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  2. List of Intermediate and Immediate Geographic Regions

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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.

  3. Regions of Brazil - Wikipedia

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    According to another autosomal DNA study from 2008, by the University of Brasília (UnB), European ancestry dominates in the whole of Brazil (in all regions), accounting for 65.90% of heritage of the population, followed by the African contribution (24.80%) and the Native American (9.3%); the European ancestry being the dominant ancestry in all ...

  4. Intermediate and Immediate Geographic Regions - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. List of capitals of subdivisions of Brazil - Wikipedia

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    Built in 1808 as captaincy by decree of King João VI under the name "São João das Duas Barras", was abolished in 1814. Recreated as an autonomous province in 1821 under the name of "São João da Palma", extinct in 1823 by Pedro I of Brazil. Today part of Pará and Tocantins. [1] Barra do Tacay-Una (currently Marabá) (1808-1810)

  6. Subdivisions of Brazil - Wikipedia

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    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)

  7. Brazil socio-geographic division - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  8. Category:State capitals in Brazil - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "State capitals in Brazil" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Aracaju; B.

  9. List of metropolitan areas in Brazil - Wikipedia

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    Municipalities in red refer to metropolitan capitals and the ones in yellow refer to expansion or conurbation area. This is a list of the metropolitan areas in Brazil, containing the legally defined metropolitan areas with more than one million inhabitants in Brazil , according to estimates published by IBGE .