<Li> Vegetation: Mainly savanna - like vegetation, including the Pantanal (Chaco, in Paraguay), flooded areas in the west, equatorial rainforests in the north . </Li> <Li> Notable characteristics: With a low population density, most of the land in the region is used for grazing instead of agriculture . The region is also the least industrialized in the country, based mainly in food & meat processing . </Li> <Ul> <Li> Area: 927,286 km2 (10.85%) </Li> <Li> Population: 80,303,750 (77.96 people / km2, 38%) </Li> <Li> GDP: R $1,629 billion / US $803 billion (2008; ~ 49%) (1st) </Li> <Li> Climate: Tropical in the northwest (warm, relatively dry in the winter and wet in the summer); Semi-arid in the north; temperate in the south </Li> <Li> States: Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo </Li> <Li> Largest cities: São Paulo (11,037,593); Rio de Janeiro (6,186,710); Belo Horizonte (2,452,617); Guarulhos (1,299,283); Campinas (1,064,669); São Gonçalo (991,382); Duque de Caxias (872,762); Nova Iguaçu (865,089); São Bernardo do Campo (810,979); Osasco (718,646); Santo André (673,396); Uberlândia (634,345); Contagem (625,393); São José dos Campos (615,871); Sorocaba (584,313); Ribeirão Preto (563,107); Juiz de Fora (526,706); Belford Roxo (501,544); Niterói (479,384); São João de Meriti (469,827); Betim (441,748); Campos dos Goytacazes (434,008). </Li> <Li> Economy: Manufacturing (machinery, electronics, automobiles and aviation), coffee, sugar cane, tourism, petroleum, textiles, energy production (not sufficient, however, to fulfill its demand .) The Southeast is the economic center of Brazil, and most large companies present in Brazil have their headquarters in this region. The economical success of this region is a combination of its 4 states . São Paulo state is the most developed in the country, it has a population density as high as European Occident, and a HDI (1) comparable to European East . Rio de Janeiro is the leader in petroleum production (with almost 3 / 4 of national production) (2). Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo are placed in the richest mining region in Brazil . </Li> <Li> Transport: The region is heavily covered by highways, and, to some extent, railways . Railways and rivers are used mainly for freight, and used where they are present . The region also contains several airport hubs which provide many domestic and international air routes . </Li> <Li> Vegetation: Mainly tropical - like semi-deciduous forests (Mata Atlântica); semi-arid in the north, with almost no vegetation; savannah - like vegetation in the west and in the northwest (Cerrado). Very little of the native vegetation still remains (~ 2%, mostly in parks .) </Li> <Li> Notable characteristics: The southeast region is the major powerhouse of the Brazilian economy, responsible as it is for 49% of the Brazilian GDP (approximately US $1024 billion in 2010). It is also the most populous region in the country, with more than 80 million people, and contains the two most important metropolitan regions (São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro), as well as many other large cities (such as Belo Horizonte, Vitória, both State capitals, Campinas and several others .) </Li> </Ul> <Li> Area: 927,286 km2 (10.85%) </Li>

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