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| | Brazil: country profile |
 | | Luziânia, GO Codó, MA Barretos, SP Colatina, ES Jaú, SP Nossa Senhora do Socorro, SE Linhares, ES Cabo Frio, RJ Apucarana, PR Catanduva, SP Botucatu, SP Sabará, MG Santa Cruz do Sul, RS Ribeirão Pires, SP Rio Verde, GO Varginha, MG source: IBGE, Diretoria de Pesquisas, Population Census 1991 and Population Census 1996 preliminary figures. |
 | | The list above is in my (and in Samuel Oliveira's, as he graciously provided me with this list) view a better representation of the factual situation in Brazil regarding metropolitan areas. |
 | | Official metropolitan areas in Brazil are Belém (PA), Fortaleza (CE), Recife (PE), Salvador (BA), Belo Horizonte (MG), Rio de Janeiro (RJ), São Paulo (SP), Curitiba (PR) and Porto Alegre (RS). |
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