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
Minas Gerais Minas Gerais2.21,411,923Belo Horizonte Belo Horizonte2,721,564
Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro3.17,463,349Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro6,747,815
Bahia Bahia4.14,930,634Salvador Salvador2,711,840
Parana Paraná5.11,597,484Curitiba Curitiba1,948,626
Rio Grande do Sul Rio Grande do Sul6.11,422,973Porto Alegre Porto Alegre1,488,252
Pernambuco Pernambuco7.9,616,121Recife Recife1,653,461
Ceara Ceará8.9,132,078Fortaleza Fortaleza2,400,000
Para Pará9.8,602,865Belem Belém1,499,641
Santa Catarina Santa Catarina10.7,252,502Florianopolis Florianópolis508,826
Maranhao Maranhão11.7,075,181Sao Luis São Luís917,237
Goias Goiás12.7,018,354Goiania Goiânia1,536,097
Amazonas Amazonas13.4,207,714Manaus Manaus2,219,580
Paraiba Paraíba14.4,039,277Joao Pessoa João Pessoa817,511
Espirito Santo Espírito Santo15.4,018,650Vitoria Vitória312,656
Rio Grande do Norte Rio Grande do Norte16.3,569,675Natal Natal896,708
Mato Grosso Mato Grosso17.3,484,466Cuiaba Cuiabá618,124
Alagoas Alagoas18.3,337,357Maceio Maceió1,031,597
Piaui Piauí19.3,273,227Teresina Teresina871,126
Mato Grosso do Sul Mato Grosso do Sul20.2,778,986Campo Grande Campo Grande906,092
Federal District Federal District21.2,648,532Brasilia Brasília2,207,718
Sergipe Sergipe22.2,298,696Aracaju Aracaju664,908
Rondonia Rondônia23.1,815,278Porto Velho Porto Velho548,952
Tocantins Tocantins24.1,572,866Palmas Palmas306,296
Acre Acre25.906,876Rio Branco Rio Branco419,452
Amapa Amapá26.845,731Macapa Macapá512,902
Roraima Roraima27.652,713Boa Vista Boa Vista419,652