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Brazil is divided into 26 estados (states, singular: estado) and one district, the Distrito Federal (Brazilian Federal District) which contains the capital city, Brasília.

States are based on historical, conventional borders and have developed throughout the centuries; though some boundaries are arbitrary. The federal district is not a state on its right, but shares some characteristics of a state and some of a municipality.

The Federal District is encompassed by the state of Goiás. The codes given below are defined in ISO 3166-2:BR.

Federal states
Acre (AC) Alagoas (AL) Amapá (AP) Amazonas (AM) Bahia (BA) Ceará (CE) Espírito Santo (ES) Goiás (GO) Maranhão (MA) Mato Grosso (MT) Mato Grosso do Sul (MS) Minas Gerais (MG) Pará (PA)	Paraíba (PB) Paraná (PR) Pernambuco (PE) Piauí (PI) Rio de Janeiro (RJ) Rio Grande do Norte (RN) Rio Grande do Sul (RS) Rondônia (RO) Roraima (RR) Santa Catarina (SC) São Paulo (SP) Sergipe (SE) Tocantins (TO)
Brazilian Federal District
Distrito Federal (DF)

Rank of Brazilian States by: Area - Population - Population Density

1 Formation
2 See also
3 External links

[edit] Formation

The following presents a brief description of the formation of the states from colonial Brazil to the present day.

[edit] 1534: Capitanias Hereditárias

Main article: Capitanias hereditárias

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[edit] 1573: Two States

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[edit] 1709: Height of the Province São Paulo

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[edit] 1789: Inconfidência Mineira

Main article: Inconfidência Mineira

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[edit] 1823: Imperial Provinces

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[edit] 1943: Border territories

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In 1943, with the entrance of Brazil in the Second World War, the Vargas regime detached seven strategic territories from the border of the country in order to administrate them directly. These regions were: Amapá, Rio Branco, Acre, Guaporé, Ponta Porã, Iguaçu and the archipelago of Fernando de Noronha. The first four states were maintained as territories after the war. Rio Branco was renamed Roraima and Guaporé, Rondônia. Ponta Porã e Iguaçu returned to their original condition, and Fernando de Noronha became incorporated into the state of Pernambuco in 1988

[edit] 1990: Current administrative divisions

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In 1960, a square-shaped territory was removed from the state of Goiás in order to house the new capital, Brasília, forming the new Federal District. Meanwhile, the old federal district became the state of Guanabara, which corresponds to the present municipality of Rio de Janeiro. In 1975 Guanabara was merged with the state of Rio de Janeiro, with the city of the same name becoming the state capital.

In 1977 the State of Mato Grosso was split into two territories. The North potion kept the same name and the South portion became the State of Mato Grosso do Sul, with Campo Grande established as its capital.

In 1988, the northern portion of Goiás became the state of Tocantins, with Palmas established as its new capital.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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(Portuguese) Portal of Brazilian municipalities

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