Federation Maps and Fact Sheets

Brazil
Federalism goes back to 1891
Current Federal constitution adopted in 1988
Official Website of the federal government of Brazil (Portugese)

Constituent units

• 26 states: Acre; Alagoas; Amapá; Amazonas; Bahia; Ceará; Espírito Santo; Goiás; Maranhão; Mato Grosso; Mato Grosso do Sul; Minas Gerais; Pará; Paraíba; Paraná; Pernambuco; Piauí; Rio de Janeiro; Rio Grande do Norte; Rio Grande do Sul; Rondônia; Roraima; Santa Catarina; São Paulo; Sergipe; Tocantins and Federal Capital District (Brasília)
  • Map of Brazil

Constitutional distribution of powers

• Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil
  • Powers of the Union (articles 21, 22)
  • The Federated states (article 25)
  • Common powers (article 23)
  • Concurrent powers (article 24)

Legislative institutions

• Federal: National Congress composed of a Federal Senate (Senado Federal) and Chamber of Deputies (Câmara dos Deputados). The Senate is composed of three Senators from each state and from the Federal Capital District; the Senators are directly elected.
  • Official Website of the Federal Senate (Portuguese)
  • Official Website of the Chamber of Deputies (Portuguese)

• States: Unicameral legislatures

Official language: Portuguese

Other links of interest

• Country Insights