The provinces of Brazil were the primary subdivisions of the country during the period of the Empire of Brazil (1822 – 1889).
3-438: São Paulo Province was one of the provinces of Brazil . This article about the history of Brazil is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Paraná , Brazil location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This geographical article relating to the state of São Paulo is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Provinces of Brazil On February 28, 1821,
6-675: The Empire of Brazil. The last Brazilian provinces that remained loyal to the Portuguese Government in Lisbon adhere to the Empire of Brazil. Cisplatina Province became the independent state of Uruguay . The city of Rio de Janeiro , the imperial capital , was removed from the province of Rio de Janeiro, and was included in the Neutral Municipality . At the same time, the capital of the province of Rio de Janeiro
9-718: The provinces were established in the Kingdom of Brazil (then part of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves ), superseding the captaincies that were in place at the time. The captaincies of Brazil are renamed provinces. The present-day Uruguay is occupied by the Portuguese Army and incorporated in Brazil as its Cisplatine Province. Independence of Brazil, with the provinces becoming provinces of
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