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Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
is divided into several types and levels of subdivisions.
Regions
Since 1942, theBrazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics
The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics ( pt, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística; IBGE) is the agency responsible for official collection of statistical, geographic, cartographic, geodetic and environmental informatio ...
has divided Brazil into five geographic regions. On 23 November 1970, the regions of Brazil were adjusted slightly to the definition that is still in use today. The division into regions is merely academic and statistical, as the regions do not enjoy any political autonomy.
* North Region (''Região Norte'')
* Northeast Region (''Região Nordeste'')
* Central-West Region (''Região Centro-Oeste'')
* Southeast Region (''Região Sudeste'')
*South Region Southern Region or South Region may refer to:
* Southern Nigeria
* Southern Region (Boy Scouts of America)
* Southern Region, Bauchi, Nigeria
* South Region, Brazil, an official grouping of states for economic and statistical purposes
* Southern ...
(''Região Sul'')
States
Brazil is divided into 27 federative units: 26 states and 1 federal district (Distrito Federal
A federal district is a type of administrative division of a federation, usually under the direct control of a federal government and organized sometimes with a single municipal body. Federal districts often include capital districts, and they ...
).
* (AC)
* (AL)
* (AP)
* (AM)
* (BA)
* (CE)
* (ES)
* (GO)
* (MA)
* (MT)
* (MS)
* (MG)
* (PA)
* (PB)
* (PR)
* (PE)
* (PI)
* (RJ)
* (RN)
* (RS)
* (RO)
* (RR)
* (SC)
* (SP)
* (SE)
* (TO)
* (DF)
Municipalities
The lowest level of political division of Brazil are the municipalities, which also enjoy political and economical autonomy. There are over 5500 municipalities in Brazil, comprising almost the entirety of the country's territory. The only exceptions are the Federal District (not divided into municipalities, but into 33 administrative regions, without any political autonomy) and the archipelago of Fernando de Noronha, which consists in a state district.Statistical Areas
For statistical purposes, Brazilian states and the Federal District are divided into "Intermediate Geographic Regions" (), which themselves are divided into smaller "Immediate Geographic Regions" (''Regiões Geográficas Imediatas'') which correspond to ametropolitan area
A metropolitan area or metro is a region that consists of a densely populated urban agglomeration and its surrounding territories sharing industries, commercial areas, transport network, infrastructures and housing. A metro area usually ...
. From 1989-2017, they were grouped into mesoregions and microregions.
See also
* ISO 3166-2:BR * Proposed states and territories of Brazil *Former subdivisions of Brazil
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A former may become an integral part of the f ...
References
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