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States of Maranhão, Piauí, Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Bahia, Alagoas and Sergipe.
Vast stretches of this region, which contains nearly 30 percent of the Brazilian population, are chronically subject to drought. The area has important economic possibilities, however, including sizable oil fields, and in recent years the Federal Government (through the Superintendency for the Development of the Northeast [SUDENE]) has been giving the northeast special attention. Large resources have been allocated to its improvement with considerable success.
Pernambuco and Bahia were the first major centres of colonial Brazil and they still exert a very strong influence on Brazilian culture. Much of what is characteristically Brazilian in music, folklore, cuisine, and social habits originated in this region. The two largest cities in the northeast are Recife and Salvador.
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