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Population distribution in Brazil. Brazil has a high level of urbanization with 87.8% [1] of the population residing in urban and metropolitan areas. The criteria used by the IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics) [2] in determining whether households are urban or rural, however, are based on political divisions, not on the developed environment.
It is also the most populous region in the country, with more than 80 million people, and contains the three most important metropolitan regions (São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Belo Horizonte), as well as many other large cities (such as, Vitória (the capital of Espírito Santo state), Campinas, Uberlândia and several others.)
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.
Lists of people by city in Brazil (3 P) A. People from Abaetetuba (5 P) People from Alagoinhas (10 P) People from Alegre, Espírito Santo (5 P) People from Além ...
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 ...
Pages in category "Lists of people by city in Brazil" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Pages in category "Regions of Brazil" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Administrative regions in the Federal District (Brazil) (1 C, 33 P) G. Municipalities in Goiás (2 C, 247 P) M. ... List of twin towns and sister cities in Brazil