A mesoregion ( pt, Mesorregião) was a subdivision of the

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, grouping together various municipalities in proximity and with common characteristics. They were abolished in 2017 and replaced by "intermediary geographic regions". The mesoregions were created by the

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for statistical purposes and did not, therefore, constitute political or administrative areas. They were further divided into microregions.

List of mesoregions

, there were 5,569 municipalities, divided among 557 microregions and 136 mesoregions:Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística
territorial division.

References

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