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Centro-Sul (, ''South-Central'') is a geographic area that encompasses the Southeastern, Southern and Central-West regions of
Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...
(see Brazil Regional Division), excluding the north of
Minas Gerais Minas Gerais () is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil, being the fourth largest state by area and the second largest in number of inhabitants with a population of 20,539,989 according to the 2022 Brazilian census, 2022 census. Located in ...
, most of
Mato Grosso Mato Grosso ( – ) is one of the states of Brazil, the List of Brazilian states by area, third largest by area, located in the Central-West Region, Brazil, Central-West region. The state has 1.66% of the Brazilian population and is responsible ...
, and parts of
Tocantins Tocantins () is one of the 26 states of Brazil. It is the newest state, formed in 1988 and encompassing what had formerly been the northern two-fifths of the state of Goiás. Tocantins covers and had an estimated population of 1,496,880 in 2014 ...
.


Demographics

About 135 million Brazilians live in this region. Most industries are concentrated in the area and are responsible for ~75% of the national
GDP Gross domestic product (GDP) is a monetary measure of the total market value of all the final goods and services produced and rendered in a specific time period by a country or countries. GDP is often used to measure the economic performance o ...
. In addition, the majority of the population is predominantly of European descent, and more than half of the population self-identifies as
White Brazilian White Brazilians ( ) refers to Brazilian citizens who are considered or self-identify as "white", typically because of European or Levantine Asian ancestry. The main ancestry of current white Brazilians is Portuguese. Historically, the Portu ...
. The region also is characterized by having a high standard of living ( HDI of ~0.787, in average), compared to the rest of the country. The ''Centro Sul'' region now has similar development to that of Uruguay and Argentina; the richest South American countries.


See also

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Brazil socio-geographic division The Brazil socio-geographic division is a slightly different division than the Regions of Brazil, Brazilian division by regions. It separates the country into three different and distinctive regions: *Amazônia Legal *Centro-Sul *Nordeste (soci ...
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Amazônia Legal Brazil's Legal Amazon (abbreviation BLA), in Portuguese Amazônia Legal (), is the largest socio-geographic division in Brazil, containing all nine states in the Amazon basin. The government designated this region in 1948 based on its studies o ...
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Nordeste The Northeast Region of Brazil ( ) is one of the five official and political regions of Brazil, regions of the country according to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. Of Brazil's twenty-six states, it comprises nine: Maranhão, ...


References

* https://exame.abril.com.br/brasil/55-das-cidades-brasileiras-tem-desenvolvimento-medio/ * http://www.atlasbrasil.org.br/2013/ * https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.POV.DDAY {{States of Brazil Demographics of Brazil South Region, Brazil Southeast Region, Brazil Central-West Region, Brazil