Acronyms of the Brazilian States

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List of Brazilian states and their respective abbreviations in alphabetical order.

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The current political and administrative division of Brazil dates back to 1988, when the current Constitution was enacted. According to her, the Brazilian territory is made up of 26 states and a Federal District.

In geography, to represent each of the Brazilian states, acronyms are used. According to the rules of the Portuguese language, regardless of the name of the state, acronyms have only two letters and are always written in capital letters;

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See what are the rules used to form the acronyms of Brazilian states:

  • In states with a compound name, the formation of the abbreviation uses the initial of the two names (Ex: Espírito Santo – ES, Distrito Federal – DF and São Paulo – SP);
  • In cases where there was already a state with that initials, there was differentiation by other criteria (Ex: Mato Grosso – MT) and Mato Grosso do Sul – MS);
  • The abbreviation of states with the same name, in different regions of the country, takes into account the location (eg Rio Grande do Sul – RS and Rio Grande do Norte – RN);
  • In states whose name consists of only one word, the first two are used (Ex: Goiás – GO, Acre – AC and Bahia – BA);
  • In cases where there was already a state with an abbreviation resulting from this process, other resources were used (Ex: Roraima – RR, Amapá – AP and Paraíba – PB).

Acronyms of Brazilian states

state Acronym
Acre B.C
Alagoas AL
Amapá AP
amazon AM
bahia BA
Ceará CE
Federal District DF
Holy Spirit ES
Goias GO
Maranhao BAD
Mato Grosso MT
Mato Grosso do Sul MS
Minas Gerais MG
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Paraíba PB
Paraná PR
Pernambuco FOOT
Piauí IP
Rio de Janeiro RJ
large northern river RN
Rio Grande do Sul LOL
Rondônia RO
roraima RR
Santa Catarina SC
São Paulo SP
sergipe IF
Tocantins TO
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