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 AREA AND POPULATION

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years by the President of the Republic, palities and 3,161 parishes.

There are in Brazil 3,161 munici-

Area and Population.

Following are the census returns of 1890 and of 1900

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Population

states ^n'^'^nL sq. miles.

1890

1900

Per sq. mile 1900

Alagoas ....

22,583

511,440

642,249

28-7

Amazonas

732,439

147,915

249,756

0-3

Bahia

164,643

1,919,802

2,117,956

12-8

Ceara

40,247

805.687

849,127

21 -1

Espirito Santo.

17,312

135,997

209,783

12-1

Goyaz

288,536

227,572

255.284

0-9

Maranhao

177,561

430,854

459,508

2-8

Matto Grosso.

532,683

92,827

118,525

0-2

Minas Geraes.

221,951

3.184,099

3,594,471

16-2

Para

443,903

328,455

445,356

1-0

Parahyba

28,854

457,232

490,734

17-0

Parana

85,451

249,491

327,130

3-8

Pernambuco

49,573

1,030,224

1,178,150

23-7

Piauhy

116,523

267,609

334,328

2-9

Rio de Janeiro

26,634

876,884

926,035

34-7

Rio Grande do Norte

22,195

268,273

274,317

12-3

Rio Grande do Sul

91,333

897,455

1,149,070

12-5

Santa Catharina

28,632

283,769

320,289

11-2

Sao Paulo

112,307

1,384,753

2,282,279

20-3

Sergipe

15,093

310,926

356.264

23-6

Federal District

538

522,651

730,951

1,359-2

Aggregate.

3,218,991

14,333,915

17,318,556

5-4

In 1900 the population consisted of 8,825,636 males and 8,492,920 females.

In 1911 the population was estimated at 23,070,969, and the area 3,290,564 square miles.

The Acre Territory (not included in the census results) has an area of about 74,000 sq. miles, and a population of about 70,000. For this territory Brazil paid to Bolivia 2,000,000/. in 1902 ; the revenue from the territory in 5 years, 1903-07, amounted to 2,118,401Z. In 1909 the Territory petitioned to be received into the Brazilian Union as a State.

The next census was fixed for June 30, 1911, but owing to lack of funds it was postponed. In 1911 the population of Rio de Janeiro was- estimated at 1,128,637 ; in 1906, 811,265; Sao Paulo (1911), 450,000; of Bahia, 290,000; of Pernambuco, 150,000; Belem, 200,000 ; Porto .Megre, 100,000; Manaos, 50,000; Nictheroy, 35,000; Santos, 35,000 ; .Ceara, 33,000; Maceio, 33,000; Parahyba, 32,000: Sao Luiz, 32,000.

The number of immigrants into Brazil from 1820 to 1911 was 2,967,153, In 1911 there were 153,203 immigrants, as follows: Portuguese, 46,754; Spaniards, 27,007; Italians, 22,821; Ru.ssians (mostly Poles), 13,898; Syrians, 6,233; Gei-mans, 4,223; Austriaus, 3,327 ; French, 1,340; Swedes,

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