The State of Brazil ( pt, Estado do Brasil) was one of the states of the Portuguese Empire, in the

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during the period of

Colonial Brazil Colonial Brazil ( pt, Brasil Colonial) comprises the period from 1500, with the arrival of the Portuguese, until 1815, when Brazil was elevated to a kingdom in union with Portugal as the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves. Durin ...

History

In 1621, the

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was split into two states, the State of Brazil and the State of Maranhão. The state was created on June 13, 1621 by

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into two administrative units, with the capital of the State of Brazil located in São Salvador and the capital of the State of Maranhão located in São Luís. The State of Brazil became a

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in January 1763, when the capital of the State of Brazil was transferred from Salvador to Rio de Janeiro.

Composition

The State of Brazil originally included 12 of the original 15 captaincies, all except Ceará (which became subordinate to Pernambuco later) and Maranhão, two parts, which included the subcaptaincy of Para west of the

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at that time (north to south): *

Captaincy of Rio Grande de Norte A captaincy ( es, capitanía , pt, capitania , hr, kapetanija) is a historical administrative division of the former Spanish and Portuguese colonial empires. It was instituted as a method of organization, directly associated with the home-rule ...

Captaincy of Paraíba A captaincy ( es, capitanía , pt, capitania , hr, kapetanija) is a historical administrative division of the former Spanish and Portuguese colonial empires. It was instituted as a method of organization, directly associated with the home-rule ...

(southern Rio Grande & Itamaraca) *

Captaincy of Pernambuco The Captaincy of Pernambuco or New Lusitania ( pt, Nova Lusitânia) was a hereditary land grant and administrative subdivision of northern Portuguese Brazil during the colonial period from the early sixteenth century until Brazilian independence. A ...

Captaincy of Bahia The Captaincy of Bahia, fully the Captaincy of the Bay of All Saints (Modern pt, Capitania da Baía de Todos os Santos), was a captaincy of Portuguese Brazil. History Donatary Captaincy King João III of Portugal bestowed the donatary captai ...

Captaincy of Ilhéus A captaincy ( es, capitanía , pt, capitania , hr, kapetanija) is a historical administrative division of the former Spanish and Portuguese colonial empires. It was instituted as a method of organization, directly associated with the home-rule ...

(became a ''comarca'' of Bahia in 1761) *

Captaincy of Porto Seguro A captaincy ( es, capitanía , pt, capitania , hr, kapetanija) is a historical administrative division of the former Spanish and Portuguese colonial empires. It was instituted as a method of organization, directly associated with the home-rule ...

Captaincy of Espírito Santo A captaincy ( es, capitanía , pt, capitania , hr, kapetanija) is a historical administrative division of the former Spanish and Portuguese colonial empires. It was instituted as a method of organization, directly associated with the home-rule ...

Captaincy of Rio de Janeiro A captaincy ( es, capitanía , pt, capitania , hr, kapetanija) is a historical administrative division of the former Spanish and Portuguese colonial empires. It was instituted as a method of organization, directly associated with the home-rule ...

(São Tomé and São Vicente first section) * Captaincy of Santo Amaro * Captaincy of São Vicente (second section, later renamed Captaincy of São Paulo e Minas de Ouro) * Captaincy of Santana

Captaincies created by the state

* Captaincy of Alagoas 1817 from Pernambuco *

Captaincy of Ceará A captaincy ( es, capitanía , pt, capitania , hr, kapetanija) is a historical administrative division of the former Spanish and Portuguese colonial empires. It was instituted as a method of organization, directly associated with the home-rule a ...

1799 re-split from Pernambuco (previously existed as one of 15 original donatary captaincies) * Captaincy of Goiás *

Captaincy of Mato Grosso A captaincy ( es, capitanía , pt, capitania , hr, kapetanija) is a historical administrative division of the former Spanish and Portuguese colonial empires. It was instituted as a method of organization, directly associated with the home-rule ...

* Captaincy of Minas Gerais *

Captaincy of São Paulo The Royal Captaincy of São Paulo ( pt, Capitania Real de São Paulo) was one of the captaincies of Colonial Brazil. It received this name on December 2, 1720, when John V of Portugal created the Captaincy of Minas Gerais from the division o ...

* Captaincy of Sergipe 1820 from Bahia * Captaincy of Rio Grande do Sul (from region of Rio Grande de Sao Pedro) *

Captaincy of Santa Catarina The Captaincy of Santa Catarina was an administrative division of colonial Brazil created on August 11, 1738, in the southernmost territories of the Captaincy of São Paulo. The government was officially installed on March 7, 1739, with the firs ...

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Colonial Brazil Portuguese colonization of the Americas

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History

Composition

Captaincies created by the state

See also

References

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