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- ↑ Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) (2017). "Divisão Regional do Brasil" . Retrieved 10 October 2018.
- ↑ Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística [ permanent dead link ], territorial division.