States and municipalities

The political-administrative structure in Brazil is divided into states, counties and districts. In the Federal District, where the country’s capital is, there are the headquarters of the federal government and its powers (executive, legislative and judicial).

The 26 states and the Federal District, also called Units of the Federation, have the highest hierarchy in the political and administrative organization of the country. A State's capital is home to a state seat of government. The municipalities, which have the lowest hierarchy in the political and administrative organization, have their government based in the City Hall. Finally, the districts are administrative units of municipalities.

Brazil is divided into five regions - North, Northeast, Midwest, Southeast and South, to facilitate the collection and processing of national statistics. The current definition was made in 1970, after changes were promoted in the way Brazil was mapped (you can follow these developments here).

The country's capital is Brasilia and is situated in the Federal District (DF). Next, click on the name of each of the 26 States of Brazil, and their acronyms, to access the website of the government of each one:

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• Two Candangos, touristic monument in Brasilia

1.Acre (AC)

2.Alagoas (AL)

3.Amapá (AP)

4.Amazonas (AM)

5.Bahia (BA)

6.Ceará (EC)

7.Espírito Santo (ES)

8.Goiás (GO)

9.Maranhão (MA)

10.Minas Gerais (MG)

11.Mato Grosso (MT)

12.Mato Grosso do Sul (MS)

13.Pará (PA)

14.Paraíba (PB)

15.Paraná (PR)

16.Pernambuco (PE)

17.Piauí (PI)

18.Rio de Janeiro (RJ)

19.Rio Grande do Norte (RN)

20.Rio Grande do Sul (RS)

21.Rondônia (RO)

22.Roraima (RR)

23.Santa Catarina (SC)

24.Sergipe (SE)

25.São Paulo (SP)

26.Tocantins (TO)

To know more about the municipalities, see the map here.

Source:

IBGE (content in portuguese)