Place:Roraima, Brazil

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Name
Roraima
Alternate names
Rio Branco     (Encyclopædia Britannica (1988) X, 177)
Type
State
Coordinates
1.0°N 61°W
Located in
Brazil     (1990 - )
Contained Places

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Inhabited place
Boa Vista ( 1850 - )
Boiaçu
Capitari
Catrimani
Conceição do Maú
Depósito
São Bento
São José de Anauá
Uraricoera
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source: Family History Library Catalog
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Roraima (pron. or ) is one of the states of Brazil, located in the northern region of the country. It borders Pará and Amazonas states, as well as Venezuela and Guyana. Roraima is both the northernmost and least populated state of Brazil.

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History

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In 1943 the Federal Government declared the area sectioned off from the state Amazonas. The territory was first named Rio Branco after the main river, in 1962 it was renamed "Roraima." In 1988 it became a state.

Name

The name of the state was taken from Monte Roraima, whose name comes from the Pemon words “roroi” (“cyan”) and “ma” (“large”).

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