The Brazilian administrative region ( pt, região administrativa) are an
administrative division
Administrative division, administrative unit,Article 3(1). country subdivision, administrative region, subnational entity, constituent state, as well as many similar terms, are generic names for geographical areas into which a particular, ind ...
of the
Federal District
A federal district is a type of administrative division of a federation, usually under the direct control of a federal government and organized sometimes with a single municipal body. Federal districts often include capital districts, and they e ...
, or of the
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
of
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b ...
.
Federal District
The
Federal District
A federal district is a type of administrative division of a federation, usually under the direct control of a federal government and organized sometimes with a single municipal body. Federal districts often include capital districts, and they e ...
is divided into 31
administrative regions.
Rio de Janeiro
The
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
of
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b ...
is divided into 33
administrative regions.
See also
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Administrative regions of the Federal District (Brazil)
The administrative regions of the Federal District ( pt, regiões administrativas do Distrito Federal) are administrative divisions of the Federal District, Brazil.
History
The division of the Federal District into administrative regions was made ...
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List of Administrative Regions in Rio de Janeiro
This is a list of the 33 administrative regions ( pt, regiões administrativas) in the municipality of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
See also
*Geography of Brazil
*List of cities in Brazil
Brazil has a high level of urbanization with 87.8% of the ...
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Region (administrative)
References
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Subdivisions of Brazil
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