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Brazil is made up of five geographic regions (North, Northeast, Southeast, South and central-West) that comprise 27 federative units and, for their part include 5570 municipalities. In total, the municipalities are distributed in 510 immediate geographic regions, which in turn are grouped into 133 intermediate geographic regions.
Southern region, however, is not immune from poverty, violence and other social issues, especially in the larger cities, even though in a lower level than poorer areas in the country. The state of Santa Catarina is proportionally the Whitest state in Brazil with over 87% of its population being European.
The immediate geographic regions are groupings of municipalities whose main reference is the urban network and have a local urban center as a base, through the IBGE analysis. For its elaboration, the connection of nearby cities through dependency relationships and displacement of the population in search of goods, provision of services and work ...
Since 1942, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics has divided Brazil into five geographic 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)
The Brazil socio-geographic division is a slightly different division than the Brazilian division by regions. It separates the country into three different and distinctive regions: Amazônia Legal; Centro-Sul; Nordeste; Historically, the different regions of Brazil had their own migratory movements, which resulted in racial differences between ...
Andean regions – Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Northern Chile, Bolivia, and northwestern Argentina. Much of the culture found in this region can be traced back to the Inca Empire. Quechua is still spoken as a second language in many of these regions. Gaucho regions – Argentina, Uruguay and southern Brazil.
Metropolitan area Country Population Year Notes 1 São Paulo Brazil 23,443,587 2022 [1]2 Mexico City Mexico 21,804,515 2020 [2]3 New York United States 19,498,249 2023 [3]
This is a list of the cities that are or have been considered capitals of one of the country subdivisions of Brazil. For the national capital see: Capital of Brazil . State capitals