Maps · Sheet 12 — Essencial

No. 004 Territorial divisions Brazil, state by state 4/27

Espírito Santo

Territorial divisions and highways

Espírito Santo has 78 municipalities across 46,000 km², 0.5 per cent of Brazil. IBGE groups them into 8 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. Cachoeiro do Itapemirim is the intermediate region with the most municipalities (24); São Mateus, the one with the fewest (15). The largest municipality is Linhares (3,496 km²); the smallest, Piúma (74 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 78 municipalities, with IBGE code, regions, urban concentration and area (km²)
regioes_intermediarias polygon 4 intermediate geographic regions
regioes_imediatas polygon 8 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: Espírito Santo state (ES)
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.23453107

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Cerejo, L. N. (2026). Espírito Santo: divisão territorial e rodovias [Espírito Santo: Territorial divisions and highways] (Version 1.0.0) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23453107

@dataset{cerejo2026_estado_espirito_santo,
  author    = {Cerejo, Lucas Nakamura},
  title     = {Espírito Santo: Divisão territorial e rodovias},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  version   = {1.0.0},
  doi       = {10.5281/zenodo.23453107},
  url       = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23453107},
  language  = {portuguese},
  note      = {English title: Espírito Santo: Territorial divisions and highways. Licence CC BY 4.0}
}

No. 003 Territorial divisions Brazil, state by state 3/27

Minas Gerais

Territorial divisions and highways

Minas Gerais has 853 municipalities across 587,000 km², 6.9 per cent of Brazil. IBGE groups them into 70 immediate regions, drawn around the towns that supply jobs, trade and services to their surroundings, and into 13 intermediate regions that tie those networks together. Juiz de Fora is the intermediate region with the most municipalities (146); Uberlândia, the one with the fewest (24). The largest municipality is João Pinheiro (10,727 km²); the smallest, Santa Cruz de Minas (3.6 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 853 municipalities, with IBGE code, regions, urban concentration and area (km²)
regioes_intermediarias polygon 13 intermediate geographic regions
regioes_imediatas polygon 70 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: Minas Gerais state (MG)
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.23453098

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Cerejo, L. N. (2026). Minas Gerais: divisão territorial e rodovias [Minas Gerais: Territorial divisions and highways] (Version 1.0.0) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23453098

@dataset{cerejo2026_estado_minas_gerais,
  author    = {Cerejo, Lucas Nakamura},
  title     = {Minas Gerais: Divisão territorial e rodovias},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  version   = {1.0.0},
  doi       = {10.5281/zenodo.23453098},
  url       = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23453098},
  language  = {portuguese},
  note      = {English title: Minas Gerais: Territorial divisions and highways. Licence CC BY 4.0}
}

No. 002 Territorial divisions Brazil, state by state 2/27

Rio de Janeiro

Territorial divisions and highways

Rio de Janeiro has 92 municipalities across 44,000 km², 0.5 per cent of Brazil. IBGE groups them into 14 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. Rio de Janeiro is the intermediate region with the most municipalities (26); Macaé - Rio das Ostras - Cabo Frio, the one with the fewest (12). The largest municipality is Campos dos Goytacazes (4,033 km²); the smallest, Nilópolis (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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Layers

municipios polygon 92 municipalities, with IBGE code, regions, urban concentration and area (km²)
regioes_intermediarias polygon 5 intermediate geographic regions
regioes_imediatas polygon 14 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 de Janeiro state (RJ)
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.23453091

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How to cite

Cerejo, L. N. (2026). Rio de Janeiro: divisão territorial e rodovias [Rio de Janeiro: Territorial divisions and highways] (Version 1.0.0) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23453091

@dataset{cerejo2026_estado_rio_de_janeiro,
  author    = {Cerejo, Lucas Nakamura},
  title     = {Rio de Janeiro: Divisão territorial e rodovias},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  version   = {1.0.0},
  doi       = {10.5281/zenodo.23453091},
  url       = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23453091},
  language  = {portuguese},
  note      = {English title: Rio de Janeiro: Territorial divisions and highways. Licence CC BY 4.0}
}

No. 001 Territorial divisions Brazil, state by state 1/27

São Paulo

Territorial divisions and highways

São Paulo has 645 municipalities across 248,000 km², almost three per cent of Brazil. IBGE groups them into 53 immediate regions, drawn around the towns that supply jobs, trade and services to their surroundings, and into 11 intermediate regions that tie those networks together. São José do Rio Preto, in the north-west, gathers a hundred small municipalities; São Paulo, fifty, nearly all pressed against the capital. This plate opens the series “Brazil, state by state”: a clean base, with official boundaries and the paved road network, for anyone who needs to start a map of the state without losing the first afternoon gathering files.

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Layers

municipios polygon 645 municipalities, with IBGE code, regions, urban concentration and area (km²)
regioes_intermediarias polygon 11 intermediate geographic regions
regioes_imediatas polygon 53 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: São Paulo state (SP)
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.23450688

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The map without a frame, with legend, scale, reference system and credit written on it: ready for papers, lectures and slides. In two versions: with the basemap (neighbours and sea) or only the mapped area, on white.

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How to cite

Cerejo, L. N. (2026). São Paulo: divisão territorial e rodovias [São Paulo: Territorial divisions and highways] (Version 1.0.0) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23450688

@dataset{cerejo2026_estado_sao_paulo,
  author    = {Cerejo, Lucas Nakamura},
  title     = {São Paulo: Divisão territorial e rodovias},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  version   = {1.0.0},
  doi       = {10.5281/zenodo.23450688},
  url       = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23450688},
  language  = {portuguese},
  note      = {English title: São Paulo: Territorial divisions and highways. Licence CC BY 4.0}
}