Editing Regions of Brazil (section)

===Central-West Region===
{{Main|Central-West Region, Brazil}}

[[File:Brazil Region CentroOeste.svg|right|200px]]

*Area: 1,612,007.2&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> (18.86%)
*Population: 16,289,538 (7.2 people/km<sup>2</sup>; 6.4%)
*GDP: [[Brazilian real|R$]]279 billion / [[United States dollar|US$]]174,3 billion (2008; 8.3%) <small> ([[Economy of Brazil|4th]])</small>
*Climate: Savanna climate (hot, with little precipitation during winter in the northeast and the east; Tropical in the east and in the west; Equatorial in the north; Some temperate climate places in the south).
*States: [[Goiás]], [[Mato Grosso]], [[Mato Grosso do Sul]], [[Federal District (Brazil)|Distrito Federal]] (Federal District).
*Largest Cities: [[Brasília]] (national capital) (2,562,963); [[Goiânia]] (1,318,148); [[Campo Grande]] (796,252); [[Cuiabá]] (556,298); [[Aparecida de Goiânia]] (442,978); [[Anápolis]] (334,613).
*Economy: [[Animal husbandry in Brazil|Livestock]],<ref name="agenciadenoticias.ibge.gov.br"/> [[Agriculture in Brazil|Soybeans, Maize, Sugarcane, Cotton, Tomato]],<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref name="Brazil's Agriculture by FAO"/> [[Mining in Brazil|Nickel, Copper, Gold]],<ref name="Brazilian Mineral Yearbook"/> tourism.<ref name="dadosefatos.turismo.gov.br"/><ref name="Industry in Brazil"/><ref name="irena.org"/>
*Transport: Highways where they are present (mostly in the center and east regions); transport by rivers is common in the north and in the east; airplanes are used in remote and smaller communities.
*Vegetation: Mainly savanna-like vegetation, including the [[Pantanal]] ([[Chaco Department|Chaco]], in [[Paraguay]]), flooded areas in the west, equatorial rainforests in the north.
*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.