List of major cities in Brazil

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‎Belém
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‎Belém

Note: This does not intend to attend all Brazilian cities, only the major ones (number of inhabitants of the município, economy importance, strategical position). While List of cities in Brazil presents a rough list of most Brazilian cities, this list is intended to give more detailed information, and easy access to most Brazilian major cities (which cannot be done in the main list due to its large size, 89 kb). Also, some may disagree with the figures presented here, since the list is based on the population of the município where the city is located, rather than its urban sprawl

[edit] Urbanization

Brazil has a relatively high reported level of urbanization, with 8 out of 10 Brazilians living in cities (144 million out of 180 million).

The criteria used by the IBGE in determining whether households are urban or rural, however, are based on political divisions, not on the built environment. A town is any seat of a district (the lowest political division); a city is the seat of a municipality. By such criteria, Brazil has over 6,000 cities (ten times as many as China) and 12,000 towns. It is estimated that, if more traditional criteria (size of human agglomeration, cultural and economic institutions, regional centrality, paving and street lighting) were used, perhaps 65% of Brazil's population would be urban, rather than 80%.

Cities in Brazil, except for the state of São Paulo, are usually not arranged in a network, but rather on various "export paths" to seaside ports. Some geographers have called this an "archipelago," and most important cities are on the coast or close to it. State capitals are also each the largest city in its state, the exceptions being Palmas, the new capital of the recently created state of Tocantins, and Florianópolis, the capital of Santa Catarina; there are also non-capital metropolitan areas in São Paulo (Campinas, Santos, Paraíba Valley), Minas Gerais (Steel Valley), Rio Grande do Sul (Sinos Valley), and Santa Catarina (Itajaí Valley). Most of the non-capital large cities in Brazil are in the states of São Paulo, Minas Gerais, and Paraná.

São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro are far larger than any other Brazilian city. São Paulo's area of influence in most economic domains is national (and even international) in scale; other Brazilian metropolises are second tier, even though Rio de Janeiro - thanks in part to its old status as the national capital - is still the seat to various large corporations besides being the nation's cultural center.

Some of the principal Brazilian cities are planned cities; the most famous of these is Brasília, which represents, with Chandigarh in the Punjab, India, the acme of the Modernist school of architecture and urbanism.

[edit] Largest Cities by Population - 2006 (Est.IBGE)

[edit] Brazilian Metropolitan Regions

Currently, as of 2004, IBGE officially recognizes 15 major RMs (Região Metropolitana; Metropolitan Region in English), where approximately 32% of the Brazilian population (55 million inhabitants of 180 million) lives. These RMs are responsible for approximately half of the Brazilian GDP and more than 70% of the Brazilian annual industrial production.

National Metropolitan Areas

Regional Metropolitan Areas

[edit] 10 Highest Social Indicators (HDI)

[edit] Busiest Seaports

[edit] North Region

[edit] Acre

(Est.2006 - IBGE)

[edit] Amapá

  • Macapá (capital) - 368.367
  • Santana - 101.864

(Est.2006 - IBGE)

[edit] Amazonas

(Est.2006 - IBGE)

[edit] Pará

  • Abaetetuba - 133.316
  • Altamira - 85.649
  • Ananindeua - 498.095 (part of the Metropolitan Region of Belém)
  • Barcarena - 76.071
  • Belém (capital) - 1.428.368
  • Bragança - 103.751
  • Breves - 86.084
  • Cametá - 106.816
  • Castanhal - 158.462
  • Itaituba - 96.515
  • Marabá - 200.801
  • Marituba - 101.356 (part of the Metropolitan Region of Belém)
  • Paragominas - 88.877
  • Parauapebas - 95.225
  • Redenção - 72.085
  • Santarém - 276.074
  • Tucuruí - 87.602

(Est.2006 - IBGE)

[edit] Rondônia

(Est.2006 - IBGE)

[edit] Roraima

(Est.2006 - IBGE)

[edit] Tocantins

(Est.2006 - IBGE)

[edit] Northeast Region

[edit] Alagoas

(Est.2006 - IBGE)

[edit] Bahia

(Est.2006 - IBGE)

[edit] Ceará

  • Aquiraz - 70.398
  • Canindé - 75.347
  • Caucaia - 313.584 (part of the Metropolitan Region of Fortaleza)
  • Crateús - 74.036
  • Crato - 115.087
  • Fortaleza (capital) - 2.416.920
  • Iguatu - 92.981
  • Itapipoca - 107.012
  • Juazeiro do Norte - 240.638
  • Maracanaú - 196.422 (part of the Metropolitan Region of Fortaleza)
  • Maranguape - 100.279 (part of the Metropolitan Region of Fortaleza)
  • Quixadá - 75.717
  • Sobral - 175.814

(Est.2006 - IBGE)

[edit] Maranhão

(Est.2006 - IBGE)

[edit] Paraíba

  • Campina Grande - 379.871
  • Bayeux - 95.004 (part of the Metropolitan Region of João Pessoa)
  • Joao Pessoa (capital) - 672.081
  • Patos - 99.494
  • Santa Rita - 131.684 (part of the Metropolitan Region of João Pessoa)

(Est.2006 - IBGE)

[edit] Pernambuco

(Est.2006 - IBGE)

[edit] Piauí

(Est.2006 - IBGE)

[edit] Rio Grande do Norte

(Est.2006 - IBGE)

[edit] Sergipe

  • Aracaju (capital) - 505.286
  • Itabaiana - 85.664
  • Lagarto - 91.605
  • Nossa Senhora do Socorro - 179.060
  • São Cristóvão - 77.278

[edit] Center-West Region

[edit] Distrito Federal

[edit] Goiás

[edit] Mato Grosso

[edit] Mato Grosso do Sul

[edit] Southeast Region

[edit] Espírito Santo

[edit] Minas Gerais

[edit] Rio de Janeiro

[edit] São Paulo

[edit] South Region

[edit] Paraná

[edit] Santa Catarina

[edit] Rio Grande do Sul

[edit] See also

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