States of Brazil: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

There are 27 States of Brazil, or Estados in Portuguese, which are the federal states of Brazil, plus the Federal District which holds the capital city, Brasília.

The twenty-six states are:

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
plus one extra federated unity, Federal District

See also: Brazil, List of subnational entities, List of capitals of subnational entities