| Brasileira | ||
|---|---|---|
| Municipality | ||
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 Location of Brasileira in Piauí | ||
| Country |  | |
| Region | Nordeste | |
| State | Piauí | |
| Mesoregion | Norte Piauiense | |
| Time zone | UTC -3 | |
Brasileira is a municipality in the state of Piauí in the Northeast region of Brazil. [1]
The Federative Republic of Brazil is a union of 27 federated units : 26 states and one federal district. The states are generally based on historical, conventional borders which have developed over time. The Federal District cannot be divided into municipalities, according to the Brazilian Constitution, the Federal District assumes the same constitutional and legal powers, attributions and obligations of the states and municipalities, instead, it is divided by administrative regions.
Piauí is one of the states of Brazil, located in the country's Northeast Region.
The Northeast Region of Brazil is one of the five official and political regions of the country according to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. For the socio-geographic area see Nordeste. Of Brazil's twenty-six states, it comprises nine: Maranhão, Piauí, Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Sergipe and Bahia, along with the Fernando de Noronha archipelago.
The municipality contains part of the 1,592,550 hectares (3,935,300 acres) Serra da Ibiapaba Environmental Protection Area, created in 1996. [2] It contains 26% of the 7,700 hectares (19,000 acres) Sete Cidades National Park, created in 1961. [3]
The Serra da Ibiapaba Environmental Protection Area is an environmental protection area in the states of Piauí and Ceará, Brazil. It contains fragments of cerrado, caatinga and Atlantic Forest, and is home to the endangered red-handed howler.
Sete Cidades National Park is a national park in the state of Piauí, Brazil.
