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List of metropolitan areas in Brazil

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Map of metropolitan areas and urban agglomerations in Brazil as of 2012. Municipalities in red refer to metropolitan capitals and the ones in yellow refer to expansion or conurbation area.

This is a list of the metropolitan areas in Brazil, containing the legally defined metropolitan areas with more than one million inhabitants in Brazil, according to estimates published by IBGE.

Definitions

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In Brazil, the terms metropolitan area (Portuguese: região metropolitana) and urban agglomeration (aglomeração urbana) have specific meanings. They are defined by federal and state legislation as collections of municipalities focused on "integrating the organization, planning and execution of public functions of common interest".[1] An integrated development area (região integrada de desenvolvimento) is one of the two above structures that crosses state (or Federal District) boundaries.

Because these regions are formed by consent of municipalities, their composition can change over time due to municipal reorganization. These regions may not coincide exactly with boundaries of statistical Immediate Geographic Areas[2] (formerly microregions) defined by IBGE, or with the broader definition of built-up urban area.[3]

List

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Metropolitan area[4] Region State Population estimate (2019)[5] Population (2017)[6] Population (2016)[7] Change (2016-7) Type
São Paulo Southeast  São Paulo 21,734,682 21,391,624 21,242,939 +0.7% metropolitan area
Rio de Janeiro  Rio de Janeiro 12,763,459 12,377,505 12,330,186 +0.4% metropolitan area
Belo Horizonte  Minas Gerais 5,961,895 5,915,536 5,873,841 +0.7% metropolitan area
Brasília Central-West  Distrito Federal,

 Goiás,

 Minas Gerais

4,627,771 4,366,901 4,284,676 +1.9% integrated development area
Porto Alegre South  Rio Grande do Sul 4,340,733 4,293,050 4,276,475 +0.4% metropolitan area
Fortaleza Northeast  Ceará 4,106,245 4,051,744 4,019,213 +0.8% metropolitan area
Recife  Pernambuco 4,079,575 3,965,699 3,940,456 +0.6% metropolitan area
Salvador  Bahia 3,929,209 4,015,205 3,984,583 +0.8% metropolitan area
Curitiba South  Paraná 3,654,960 3,572,326 3,537,894 +1.0% metropolitan area
Campinas Southeast  São Paulo 3,264,915 3,168,019 3,131,528 +1.2% metropolitan area
Manaus North  Amazonas 2,676,936 2,612,747 2,568,817 +1.7% metropolitan area
Goiânia Central-West  Goiás 2,560,625 2,493,792 2,458,504 +1.4% metropolitan area
Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte Southeast  São Paulo 2,552,610 2,497,857 2,475,879 +0.9% metropolitan area
Belém North  Pará 2,510,274 2,441,761 2,422,481 +0.8% metropolitan area
Sorocaba Southeast  São Paulo 2,143,789 2,088,381 1,908,425 +9.4% metropolitan area
Vitória  Espírito Santo 1,979,337 1,960,213 1,935,483 +1.3% metropolitan area
Baixada Santista  São Paulo 1,865,397 1,828,212 1,813,033 +0.8% metropolitan area
Ribeirão Preto  São Paulo 1,720,469 1,678,910 1,662,645 +1.0% metropolitan area
São Luís Northeast  Maranhão 1,633,117 1,619,377 1,605,305 +0.9% metropolitan area
Natal  Rio Grande do Norte 1,604,067 1,596,104 1,537,211 +3.8% metropolitan area
Piracicaba Southeast  São Paulo 1,495,220 1,464,993 1,452,691 +0.8% urban agglomeration
Norte e Nordeste Catarinense South  Santa Catarina 1,419,518 1,383,456 1,363,854 +1.4% metropolitan area
Maceió Northeast  Alagoas 1,310,520 1,352,241 1,314,254 +2.9% metropolitan area
João Pessoa  Paraíba 1,278,401 1,282,227 1,268,360 +1.1% metropolitan area
Teresina  Piauí,

 Maranhão

1,223,902 1,204,397 1,199,941 +0.4% integrated development area
Florianópolis South  Santa Catarina 1,209,818 1,172,076 1,152,115 +1.7% metropolitan area
Londrina  Paraná 1,111,577 1,094,347 1,085,479 +0.8% metropolitan area
Vale do Rio Cuiabá Central-West  Mato Grosso 1,041,307 1,005,690 998,174 +0.8% metropolitan area

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Metropolitan Areas, Urban Agglomerations and Integrated Development Areas | IBGE". www.ibge.gov.br. Archived from the original on 2021-04-02. Retrieved 2021-04-02.
  2. ^ "Regional Divisions of Brazil | IBGE". www.ibge.gov.br. Retrieved 2021-04-02.
  3. ^ "Population Arrangements and Urban Concentrations in Brazil | 2015 | IBGE". www.ibge.gov.br. Retrieved 2021-04-02.
  4. ^ "Brazil: Metropolitan Areas". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  5. ^ "Estimativas 2019 população Regiões Metropolitanas". Agencia de Noticias - IBGE (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-04-02.
  6. ^ "Tabela 4: POPULAÇÃO DAS REGIÕES METROPOLITANAS, REGIÕES INTEGRADAS DE DESENVOLVIMENTO E AGLOMERAÇÕES URBANAS COM MAIS DE UM MILHÃO DE HABITANTES" (in Portuguese). IBGE. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  7. ^ "IBGE divulga as estimativas populacionais dos municípios em 2016" (in Portuguese). IBGE. 30 August 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
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