Intermediate and Immediate Geographic Regions

The Intermediate and Immediate geographic regions (Portuguese: Regiões geográficas Intermediárias e Imediatas) in Brazil constitute the country's regional geographic division, according to the composition prepared by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE).

The immediate geographic regions are groupings of municipalities whose main reference is the urban network and have a local urban center as a base, through the IBGE analysis. For its elaboration, the connection of nearby cities through dependency relationships and displacement of the population in search of goods, provision of services and work were taken into consideration. Intermediate regions for their part, are groupings of immediate regions that are articulated through the influence of a metropolis, regional capital or representative urban center.

They were instituted in 2017 for updating the Brazilian regional division and correspond to an overview of old Meso and Microregions, respectively, which were in force from 1989.[1]

List of regions

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As of 2017, there were 5,570 municipalities, divided among 133 Intermediate regions and 510 Immediate regions:[2]

State Intermediate Immediate Municipalities
Central-West Brazil 14 52 466
Goiás 6 22 246
Mato Grosso 5 18 141
Mato Grosso do Sul 3 12 79
Northeast Brazil 42 154 1794
Alagoas 2 11 102
Bahia 10 34 417
Ceará 6 18 184
Maranhão 5 22 217
Paraíba 4 15 223
Pernambuco 4 18 185
Piauí 6 19 224
Rio Grande do Norte 3 11 167
Sergipe 2 6 75
North Brazil 22 62 450
Acre 2 5 22
Amapá 2 4 16
Amazonas 4 11 62
Pará 7 21 144
Rondônia 2 6 52
Roraima 2 4 15
Tocantins 3 11 139
Southeast Brazil 33 145 1668
Espírito Santo 4 8 78
Minas Gerais 13 70 853
Rio de Janeiro 5 14 92
São Paulo 11 53 645
South Brazil 21 96 1191
Paraná 6 29 399
Rio Grande do Sul 8 43 497
Santa Catarina 7 24 295
Federal District 1 1 1
Total 133 510 5570

References

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  1. ^ "Regional Divisions of Brazil | IBGE". www.ibge.gov.br. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  2. ^ "IBGE | Biblioteca | Detalhes | Divisão regional do Brasil em regiões geográficas imediatas e regiões geográficas intermediárias : 2017". biblioteca.ibge.gov.br. Retrieved 21 April 2021.