Located on the northeastern side of Brazil and next to the Atlantic Ocean coastline, Natal resides within the state of Rio Grande do Norte, where it is both the capital city and also the biggest city Natal is now home to a population numbering more than 800,000 people, while the metropolitan area known as Greater Natal has a population of just under 13 millionIn 1964, the first space launch facility in Latin America was built in Rio Grande do Norte It was called "Barreira do Inferno" or Hell's Barrier, and sometimes referred to as the Brazilian NASA In the 1980's, a 10kilometer stretch of highway was built to connect Natal and its famous vacation spots to the outside worldSatellite view showing Natal (Portuguese for Christmas), a seaport and the capital of Rio Grande do Norte, one of the 26 Brazilian states The city is located in east Brazil at the Atlantic coast just some miles south of the northeastern tip of South America View of Ponta Negra Beach, Natal at night The story of the city begins with the
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