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Always-updated multi-language geographic data of Brazil.

Data Source

All these data was compiled from nonstandardized spreadsheets provided by IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics) through their FTP server at ftp://geoftp.ibge.gov.br/organizacao_do_territorio/estrutura_territorial/divisao_territorial/.

Datasets

Records

Dataset	states	mesoregions	microregions	municipalities	districts	subdistricts
2014	27	137	558	5,570	10,351	664
2013	27	137	558	5,570	10,302	662
2012	27	137	558	5,565	-	-
2011	27	137	558	5,565	-	-
2010	27	137	558	5,565	-	-
2009	27	137	558	5,565	10,155	489
2008	27	137	558	5,564	10,104	471
2007	27	137	558	5,564	10,090	471
2006	27	137	558	5,564	10,031	449
2005	27	137	558	5,564	10,001	413
2004	27	137	558	5,560	9,947	413
2003	27	137	558	5,560	9,927	405
2000	27	137	558	5,507	9,849	404
1994	27	137	558	4,974	9,241	155
1980	27	-	-	3,992	-	-
1970	27	-	-	3,952	-	-
1960	27	-	-	2,766	-	-
1950	26	-	-	1,889	-	-
1940	22	-	-	1,574	-	-

Data formats

Currently we provide these datasets into the following formats:

Data Interchange

• CSV
• JSON
• PHP Serialized Data
• Property List
• TSV
• XML
• YAML

Database

• Firebird Embedded
• SQL
• SQLite 3

License

The project source code are available under the MIT License. The data compiled here are public domain and falls within fair use.

Contributing

Found any misleading information? Have an idea for a missing feature? You are always welcome to open an issue or provide a pull-request!