Microregions_of_Brazil

Microregions of Brazil

Microregions of Brazil

Former statistical division of Brazil

For other uses, see Microregion.

A microregion (Portuguese: Microrregião) was a legally defined area in Brazil consisting of a group of municipalities. They were abolished in 2017 and replaced by Intermediate and Immediate Geographic Regions.[1] Microregions were grouped together into mesoregions. In theory, Brazilian law provided for member municipalities to cooperate on matters of common interest, but in practice, the divisions were used primarily for statistical purposes by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics.[citation needed]

List of microregions

In 2014, there were 5,570 municipalities, divided among 558 microregions and 137 mesoregions:[2]

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References

  1. [1]
    Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) (2017). "Divisão Regional do Brasil". Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  2. [2]
    Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística[permanent dead link], territorial division.


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