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List of metropolitan areas in Brazil

Index List of metropolitan areas in Brazil

This is a list of the metropolitan areas in Brazil. [1]

36 relations: Baixada Santista, Belém, Brazil, Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, Cuiabá, Federal District (Brazil), Fortaleza, Goiás, Greater Belo Horizonte, Greater Curitiba, Greater Florianópolis, Greater Goiânia, Greater Manaus, Greater Natal, Greater Porto Alegre, Greater Rio de Janeiro, Greater São Paulo, Greater Vitória, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Joinville, List of largest cities in Brazil, Londrina, Maceió, Maranhão, Metropolitan Region of Campinas, Metropolitan Region of Sorocaba, Metropolitan Region of Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte, Minas Gerais, Norte Catarinense, Piracicaba, Portuguese language, Recife metropolitan area, Ribeirão Preto, Salvador, Bahia, São Luís, Maranhão, Teresina.

Baixada Santista

Baixada Santista is a metropolitan area located on the coast of São Paulo state in Brazil, with a population of 1.7 million.

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Belém

Belém (Portuguese for Bethlehem), is a Brazilian city, the capital and largest city of the state of Pará in the country's north.

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Brazil

Brazil (Brasil), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (República Federativa do Brasil), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America.

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Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics

The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics or IBGE (Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística) is the agency responsible for official collection of statistical, geographic, cartographic, geodetic and environmental information in Brazil.

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Cuiabá

Cuiabá is the capital city of the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso.

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Federal District (Brazil)

The Federal District (Distrito Federal) is one of 27 federative units of Brazil.

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Fortaleza

Fortaleza (locally, Portuguese for Fortress) is the state capital of Ceará, located in Northeastern Brazil.

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Goiás

Goiás is a state of Brazil, located in the Center-West region of the country. The name Goiás (formerly, Goyaz) comes from the name of an indigenous community. The original word seems to have been guaiá, a compound of gua e iá, meaning "the same person" or "people of the same origin." It borders the Federal District and the states of (from north clockwise) Tocantins, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso do Sul and Mato Grosso. The most populous state of its region, Goiás is characterized by a landscape of chapadões (plateaus). In the height of the drought season, from June to September, the lack of rain makes the level of the Araguaia River go down and exposes almost of beaches, making it the main attraction of the State. At the Emas National Park in the municipality of Mineiros, it is possible to observe the typical fauna and flora from the region. At the Chapada dos Veadeiros the attractions are the canyons, valleys, rapids and waterfalls. Other attractions are the historical city of Goiás (or Old Goiás), from Goiânia, established in the beginning of 18th Century, and Caldas Novas, with its hot water wells attracting more than one million tourists per year. In Brazil's geoeconomic division, Goiás belongs to the Centro-Sul (Center-South), being the northernmost state of the southern portion of Brazil.

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Greater Belo Horizonte

Greater Belo Horizonte is the name usually used to describe the Belo Horizonte metropolitan region, which is composed of 34 municipalities.

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Greater Curitiba

Greater Curitiba is the area of Brazil including and surrounding the city of Curitiba, Paraná state.

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Greater Florianópolis

Grande Florianópolis is a mesoregion in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina.

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Greater Goiânia

The Goiânia metropolitan area (Região Metropolitana de Goiânia), popularly known as Greater Goiânia (Grande Goiânia), is a conurbation of cities around Goiânia, capital of the Brazilian state of Goiás.

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Greater Manaus

Greater Manaus (Grande Manaus, officially Região Metropolitana de Manaus, in Portuguese) is a large metropolitan area located in Amazonas state in Brazil.

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Greater Natal

The Greater Natal (lit. Grande Natal, officially Natal Metropolitan Region, lit. Região Metropolitana de Natal) is a metropolitan area located in Rio Grande do Norte state in Brazil.

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Greater Porto Alegre

The Metropolitan area of Porto Alegre is the 4th most populous in Brazil, with an estimated population of 4.0 million inhabitants.

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Greater Rio de Janeiro

Greater Rio de Janeiro, officially Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Region (Grande Rio, officially Região Metropolitana do Rio de Janeiro, in Portuguese) is a large metropolitan area located in Rio de Janeiro state in Brazil, the second largest in Brazil and third largest in South America.

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Greater São Paulo

The Greater São Paulo (Grande São Paulo) is a nonspecific term for one of the multiple definitions the large metropolitan area located in the São Paulo state in Brazil.

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Greater Vitória

Greater Vitória (Região Metropolitana da Grande Vitória) is a metropolitan area in Southeast Region, Brazil.

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João Pessoa, Paraíba

João Pessoa is the capital of the state of Paraíba in Brazil.

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Joinville

Joinville is the largest city in Santa Catarina State, in the Southern Region of Brazil.

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List of largest cities in Brazil

Brazil has a high level of urbanization: 82 out of every 100 Brazilians live in cities.

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Londrina

Londrina (literally Londoner) is a city located in the north of the state of Paraná, South Region, Brazil, and is 369 km away from the state capital, Curitiba.

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Maceió

Maceió is the capital and the largest city of the coastal state of Alagoas, Brazil.

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Maranhão

Maranhão is a northeastern state of Brazil.

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Metropolitan Region of Campinas

The Metropolitan Region of Campinas (Região Metropolitana de Campinas) is an administrative division of the state of São Paulo in Brazil.

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Metropolitan Region of Sorocaba

The Metropolitan Region of Sorocaba (Região Metropolitana de Sorocaba) is an administrative division of the state of São Paulo in Brazil.

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Metropolitan Region of Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte

The Metropolitan Region of Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte (Região Metropolitana do Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte) is an administrative division of the state of São Paulo in Brazil.

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Minas Gerais

Minas Gerais is a state in the north of Southeastern Brazil.

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Norte Catarinense

Norte Catarinense is a mesoregion in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina.

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Piracicaba

Piracicaba is a city located in the Brazilian state of São Paulo.

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Portuguese language

Portuguese (português or, in full, língua portuguesa) is a Western Romance language originating from the regions of Galicia and northern Portugal in the 9th century.

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Recife metropolitan area

Recife Metropolitan Area is the eighth largest metropolitan area in Brazil with a population of 3.9 millions.

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Ribeirão Preto

Ribeirão Preto is a municipality and a metropolitan area located in the northeastern region of São Paulo state, Brazil.

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Salvador, Bahia

Salvador, also known as São Salvador, Salvador de Bahia, and Salvador da Bahia, is the capital of the Brazilian state of Bahia.

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São Luís, Maranhão

São Luís (Saint Louis) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Maranhão.

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Teresina

Teresina is the capital and most populous municipality in the Brazilian state of Piauí.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_metropolitan_areas_in_Brazil

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