Subdivisions of Brazil

Brazil divided into regions, states, and municipalities

Brazil is divided into several types and levels of administrative subdivisions.

Regions

Since 1942, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics has divided Brazil into five administrative regions.^[1] On 23 November 1970, the regions of Brazil were adjusted slightly to the definition that is still in use today.^[2]

North Region (Região Norte)
Northeast Region (Região Nordeste)
Central-West Region (Região Centro-Oeste)
Southeast Region (Região Sudeste)
South Region (Região Sul)

States

Main article: States of Brazil

Brazil is divided into 27 federative units: the Federal District, Distrito Federal (DF), and 26 states:

Acre (AC)
Alagoas (AL)
Amapá (AP)
Amazonas (AM)
Bahia (BA)
Ceará (CE)
Espírito Santo (ES)
Goiás (GO)
Maranhão (MA)
Mato Grosso (MT)
Mato Grosso do Sul (MS)
Minas Gerais (MG)
Pará (PA)

Municipalities

Main article: Municipalities of Brazil

There are over 5500 municipalities in Brazil. The Federal District is divided into 31 administrative regions.

Statistical Areas

For statistical purposes, Brazilian municipalities are grouped together into mesoregions and microregions.

References

↑ "Divisão Regional". ibge.gov.br (in Portuguese). Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
↑ Contel, Fabio Betioli. "As divisões regionais do IBGE no século XX (1942, 1970 e 1990)". terrabrasilis.revues.org (in Portuguese). Terra Brasilis: Revista da Rede Brasileira de História da Geografia e Geografia Histórica. doi:10.4000/terrabrasilis.990. Retrieved 15 November 2015.

Subdivisions of the Americas

North America South America

Sovereign states	Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Bahamas Barbados Belize Bolivia Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname Trinidad and Tobago United States Uruguay Venezuela

Dependencies and other territories	Anguilla Aruba Bermuda Bonaire British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Curaçao Falkland Islands French Guiana Greenland Guadeloupe Martinique Montserrat Puerto Rico Saint Barthélemy Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saba Sint Eustatius Sint Maarten South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Turks and Caicos Islands US Virgin Islands

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