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{{Short description|Former subdivision of the Brazilian states}}A mesoregion () was a subdivision of the Brazilian states, grouping together various municipalities in proximity and with common characteristics. They were abolished in 2017 and replaced by intermediate and immediate geographic regions.WEB,weblink Divisão Regional do Brasil, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE), 2017, 10 October 2018, The mesoregions were created by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics for statistical purposes and did not, therefore, constitute political or administrative areas. They were further divided into microregions.

List of mesoregions

{{As of|2014}}, there were 5,570 municipalities, divided among 558 microregions and 137 mesoregions:Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, territorial division.{|class="wikitable sortable"! State! Mesoregions! Microregions! Municipalities

Central-West Region, Brazil>Central-West Brazil	15	52	466

Federal District (Brazil)>Federal District	1	1	1

Goiás >		| 246

Mato Grosso >		| 141

Mato Grosso do Sul >		| 79

Northeast Region, Brazil>Northeast Brazil	42	188	1794

Alagoas >		| 102

Bahia >		| 417

Ceará >		| 184

Maranhão >		| 217

Paraíba >		| 223

Pernambuco >		| 185

Piauí >		| 224

Rio Grande do Norte >		| 167

Sergipe >		| 75

North Region, Brazil>North Brazil	20	64	450

Acre (state)>Acre	2	5	22

Amapá >		| 16

Amazonas (Brazilian state)>Amazonas	4	13	62

Pará >		| 144

Rondônia >		| 52

Roraima >		| 15

Tocantins >		| 139

Southeast Region, Brazil>Southeast Brazil	37	160	1668

Espírito Santo >		| 78

Minas Gerais >		| 853

Rio de Janeiro (state)>Rio de Janeiro	6	18	92

São Paulo (state)>São Paulo	List of mesoregions of São Paulo (state)	>	| 645

South Region, Brazil>South Brazil	23	94	1191

Paraná (state)>Paraná	10	39	399

Rio Grande do Sul >		| 497

Santa Catarina (state)>Santa Catarina	6	20	295

Total >		| 5569

References

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