The IBGE carried out one more update on the list of Brazilian municipal subdivisions. In relation to the previous year, the current survey, referring to 2020, includes one new municipal district and six new subdistricts. The tables with this information can be accessed on the IBGE Portal, by clicking here.

The Brazilian Territorial Division details the territorial structure of the country, listing the Macroregions, Federation Units, Mesoregions, Microregions, Immediate Geographic Regions, Intermediate Geographic Regions and Municipalities. It also brings their respective internal subdivisions: districts and administrative subdistricts or regions. The IBGE systematizes this kind of information, monitoring any changes in the Political-Administrative Division by means of annual updates.

In the most recent survey, referring to 2020, the Brazilian territorial structure kept its 5,568 municipalities, number it reached in 2013. In addition to these municipalities, there is a federal district (Brasília) and a state district in Pernambuco (Fernando de Noronha).

The intra-municipal divisions, on the other hand, undergo more intense changes. In 2020, there were a total of 10,631 municipal districts and 683 subdistricts, against 10,630 districts and 689 subdistricts in 2019. The differences are related to the termination of those structures by the municipalities in charge of them.

As part of its institutional mission, the IBGE registers events concerning the Brazilian Territorial Division - DTB in order to update information on the country's territory in order to structure geoscientific studies and update the Census Mapping for operational purposes for Surveys, Censuses and for the disclosure of Statistical Data.