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
Sergipe Sergipe1.2,298,696Aracaju Aracaju664,908
Para Pará2.8,602,865Belem Belém1,499,641
Minas Gerais Minas Gerais3.21,411,923Belo Horizonte Belo Horizonte2,721,564
Roraima Roraima4.652,713Boa Vista Boa Vista419,652
Federal District Federal District5.2,648,532Brasilia Brasília2,207,718
Mato Grosso do Sul Mato Grosso do Sul6.2,778,986Campo Grande Campo Grande906,092
Mato Grosso Mato Grosso7.3,484,466Cuiaba Cuiabá618,124
Parana Paraná8.11,597,484Curitiba Curitiba1,948,626
Santa Catarina Santa Catarina9.7,252,502Florianopolis Florianópolis508,826
Ceara Ceará10.9,132,078Fortaleza Fortaleza2,400,000
Goias Goiás11.7,018,354Goiania Goiânia1,536,097
Paraiba Paraíba12.4,039,277Joao Pessoa João Pessoa817,511
Amapa Amapá13.845,731Macapa Macapá512,902
Alagoas Alagoas14.3,337,357Maceio Maceió1,031,597
Amazonas Amazonas15.4,207,714Manaus Manaus2,219,580
Rio Grande do Norte Rio Grande do Norte16.3,569,675Natal Natal896,708
Tocantins Tocantins17.1,572,866Palmas Palmas306,296
Rio Grande do Sul Rio Grande do Sul18.11,422,973Porto Alegre Porto Alegre1,488,252
Rondonia Rondônia19.1,815,278Porto Velho Porto Velho548,952
Pernambuco Pernambuco20.9,616,121Recife Recife1,653,461
Acre Acre21.906,876Rio Branco Rio Branco419,452
Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro22.17,463,349Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro6,747,815
Bahia Bahia23.14,930,634Salvador Salvador2,711,840
Maranhao Maranhão24.7,075,181Sao Luis São Luís917,237
Sao Paulo São Paulo25.46,004,000Sao Paulo São Paulo12,400,232
Piaui Piauí26.3,273,227Teresina Teresina871,126
Espirito Santo Espírito Santo27.4,018,650Vitoria Vitória312,656