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Brazil is geopolitically divided into five regions (also called macroregions), by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, which are formed by the federative units of Brazil. Although officially recognized, the division is merely academic, considering geographic, social and economic factors, among others, and has no political ...
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.
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)
Map of metropolitan areas and urban agglomerations in Brazil as of 2012. 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 ...
Topographic map of Brazil. Brazil has one of the world's most extensive river systems, with eight major drainage basins, all of which drain into the Atlantic Ocean. [1] Two of these basins—the Amazon and Tocantins-Araguaia account for more than half the total drainage area. [1]
Political map of Brazil, showing the division by states and regions This page was last edited on 1 November 2023, at 07:52 (UTC). Text is ...
Southeast Region, Brazil; T. Tres Fronteras This page was last edited on 8 November 2015, at 02:37 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Brazil – largest country in both South America and Latin America. With a geographical area of 8.5 million km 2, Brazil is also the largest country in the Southern Hemisphere and the world's fifth-largest country. With over 206 million people, Brazil is the seventh-most-populous country in the world.