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Horizonte, a major industrial and commercial city in Minas Gerais; and
Brasília, the national capital of Brazil. Each of these cities forms the core of a
larger urban area. There are six other cities in Brazil with more than a
million inhabitants: Manaus, a port on the Río Negro near its
confluence
with the Amazon; Belém, a northern port near the mouth of the Amazon;
Fortaleza and Recife, along the northeastern coast; and Curitiba and Pôrto
Alegre in the south.
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The Nossa Senhora da Sé Cathedral in Rio Branco. Brazil has many beautiful
cathedrals and churches; roughly two-thirds of the population is Roman Catholic.