Mesoregions of Brazil

A mesoregion (Portuguese: Mesorregião) was a subdivision of the Brazilian states, grouping together various municipalities in proximity and with common characteristics. They were abolished in 2017 and replaced by "intermediary geographic regions".[1] The mesoregions were created by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics for statistical purposes and did not, therefore, constitute political or administrative areas. They were further divided into microregions.

List of mesoregions

As of 2014, there were 5,569 municipalities, divided among 557 microregions and 136 mesoregions:[2]

StateMesoregionsMicroregionsMunicipalities
Central-West Brazil1451466
Goiás518246
Mato Grosso522141
Mato Grosso do Sul41179
Northeast Brazil421881794
Alagoas313102
Bahia732417
Ceará733184
Maranhão521217
Paraíba423223
Pernambuco519185
Piauí415224
Rio Grande do Norte419167
Sergipe31375
North Brazil2064450
Acre2522
Amapá2416
Amazonas41362
Pará622144
Rondônia2852
Roraima2415
Tocantins28139
Southeast Brazil371601668
Espírito Santo41378
Minas Gerais1266853
Rio de Janeiro61892
São Paulo1563645
South Brazil23941191
Paraná1039399
Rio Grande do Sul735497
Santa Catarina620295
Total1365575569

References

  1. Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) (2017). "Divisão Regional do Brasil". Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  2. Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística, territorial division.
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