States of Brazil

The Federative Republic of Brazil, or Brazil, is made up of its capital, called Federal District or Brasilia, and twenty six states. In this page we present the names of these states, their capitals or seat of government and the approximate population rounded off to the thousands according to the census of 1991 and 2003. The extension is in square kilometers.


State	Capital	Extension	1991	2003
Acre	Rio Branco	153,150	418	601
Alagoas	Maceio	27,933	2,514	2,918
Amapa	Macapa	143,454	289	535
Amazonas	Manaus	1,577,820	2,103	3,031
Bahia	Salvador	567,295	11,868	13,436
Ceara	Fortaleza	146,348	6,367	7,758
Espirito Santo	Vitoria	46,184	2,601	3,250
Goias	Goiania	341,290	4,019	5,306
Maranhao	Sao Luis	333,366	4,930	5,874
Mato Grosso	Cuiaba	906,807	2,027	2,651
Mato Grosso do Sul	Campo Grande	358,159	1,780	2,170
Minas Gerais	Belo Horizonte	588,384	15,743	18,553
Para	Belem	1,253,165	4,950	6,575
Paraiba	Joao Pessoa	56,585	3,201	3,519
Parana	Curitiba	199,709	8,449	9,907
Pernambuco	Recife	98,938	7,128	8,162
Piaui	Teresina	252,378	2,582	2,924
Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro	43,910	12,808	14,879
Rio Grande do Norte	Natal	53,307	2,416	2,888
Rio Grande do Sul	Porto Alegre	282,062	9,138	10,511
Rondonia	Porto Velho	238,513	1,133	1,456
Roraima	Boa Vista	225,116	218	357
Santa Catarina	Florianopolis	95,443	4,542	5,607
Sao Paulo	Sao Paulo	248,809	31,589	38,709
Sergipe	Aracaju	22,050	1,492	1,875
Tocantins	Palmas	278,421	920	1,230

Brasilia is the Federal District, not been part of any of the states of Brazil. Brasilia Cathedral.

To get the total population of Brazil we have to add the Federal District, o Brasilia, to the above figures.


Federal District	City	Extension	1991	2003
Federal District	Brasília	5,822	1,601	2,190

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Last revision: November 1, 2006