A microregion (Portuguese: Microrregião) was a legally defined area in Brazil consisting of a group of municipalities. They were abolished in 2017 and replaced by intermediate and immediate geographic regions.[1] 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 Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics.

List of microregions

In 2014, there were 5,570 municipalities, divided among 558 microregions and 137 mesoregions:[2]

StateMesoregionsMicroregionsMunicipalities
Central-West Brazil1552466
Distrito Federal111
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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