Regions in Brazil

Brazil is made up of 27 primary administrative regions. Have a closer look at the regions in Brazil. Information on all primary administrative regions in Brazil.

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Primary administrative regions in Brazil

There are 27 regions in Brazil in the primary administrative level.
Primary administrative regions in Brazil
RegionNoPopulationCapitalCapital population
Sao Paulo São Paulo1.46,004,000Sao Paulo São Paulo12,400,232
Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro2.17,463,349Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro6,747,815
Minas Gerais Minas Gerais3.21,411,923Belo Horizonte Belo Horizonte2,721,564
Bahia Bahia4.14,930,634Salvador Salvador2,711,840
Ceara Ceará5.9,132,078Fortaleza Fortaleza2,400,000
Amazonas Amazonas6.4,207,714Manaus Manaus2,219,580
Federal District Federal District7.2,648,532Brasilia Brasília2,207,718
Parana Paraná8.11,597,484Curitiba Curitiba1,948,626
Pernambuco Pernambuco9.9,616,121Recife Recife1,653,461
Goias Goiás10.7,018,354Goiania Goiânia1,536,097
Para Pará11.8,602,865Belem Belém1,499,641
Rio Grande do Sul Rio Grande do Sul12.11,422,973Porto Alegre Porto Alegre1,488,252
Alagoas Alagoas13.3,337,357Maceio Maceió1,031,597
Maranhao Maranhão14.7,075,181Sao Luis São Luís917,237
Mato Grosso do Sul Mato Grosso do Sul15.2,778,986Campo Grande Campo Grande906,092
Rio Grande do Norte Rio Grande do Norte16.3,569,675Natal Natal896,708
Piaui Piauí17.3,273,227Teresina Teresina871,126
Paraiba Paraíba18.4,039,277Joao Pessoa João Pessoa817,511
Sergipe Sergipe19.2,298,696Aracaju Aracaju664,908
Mato Grosso Mato Grosso20.3,484,466Cuiaba Cuiabá618,124
Rondonia Rondônia21.1,815,278Porto Velho Porto Velho548,952
Amapa Amapá22.845,731Macapa Macapá512,902
Santa Catarina Santa Catarina23.7,252,502Florianopolis Florianópolis508,826
Roraima Roraima24.652,713Boa Vista Boa Vista419,652
Acre Acre25.906,876Rio Branco Rio Branco419,452
Espirito Santo Espírito Santo26.4,018,650Vitoria Vitória312,656
Tocantins Tocantins27.1,572,866Palmas Palmas306,296