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{{Short description|Entry for Brazil in ISO 3166-2}}
'''ISO 3166-2:BR''' is the entry for [[Brazil]] in [[ISO 3166-2]], part of the [[ISO 3166]] [[standardization|standard]] published by the [[International Organization for Standardization]] (ISO), which defines [[code]]s for the names of the principal [[country subdivision|subdivision]]s (e.g. provinces or [[state (administrative division)|state]]s) of all [[country|countries]] coded in [[ISO 3166-1]].

Currently for Brazil, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for [[states of Brazil|26 states and one federal district]]. The [[Federal District (Brazil)|Federal District]] has a special status similar to the states.

Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is {{mono|BR}}, the [[ISO 3166-1 alpha-2]] code of Brazil. The second part is two letters, widely used in Brazil as abbreviations of the states and federal district.

==Current codes==
Subdivision names are listed as in the ISO 3166-2 standard published by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA).

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{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Code
! Subdivision name ([[Portuguese language|pt]])
! Subdivision category
|-
| {{mono|BR-AC}}
| {{flag|Acre}}
| state
|-
| {{mono|BR-AL}}
| {{flag|Alagoas}}
| state
|-
| {{mono|BR-AP}}
| {{flag|Amapá}}
| state
|-
| {{mono|BR-AM}}
| {{flag|Amazonas}}
| state
|-
| {{mono|BR-BA}}
| {{flag|Bahia}}
| state
|-
| {{mono|BR-CE}}
| {{flag|Ceará}}
| state
|-
| {{mono|BR-DF}}
| {{flag|Distrito Federal (Brazil)|name=Distrito Federal}}
| federal district
|-
| {{mono|BR-ES}}
| {{flag|Espírito Santo}}
| state
|-
| {{mono|BR-GO}}
| {{flag|Goiás}}
| state
|-
| {{mono|BR-MA}}
| {{flag|Maranhão}}
| state
|-
| {{mono|BR-MT}}
| {{flag|Mato Grosso}}
| state
|-
| {{mono|BR-MS}}
| {{flag|Mato Grosso do Sul}}
| state
|-
| {{mono|BR-MG}}
| {{flag|Minas Gerais}}
| state
|-
| {{mono|BR-PA}}
| {{sort|&nbsp;Para|{{flag|Pará}}}}
| state
|-
| {{mono|BR-PB}}
| {{sort|&nbsp;Paraiba|{{flag|Paraíba}}}}
| state
|-
| {{mono|BR-PR}}
| {{flag|Paraná}}
| state
|-
| {{mono|BR-PE}}
| {{flag|Pernambuco}}
| state
|-
| {{mono|BR-PI}}
| {{flag|Piauí}}
| state
|-
| {{mono|BR-RJ}}
| {{flag|Rio de Janeiro}}
| state
|-
| {{mono|BR-RN}}
| {{flag|Rio Grande do Norte}}
| state
|-
| {{mono|BR-RS}}
| {{flag|Rio Grande do Sul}}
| state
|-
| {{mono|BR-RO}}
| {{flag|Rondônia}}
| state
|-
| {{mono|BR-RR}}
| {{flag|Roraima}}
| state
|-
| {{mono|BR-SC}}
| {{flag|Santa Catarina}}
| state
|-
| {{mono|BR-SP}}
| {{sort|&nbsp;Sao Paulo|{{flag|São Paulo}}}}
| state
|-
| {{mono|BR-SE}}
| {{flag|Sergipe}}
| state
|-
| {{mono|BR-TO}}
| {{flag|Tocantins}}
| state
|}

== Previous codes ==
The following codes were used for previous states and territories:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://biblioteca.ibge.gov.br/visualizacao/livros/liv13616.pdf#page=94 |title=Divisão Territorial do Brasil |trans-title=Territorial Division of Brazil |publisher=[[Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics]] |date=1945 |at=Page 89 (PDF page 94) |language=pt}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://biblioteca.ibge.gov.br/visualizacao/livros/liv13613.pdf#page=8 |title=Divisão Territorial do Brasil |trans-title=Territorial Division of Brazil |publisher=[[Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics]] |date=1965 |at=PDF page 8 |language=pt}}</ref>
* FN: Territory of [[Fernando de Noronha]], split from [[Pernambuco]] (PE) in 1942, merged back into the state in 1988.
* GB: State of [[Guanabara (state)|Guanabara]], replaced the [[Federal District of Brazil (1891–1960)|former Federal District]] (DF) in 1960, merged into the state of [[Rio de Janeiro (state)|Rio de Janeiro]] (RJ) in 1975.
* GR: Territory of Guaporé, formed from parts of [[Amazonas (Brazilian state)|Amazonas]] (AM) and [[Mato Grosso]] (MT) in 1943, renamed [[Rondônia]] (RO) in 1956, became a state in 1981.
* IC: Territory of [[Federal Territory of Iguaçu|Iguaçu]], formed from parts of [[Paraná (state)|Paraná]] (PR) and [[Santa Catarina (state)|Santa Catarina]] (SC) in 1943, merged back into the states in 1946.
* PP: Territory of [[Federal Territory of Ponta Porã|Ponta Porã]], split from Mato Grosso (MT) in 1943, merged back into the state in 1946, part of [[Mato Grosso do Sul]] (MS) from its formation in 1977.
* RB: Territory of Rio Branco, split from Amazonas (AM) in 1943, renamed [[Roraima]] (RR) in 1962, became a state in 1988.

== Hierarchical numeric representation ==
[[Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics|IBGE]] conventions for numerical representation of each current federation unit, where the first digit is the region and the second digit its element:
{| class="wikitable"
!Region
!Federation units
|-
| '''Norte'''<br/>&nbsp; prefix <code>1</code>
|&nbsp; <code>RO AC AM RR PA AP TO</code><br/>&nbsp; <code>11 12 13 14 15 16 17</code>

|-
| '''Nordeste'''<br/>&nbsp; prefix <code>2</code>
|&nbsp; <code>MA PI CE RN PB PE AL SE BA</code>&nbsp;<br/>&nbsp; <code>21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29</code>

|-
| '''Sudeste'''<br/>&nbsp; prefix <code>3</code>
|&nbsp; <code>MG ES RJ SP</code><br/>&nbsp; <code>31 32 33 35</code>

|-
| '''Sul'''<br/>&nbsp; prefix <code>4</code>
|&nbsp; <code>PR SC RS</code><br/>&nbsp; <code>41 42 43</code>

|-
| '''Centro-Oeste'''<br/>&nbsp; prefix <code>5</code>
|&nbsp; <code>MS MT GO DF</code><br/>&nbsp; <code>50 51 52 53</code>
|}

This is not part of the ISO standard but there is a direct mapping between ISO codes and IBGE numbers. IBGE is the authority for the ISO codes and defined both codes and numbers.

==See also==
* [[List of FIPS region codes (A-C)#BR: Brazil|FIPS region codes of Brazil]]
* Neighbouring countries: [[ISO 3166-2:AR|AR]], [[ISO 3166-2:BO|BO]], [[ISO 3166-2:CO|CO]], [[ISO 3166-2:FR|FR]] ([[ISO 3166-2:GF|GF]]), [[ISO 3166-2:GY|GY]], [[ISO 3166-2:PE|PE]], [[ISO 3166-2:PY|PY]], [[ISO 3166-2:SR|SR]], [[ISO 3166-2:UY|UY]], [[ISO 3166-2:VE|VE]]

==External links==
* [https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:code:3166:BR ISO Online Browsing Platform: BR]
* [http://www.statoids.com/ubr.html States of Brazil], Statoids.com

==References==
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{{ISO 3166}}

[[Category:ISO 3166|2:BR]]
[[Category:Lists of states of Brazil|*ISO 3166-2]]