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Detention in Brasília. Crime in Brazil involves an elevated incidence of violent and non-violent crimes. [ 1] Brazil's homicide rate was 21.26 per 100,000 inhabitants in 2021, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). [ 2] Brazil has one of the highest number of intentional homicides in the world with 57,358 in 2018.
List of cities by homicide rate. The following article is a list of cities sorted by homicide rates in the world, excluding active war zones. The homicide rate of a city is an imprecise tool for comparison, as the population within city borders may not best represent an urban or metropolitan area with varying rates in different areas.
Manaus ( Portuguese: [mɐˈnaws, ma-] ⓘ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Amazonas. It is the seventh-largest city in Brazil, with an estimated 2022 population of 2,063,689 distributed over a land area of about 11,401 km 2 (4,402 sq mi). Located at the east centre of the state, the city is the centre of the Manaus ...
The port of Manaus, the region's most populous city, at the meeting of the Rio Negro and the Amazon River, recorded 13.59 meters (44.6 ft) of water on Monday compared to 17.60 a year ago ...
Environmental issues in Brazil include deforestation, illegal wildlife trade, illegal poaching, air, land degradation, and water pollution caused by mining activities, wetland degradation, pesticide use and severe oil spills, among others. [ 1] As the home to approximately 13% of all known species, Brazil has one of the most diverse collections ...
Description. [edit] The pied tamarin's body measures 20.8–28.3 cm.; including the tailit measures 33.5–42.0 cm. The tamarin has a brown lower body and a fluffy white upper body. Their face is black and hairless, the reason for its nickname: the Brazilian bare-faced tamarin. The pied tamarin does not have nails, but instead has claws that ...
Família do Norte. The Familia do Norte ( Northern Family) is a criminal faction that occupies northern Brazil and some regions in other countries such as: Colombia, Peru and Venezuela. [1] It is considered the 3rd largest faction in Brazil, and the largest in the state of Amazonas, in addition to not having good relations with other Brazilian ...
State Rate Homicides % change Brazil 23.3: 39,519-2.4 Amapá 50.6: 218-25.0 Bahia 47.1: 5,044-5.9 Amazonas 38.8: 1,340-9.3 Alagoas 37.9: 1,107: 4.2 Pernambuco 37.8 ...