A microregion () was a legally defined area in

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consisting of a group of

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. They were abolished in 2017 and replaced by

Intermediate and Immediate Geographic Regions The Intermediate and Immediate geographic regions ( Portuguese: Regiões geográficas Intermediárias e Imediatas) in Brazil constitute the country's regional geographic division, according to the composition prepared by the Brazilian Institute ...

. Microregions were grouped together into mesoregions. In theory, Brazilian law provided for member municipalities to cooperate on matters of common interest, but in practice, the divisions were used primarily for statistical purposes by the

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List of microregions

In 2014, there were 5,570

, divided among 558 microregions and 137 mesoregions:Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística
territorial division.

References

Demographics of Brazil .Microregions . Microregions Subdivisions of Brazil {{Brazil-geo-stub