List of capitals of subdivisions of Brazil

  • 3.1 capitals of the states
  • 3.2 capitals of the territory
  • 3.3 Capital of the Federal District
  • 4.1 capitals of the states
  • 4.2 capitals of the territories
  • 4.3 capitals of the federal districts
  • 5.1 capitals of the states
  • 5.2 capitals of the territories
  • 5.3 Capital of the Federal District
  • 6.1 capitals of the states
  • 6.2 Capital of the Federal District

Main cities in Brazil

  • Salvador da Bahia 1549-1714 capital of Brazil ( Portuguese colony )
  • 1714-1763 capital of the Viceroyalty of Brazil (Portuguese Vice-Kingdom )

Capitals of the provinces and the city of neutrals 1822-1888

Capitals of the provinces

  • Aracaju ( Sergipe, since 1855)
  • Alagoas (now Marechal Deodoro ) (Alagoas until 1839)
  • Belém ( Grão - Pará, to 1850; Pará, since 1850)
  • Cuiabá ( Mato Grosso, since 1835 )
  • Curitiba ( Paraná, since 1853 )
  • Fortaleza (Ceará )
  • Goiáz (today Goiás) ( Goiáz )
  • Maceió (Alagoas, since 1839 )
  • Manaus ( until 1856 Barra do Rio Negro) (Amazonas, since 1850)
  • Montevideo / Montevidéu ( Cisplatina, to 1825 or 1828) 1825 Uruguay declared its independence, recognized in 1828
  • Natal (Rio Grande do Norte)
  • Niterói (Rio de Janeiro, since 1834 )
  • Nossa Senhora do Desterro (now Florianópolis ) (Santa Catarina )
  • Oeiras ( Piauí, to 1851 )
  • Olinda (Pernambuco until 1837)
  • Ouro Preto ( Minas Gerais )
  • Paraíba (today João Pessoa ) ( Paraíba )
  • Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul )
  • Recife ( Pernambuco, since 1837)
  • Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro until 1834)
  • Salvador da Bahia ( Baía )
  • São Cristóvão ( Sergipe until 1855)
  • São Luís ( Maranhão )
  • São Paulo (São Paulo)
  • Teresina ( Piauí, since 1851 )
  • Vila Bela da Trindade Santíssima ( Mato Grosso, and 1835 )
  • Vitória ( Espírito Santo )

Capital city of the neutrals

  • Rio de Janeiro ( Neutral City / Municipio neutrons, since 1834 )

Capitals of the states, territory and the Federal District from 1889-1941

Capitals of the states

  • Aracaju ( Sergipe )
  • Belém (Pará )
  • Belo Horizonte ( until 1901 Cidade de Minas ) ( Minas Gerais, since 1897)
  • Cuiabá ( Mato Grosso )
  • Curitiba ( Paraná )
  • Florianópolis ( until 1894 Nossa Senhora do Desterro ) (Santa Catarina )
  • Fortaleza (Ceará )
  • Goiânia ( Goiáz, since 1937)
  • Goiáz (today Goiás) ( Goiáz until 1937)
  • João Pessoa ( Paraíba to 1930 ) ( Paraíba )
  • Maceió (Alagoas )
  • Manaus ( Amazonas)
  • Natal (Rio Grande do Norte)
  • Niterói (Rio de Janeiro)
  • Ouro Preto ( Minas Gerais until 1897)
  • Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul )
  • Recife ( Pernambuco)
  • Salvador da Bahia ( Baía )
  • São Luís ( Maranhão )
  • São Paulo (São Paulo)
  • Teresina ( Piauí )
  • Vitória ( Espírito Santo )

Capitals of the Territory

1904-1912, the territory of Acre was administered by the Prefect of the three departments of Alto Acre, Alto Purus and Juruá Alto, from 1912 to 1920 it was administered with Alto Tarauacá of the Prefect of the four departments. From 1921 there was a centralized management under a governor.

Capital of the Federal District

  • Rio de Janeiro ( Federal District / Distrito Federal)

Capitals of the states, territories and the federal districts of 1942-1966

Capitals of the states

  • Aracaju ( Sergipe )
  • Belém (Pará )
  • Belo Horizonte ( Minas Gerais )
  • Cuiabá ( Mato Grosso )
  • Curitiba ( Paraná )
  • Florianópolis (Santa Catarina )
  • Fortaleza (Ceará )
  • Goiânia ( Goiáz until 1943; Goiás, since 1943)
  • João Pessoa ( Paraíba )
  • Maceió (Alagoas )
  • Manaus ( Amazonas)
  • Natal (Rio Grande do Norte)
  • Niterói (Rio de Janeiro)
  • Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul )
  • Recife ( Pernambuco)
  • Rio Branco ( Acre, since 1962)
  • Rio de Janeiro ( Guanabara, since 1960)
  • Salvador da Bahia ( Baía, until 1943, Bahia, since 1943)
  • São Luís ( Maranhão )
  • São Paulo (São Paulo)
  • Teresina ( Piauí )
  • Vitória ( Espírito Santo )

Major cities in the territories

  • Boa Vista (Rio Branco, 1943-62; Roraima, since 1962)
  • Fernando de Noronha ( Fernando de Noronha ), the official capital of the whole island, the only place on the island is called Vila dos Remedios
  • Laranjeiras do Sul ( Iguaçu, 1943-46 )
  • Macapa ( Amapá, since 1943)
  • Ponta Porã ( Ponta Porã (Territory ), 1943-46 )
  • Porto Velho ( Guaporé, 1943-56; Rondônia, since 1956 )
  • Rio Branco ( Acre until 1962)

Capitals of the federal districts

  • Brasília ( Federal District / Distrito Federal, since 1960)
  • Rio de Janeiro ( Federal District / Distrito Federal, until 1960 )

Capitals of the states, the territories and the Federal District from 1967-1987

Capitals of the states

  • Aracaju ( Sergipe )
  • Belém (Pará )
  • Belo Horizonte ( Minas Gerais )
  • Campo Grande ( Mato Grosso do Sul, since 1979)
  • Cuiabá ( Mato Grosso )
  • Curitiba ( Paraná )
  • Florianópolis (Santa Catarina )
  • Fortaleza (Ceará )
  • Goiânia ( Goiás)
  • João Pessoa ( Paraíba )
  • Maceió (Alagoas )
  • Manaus ( Amazonas)
  • Natal (Rio Grande do Norte)
  • Niterói (Rio de Janeiro until 1975)
  • Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul )
  • Porto Velho ( Rondônia, since 1981)
  • Recife ( Pernambuco)
  • Rio Branco ( Acre )
  • Rio de Janeiro ( Guanabara until 1975, Rio de Janeiro, since 1975)
  • Salvador (Bahia)
  • São Luís ( Maranhão )
  • São Paulo (São Paulo)
  • Teresina ( Piauí )
  • Vitória ( Espírito Santo )

Major cities in the territories

  • Boa Vista ( Roraima )
  • Fernando de Noronha ( Fernando de Noronha ) official capital is the island of Fernando de Noronha, the only place on the island is Vila dos Remedios
  • Macapa ( Amapá )
  • Porto Velho ( Rondônia until 1981)

Capital of the Federal District

  • Brasília ( Federal District / Distrito Federal)

Capitals of the states and the Federal District since 1988

Capitals of the states

  • Aracaju ( Sergipe )
  • Belém (Pará )
  • Belo Horizonte ( Minas Gerais )
  • Boa Vista ( Roraima )
  • Campo Grande ( Mato Grosso do Sul )
  • Cuiabá ( Mato Grosso )
  • Curitiba ( Paraná )
  • Florianópolis (Santa Catarina )
  • Fortaleza (Ceará )
  • Goiânia ( Goiás)
  • João Pessoa ( Paraíba )
  • Macapa ( Amapá )
  • Maceió (Alagoas )
  • Manaus ( Amazonas)
  • Miracema do Tocantins ( Tocantins, 1 January to 31 December 1989)
  • Natal (Rio Grande do Norte)
  • Palmas ( Tocantins, since 1990)
  • Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul )
  • Porto Velho ( Rondônia )
  • Recife ( Pernambuco)
  • Rio Branco ( Acre )
  • Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro)
  • Salvador (Bahia)
  • São Luís ( Maranhão )
  • São Paulo (São Paulo)
  • Teresina ( Piauí )
  • Vitória ( Espírito Santo )

Capital of the Federal District

  • Brasília ( Federal District / Distrito Federal)
  • Capital of the Brazilian state of
  • List (municipalities in Brazil)
  • List (main cities)
516139
de