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The following is a list of symbols of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Norte. State symbols. Type Symbol Date Image Flag: Flag of Rio Grande do Norte:
Paraíba (/ ˌ p ær ə ˈ iː b ə / PARR-ə-EE-bə, Brazilian Portuguese: [paɾaˈibɐ] ⓘ; Tupí: pa'ra a'íba) is a state of Brazil.It is located in the Brazilian Northeast, and it is bordered by Rio Grande do Norte to the north, Ceará to the west, Pernambuco to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the east.
During World War II, Rio Grande do Norte was used as an Allied airbase from which to launch air raids on German-occupied North Africa. In 1964, Latin America's first space launch site was constructed in Rio Grande do Norte; Barreira do Inferno (Hell's Barrier), which was often referred to as the "Brazilian NASA".
Acre (Portuguese: ⓘ) is a state located in the west of the North Region of Brazil and the Amazonia Legal.Located in the westernmost part of the country, at a two-hour time difference from Brasília, Acre is bordered clockwise by the Brazilian states of Amazonas and Rondônia to the north and east, along with an international border with the Bolivian department of Pando to the southeast, and ...
On March 19, 1752, the governor designated Vila Bela da Santíssima Trindade as the capital, [12] from where he commanded the border demarcation following the Treaty of Madrid (1750). In 1753, he installed a surveillance post in the village of Santa Rosa Velha, built by the Spanish on the right bank of the Guaporé, and thus in Brazilian lands ...
In 1549, the Portuguese Crown appointed Tomé de Sousa as the first governor-general of the vast Portuguese dominion in South America, known as the State of Brazil (Estado do Brasil). In 1621, the northern part of the dominion was detached, becoming a separate entity known as the State of Maranhão. However, captaincies continued existing under ...
The history of Rio Grande do Norte begins with the settlement of the Brazilian territory, when a flood of migrations of primitive people (hunter-gatherer nomads) headed to the Andes, then to the Brazilian Plateau, to the Northeast region, until they reached the place that is now Rio Grande do Norte. Throughout history, its territory suffered ...
The flag of Rio Grande do Norte is the official flag of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Norte. It was designed by Luís da Câmara Cascudo. It is a horizontal bicolor of green and white with a ratio of 2:3. In the center it is charged with the coat of arms of Rio Grande do Norte.