For political and administrative reasons, Brazil's 25 states and one federal district are divided into five regions, terms that are used throughout this guide and which you will hear widely referred to in Brazil itself.
NORTH (THE AMAZON)
Acre
Amapá
Amazonas
Pará
Rondônia
CENTRE-WEST
Brasília (Federal District)
Goiás
Mato Grosso
Mato Grosso do Sul
Tocantins
NORTHEAST
Alagoas
Bahia
Ceará
Maranhão
Paraíba
Pernambuco
Piauí
Rio Grande do Norte
Sergipe
SOUTHEAST
Espírito Santo
Minas Gerais
Rio de Janeiro
São Paulo
SOUTH
Paraná
Rio Grande do Sul
Santa Catarin
