Maps · Sheet 10 — Essencial

No. 020 Territorial divisions Brazil, state by state 20/27

Maranhão

Territorial divisions and highways

Maranhão has 217 municipalities across 330,000 km², 3.9 per cent of Brazil. IBGE groups them into 22 immediate regions, drawn around the towns that supply jobs, trade and services to their surroundings, and into 5 intermediate regions that tie those networks together. São Luís is the intermediate region with the most municipalities (73); Caxias, the one with the fewest (14). The largest municipality is Balsas (12,602 km²); the smallest, Raposa (79 km²). Part of the series “Brazil, state by state”: a clean base, with official boundaries and the road network, to start a map without losing the first afternoon gathering files.

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municipios polygon 217 municipalities, with IBGE code, regions, urban concentration and area (km²)
regioes_intermediarias polygon 5 intermediate geographic regions
regioes_imediatas polygon 22 immediate geographic regions
limite_estadual polygon Boundary of the federative unit
rodovias line Federal and state highways: route number, surface, physical status, carriageways
capital point Indicative point for the capital (not the exact seat)

Metadata

Sources: IBGE — Municipal Mesh 2025 (2025)
IBGE — Regional Division of Brazil into Immediate and Intermediate Geographic Regions (2017)
MapBiomas — Infrastructure: federal and state highways
Natural Earth — countries (plate only)
Extent: Maranhão state (MA)
CRS / Projection: SIRGAS 2000 (EPSG:4674)
EPSG:4674
Software: Python · GeoPandas · GDAL · QGIS · Node.js · d3-geo
Method: IBGE Municipal Mesh boundaries, dissolved into immediate and intermediate regions and the unit boundary; highways clipped to the unit.
Version: v1.0.0
Licence: CC BY 4.0
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23453428

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Cerejo, L. N. (2026). Maranhão: divisão territorial e rodovias [Maranhão: Territorial divisions and highways] (Version 1.0.0) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23453428

@dataset{cerejo2026_estado_maranhao,
  author    = {Cerejo, Lucas Nakamura},
  title     = {Maranhão: Divisão territorial e rodovias},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  version   = {1.0.0},
  doi       = {10.5281/zenodo.23453428},
  url       = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23453428},
  language  = {portuguese},
  note      = {English title: Maranhão: Territorial divisions and highways. Licence CC BY 4.0}
}

No. 019 Territorial divisions Brazil, state by state 19/27

Piauí

Territorial divisions and highways

Piauí has 224 municipalities across 252,000 km², 3.0 per cent of Brazil. IBGE groups them into 19 immediate regions, drawn around the towns that supply jobs, trade and services to their surroundings, and into 6 intermediate regions that tie those networks together. Teresina is the intermediate region with the most municipalities (65); São Raimundo Nonato, the one with the fewest (21). The largest municipality is Uruçuí (8,413 km²); the smallest, Santo Antônio dos Milagres (34 km²). Part of the series “Brazil, state by state”: a clean base, with official boundaries and the road network, to start a map without losing the first afternoon gathering files.

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municipios polygon 224 municipalities, with IBGE code, regions, urban concentration and area (km²)
regioes_intermediarias polygon 6 intermediate geographic regions
regioes_imediatas polygon 19 immediate geographic regions
limite_estadual polygon Boundary of the federative unit
rodovias line Federal and state highways: route number, surface, physical status, carriageways
capital point Indicative point for the capital (not the exact seat)

Metadata

Sources: IBGE — Municipal Mesh 2025 (2025)
IBGE — Regional Division of Brazil into Immediate and Intermediate Geographic Regions (2017)
MapBiomas — Infrastructure: federal and state highways
Natural Earth — countries (plate only)
Extent: Piauí state (PI)
CRS / Projection: SIRGAS 2000 (EPSG:4674)
EPSG:4674
Software: Python · GeoPandas · GDAL · QGIS · Node.js · d3-geo
Method: IBGE Municipal Mesh boundaries, dissolved into immediate and intermediate regions and the unit boundary; highways clipped to the unit.
Version: v1.0.0
Licence: CC BY 4.0
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23453422

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Cerejo, L. N. (2026). Piauí: divisão territorial e rodovias [Piauí: Territorial divisions and highways] (Version 1.0.0) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23453422

@dataset{cerejo2026_estado_piaui,
  author    = {Cerejo, Lucas Nakamura},
  title     = {Piauí: Divisão territorial e rodovias},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  version   = {1.0.0},
  doi       = {10.5281/zenodo.23453422},
  url       = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23453422},
  language  = {portuguese},
  note      = {English title: Piauí: Territorial divisions and highways. Licence CC BY 4.0}
}

No. 018 Territorial divisions Brazil, state by state 18/27

Ceará

Territorial divisions and highways

Ceará has 184 municipalities across 149,000 km², 1.7 per cent of Brazil. IBGE groups them into 18 immediate regions, drawn around the towns that supply jobs, trade and services to their surroundings, and into 6 intermediate regions that tie those networks together. Fortaleza is the intermediate region with the most municipalities (51); Crateús, the one with the fewest (13). The largest municipality is Santa Quitéria (4,262 km²); the smallest, Altaneira (73 km²). Part of the series “Brazil, state by state”: a clean base, with official boundaries and the road network, to start a map without losing the first afternoon gathering files.

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municipios polygon 184 municipalities, with IBGE code, regions, urban concentration and area (km²)
regioes_intermediarias polygon 6 intermediate geographic regions
regioes_imediatas polygon 18 immediate geographic regions
limite_estadual polygon Boundary of the federative unit
rodovias line Federal and state highways: route number, surface, physical status, carriageways
capital point Indicative point for the capital (not the exact seat)

Metadata

Sources: IBGE — Municipal Mesh 2025 (2025)
IBGE — Regional Division of Brazil into Immediate and Intermediate Geographic Regions (2017)
MapBiomas — Infrastructure: federal and state highways
Natural Earth — countries (plate only)
Extent: Ceará state (CE)
CRS / Projection: SIRGAS 2000 (EPSG:4674)
EPSG:4674
Software: Python · GeoPandas · GDAL · QGIS · Node.js · d3-geo
Method: IBGE Municipal Mesh boundaries, dissolved into immediate and intermediate regions and the unit boundary; highways clipped to the unit.
Version: v1.0.0
Licence: CC BY 4.0
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23453399

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Cerejo, L. N. (2026). Ceará: divisão territorial e rodovias [Ceará: Territorial divisions and highways] (Version 1.0.0) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23453399

@dataset{cerejo2026_estado_ceara,
  author    = {Cerejo, Lucas Nakamura},
  title     = {Ceará: Divisão territorial e rodovias},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  version   = {1.0.0},
  doi       = {10.5281/zenodo.23453399},
  url       = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23453399},
  language  = {portuguese},
  note      = {English title: Ceará: Territorial divisions and highways. Licence CC BY 4.0}
}

No. 017 Territorial divisions Brazil, state by state 17/27

Rio Grande do Norte

Territorial divisions and highways

Rio Grande do Norte has 167 municipalities across 53,000 km², 0.6 per cent of Brazil. IBGE groups them into 11 immediate regions, drawn around the towns that supply jobs, trade and services to their surroundings, and into 3 intermediate regions that tie those networks together. Natal is the intermediate region with the most municipalities (75); Caicó, the one with the fewest (24). The largest municipality is Mossoró (2,099 km²); the smallest, Senador Georgino Avelino (26 km²). Part of the series “Brazil, state by state”: a clean base, with official boundaries and the road network, to start a map without losing the first afternoon gathering files.

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municipios polygon 167 municipalities, with IBGE code, regions, urban concentration and area (km²)
regioes_intermediarias polygon 3 intermediate geographic regions
regioes_imediatas polygon 11 immediate geographic regions
limite_estadual polygon Boundary of the federative unit
rodovias line Federal and state highways: route number, surface, physical status, carriageways
capital point Indicative point for the capital (not the exact seat)

Metadata

Sources: IBGE — Municipal Mesh 2025 (2025)
IBGE — Regional Division of Brazil into Immediate and Intermediate Geographic Regions (2017)
MapBiomas — Infrastructure: federal and state highways
Natural Earth — countries (plate only)
Extent: Rio Grande do Norte state (RN)
CRS / Projection: SIRGAS 2000 (EPSG:4674)
EPSG:4674
Software: Python · GeoPandas · GDAL · QGIS · Node.js · d3-geo
Method: IBGE Municipal Mesh boundaries, dissolved into immediate and intermediate regions and the unit boundary; highways clipped to the unit.
Version: v1.0.0
Licence: CC BY 4.0
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23453379

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Cerejo, L. N. (2026). Rio Grande do Norte: divisão territorial e rodovias [Rio Grande do Norte: Territorial divisions and highways] (Version 1.0.0) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23453379

@dataset{cerejo2026_estado_rio_grande_do_norte,
  author    = {Cerejo, Lucas Nakamura},
  title     = {Rio Grande do Norte: Divisão territorial e rodovias},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  version   = {1.0.0},
  doi       = {10.5281/zenodo.23453379},
  url       = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23453379},
  language  = {portuguese},
  note      = {English title: Rio Grande do Norte: Territorial divisions and highways. Licence CC BY 4.0}
}

No. 016 Territorial divisions Brazil, state by state 16/27

Paraíba

Territorial divisions and highways

Paraíba has 223 municipalities across 56,000 km², 0.7 per cent of Brazil. IBGE groups them into 15 immediate regions, drawn around the towns that supply jobs, trade and services to their surroundings, and into 4 intermediate regions that tie those networks together. Campina Grande is the intermediate region with the most municipalities (72); Sousa - Cajazeiras, the one with the fewest (25). The largest municipality is Monteiro (993 km²); the smallest, Borborema (26 km²). Part of the series “Brazil, state by state”: a clean base, with official boundaries and the road network, to start a map without losing the first afternoon gathering files.

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municipios polygon 223 municipalities, with IBGE code, regions, urban concentration and area (km²)
regioes_intermediarias polygon 4 intermediate geographic regions
regioes_imediatas polygon 15 immediate geographic regions
limite_estadual polygon Boundary of the federative unit
rodovias line Federal and state highways: route number, surface, physical status, carriageways
capital point Indicative point for the capital (not the exact seat)

Metadata

Sources: IBGE — Municipal Mesh 2025 (2025)
IBGE — Regional Division of Brazil into Immediate and Intermediate Geographic Regions (2017)
MapBiomas — Infrastructure: federal and state highways
Natural Earth — countries (plate only)
Extent: Paraíba state (PB)
CRS / Projection: SIRGAS 2000 (EPSG:4674)
EPSG:4674
Software: Python · GeoPandas · GDAL · QGIS · Node.js · d3-geo
Method: IBGE Municipal Mesh boundaries, dissolved into immediate and intermediate regions and the unit boundary; highways clipped to the unit.
Version: v1.0.0
Licence: CC BY 4.0
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23453315

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Cerejo, L. N. (2026). Paraíba: divisão territorial e rodovias [Paraíba: Territorial divisions and highways] (Version 1.0.0) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23453315

@dataset{cerejo2026_estado_paraiba,
  author    = {Cerejo, Lucas Nakamura},
  title     = {Paraíba: Divisão territorial e rodovias},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  version   = {1.0.0},
  doi       = {10.5281/zenodo.23453315},
  url       = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23453315},
  language  = {portuguese},
  note      = {English title: Paraíba: Territorial divisions and highways. Licence CC BY 4.0}
}

No. 015 Territorial divisions Brazil, state by state 15/27

Pernambuco

Territorial divisions and highways

Pernambuco has 185 municipalities across 98,000 km², 1.2 per cent of Brazil. IBGE groups them into 18 immediate regions, drawn around the towns that supply jobs, trade and services to their surroundings, and into 4 intermediate regions that tie those networks together. Recife is the intermediate region with the most municipalities (71); Serra Talhada, the one with the fewest (25). The largest municipality is Petrolina (4,559 km²); the smallest, Fernando de Noronha (19 km²). Part of the series “Brazil, state by state”: a clean base, with official boundaries and the road network, to start a map without losing the first afternoon gathering files.

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municipios polygon 185 municipalities, with IBGE code, regions, urban concentration and area (km²)
regioes_intermediarias polygon 4 intermediate geographic regions
regioes_imediatas polygon 18 immediate geographic regions
limite_estadual polygon Boundary of the federative unit
rodovias line Federal and state highways: route number, surface, physical status, carriageways
capital point Indicative point for the capital (not the exact seat)

Metadata

Sources: IBGE — Municipal Mesh 2025 (2025)
IBGE — Regional Division of Brazil into Immediate and Intermediate Geographic Regions (2017)
MapBiomas — Infrastructure: federal and state highways
Natural Earth — countries (plate only)
Extent: Pernambuco state (PE)
CRS / Projection: SIRGAS 2000 (EPSG:4674)
EPSG:4674
Software: Python · GeoPandas · GDAL · QGIS · Node.js · d3-geo
Method: IBGE Municipal Mesh boundaries, dissolved into immediate and intermediate regions and the unit boundary; highways clipped to the unit.
Version: v1.0.0
Licence: CC BY 4.0
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23453310

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Cerejo, L. N. (2026). Pernambuco: divisão territorial e rodovias [Pernambuco: Territorial divisions and highways] (Version 1.0.0) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23453310

@dataset{cerejo2026_estado_pernambuco,
  author    = {Cerejo, Lucas Nakamura},
  title     = {Pernambuco: Divisão territorial e rodovias},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  version   = {1.0.0},
  doi       = {10.5281/zenodo.23453310},
  url       = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23453310},
  language  = {portuguese},
  note      = {English title: Pernambuco: Territorial divisions and highways. Licence CC BY 4.0}
}

No. 014 Territorial divisions Brazil, state by state 14/27

Alagoas

Territorial divisions and highways

Alagoas has 102 municipalities across 28,000 km², 0.3 per cent of Brazil. IBGE groups them into 11 immediate regions, drawn around the towns that supply jobs, trade and services to their surroundings, and into 2 intermediate regions that tie those networks together. Maceió is the intermediate region with the most municipalities (52); Arapiraca, the one with the fewest (50). The largest municipality is Mata Grande (910 km²); the smallest, Santa Luzia do Norte (29 km²). Part of the series “Brazil, state by state”: a clean base, with official boundaries and the road network, to start a map without losing the first afternoon gathering files.

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municipios polygon 102 municipalities, with IBGE code, regions, urban concentration and area (km²)
regioes_intermediarias polygon 2 intermediate geographic regions
regioes_imediatas polygon 11 immediate geographic regions
limite_estadual polygon Boundary of the federative unit
rodovias line Federal and state highways: route number, surface, physical status, carriageways
capital point Indicative point for the capital (not the exact seat)

Metadata

Sources: IBGE — Municipal Mesh 2025 (2025)
IBGE — Regional Division of Brazil into Immediate and Intermediate Geographic Regions (2017)
MapBiomas — Infrastructure: federal and state highways
Natural Earth — countries (plate only)
Extent: Alagoas state (AL)
CRS / Projection: SIRGAS 2000 (EPSG:4674)
EPSG:4674
Software: Python · GeoPandas · GDAL · QGIS · Node.js · d3-geo
Method: IBGE Municipal Mesh boundaries, dissolved into immediate and intermediate regions and the unit boundary; highways clipped to the unit.
Version: v1.0.0
Licence: CC BY 4.0
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23453291

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Cerejo, L. N. (2026). Alagoas: divisão territorial e rodovias [Alagoas: Territorial divisions and highways] (Version 1.0.0) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23453291

@dataset{cerejo2026_estado_alagoas,
  author    = {Cerejo, Lucas Nakamura},
  title     = {Alagoas: Divisão territorial e rodovias},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  version   = {1.0.0},
  doi       = {10.5281/zenodo.23453291},
  url       = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23453291},
  language  = {portuguese},
  note      = {English title: Alagoas: Territorial divisions and highways. Licence CC BY 4.0}
}

No. 013 Territorial divisions Brazil, state by state 13/27

Sergipe

Territorial divisions and highways

Sergipe has 75 municipalities across 22,000 km², 0.3 per cent of Brazil. IBGE groups them into 6 immediate regions, drawn around the towns that supply jobs, trade and services to their surroundings, and into 2 intermediate regions that tie those networks together. Aracaju is the intermediate region with the most municipalities (46); Itabaiana, the one with the fewest (29). The largest municipality is Canindé de São Francisco (1,080 km²); the smallest, General Maynard (20 km²). Part of the series “Brazil, state by state”: a clean base, with official boundaries and the road network, to start a map without losing the first afternoon gathering files.

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municipios polygon 75 municipalities, with IBGE code, regions, urban concentration and area (km²)
regioes_intermediarias polygon 2 intermediate geographic regions
regioes_imediatas polygon 6 immediate geographic regions
limite_estadual polygon Boundary of the federative unit
rodovias line Federal and state highways: route number, surface, physical status, carriageways
capital point Indicative point for the capital (not the exact seat)

Metadata

Sources: IBGE — Municipal Mesh 2025 (2025)
IBGE — Regional Division of Brazil into Immediate and Intermediate Geographic Regions (2017)
MapBiomas — Infrastructure: federal and state highways
Natural Earth — countries (plate only)
Extent: Sergipe state (SE)
CRS / Projection: SIRGAS 2000 (EPSG:4674)
EPSG:4674
Software: Python · GeoPandas · GDAL · QGIS · Node.js · d3-geo
Method: IBGE Municipal Mesh boundaries, dissolved into immediate and intermediate regions and the unit boundary; highways clipped to the unit.
Version: v1.0.0
Licence: CC BY 4.0
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23453285

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Cerejo, L. N. (2026). Sergipe: divisão territorial e rodovias [Sergipe: Territorial divisions and highways] (Version 1.0.0) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23453285

@dataset{cerejo2026_estado_sergipe,
  author    = {Cerejo, Lucas Nakamura},
  title     = {Sergipe: Divisão territorial e rodovias},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  version   = {1.0.0},
  doi       = {10.5281/zenodo.23453285},
  url       = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23453285},
  language  = {portuguese},
  note      = {English title: Sergipe: Territorial divisions and highways. Licence CC BY 4.0}
}