarante, Ceará-Mirim, macaw and Caicos. The territory has a low relief, with more than 80% of its area is less than 300m in height. Potengi, Mossoró, Apodi, Açu, Piranhas, Trairi, Jundiaí, Jacuí, and Seridó Curimataú are the major rivers. The climate is tropical and although its economy is booming, the state still represents a GDP of less economy in relation to other Northeastern states, mainly in Brazil and has a small share of GDP in Brazil. In mining production is mainly of petroleum (the largest producer country in continental soil) and sea salt. In the agricultural sector, there is a carcinocultura the irrigated fruit trees (pineapple, banana, melon and coconut-the-Bay, among others) and traditional livestock. In industry, are relevant to textile park and the processing facilities of oil and natural gas from Petrobras in Guamaré.

For life expectancy, the State presented the second highest life expectancy in the northeast and infant mortality is in fifth place of the worst averages of infant mortality in Brazil. While the largest coastline is among the Brazilian states of Bahia, Rio Grande do Norte is the largest with projection to the Atlantic, as it lies in a region where the Brazilian coast is an acute angle, the “corner of Brazil” . It was for this reason, the Americans decided to establish an air base in the state during the Second World War. This base, which was so important to the successful landing in Normandy, was called during the “Springboard of Victory” because of the large “jump” that she provided to the front together. Tourism in the state stands out especially in coastal cities, especially in the capital, Christmas (with a major airport and good hotel infrastructure) and coastal cities such as San Miguel and the Tastee Genipabu. Source: Wikipedia