- Dataset Availability
- 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z–2026-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Dataset Producer
- IBGE
- Tags
Description
The Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) provides official cartographic representations of the Brazilian territorial structure. This dataset contains the boundaries of the five official Macro Regions of Brazil (Norte, Nordeste, Sudeste, Sul, and Centro-Oeste) for reference year 2025 (Malha Territorial 2025).
Macro regions are groupings of Federation Units (states) established for statistical, planning, and administrative purposes.
For more information on the methodology and technical specifications, visit the IBGE Municipal Mesh Documentation.
Table Schema
Table Schema
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| CD_REGIAO | STRING | 1-digit Macro Region Code (1=Norte, 2=Nordeste, 3=Sudeste, 4=Sul, 5=Centro-Oeste) |
| NM_REGIAO | STRING | Macro Region Name |
| SIGLA_RG | STRING | Macro Region Abbreviation (N, NE, SE, S, CO) |
| AREA_KM2 | DOUBLE | Area in square kilometers |
Terms of Use
Terms of Use
This dataset is made available by the Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) as open public data in accordance with Brazilian Federal Law No. 12.527/2011 (Access to Information Law). Users are free to use, modify, and distribute the data for personal, educational, research, and commercial applications, with appropriate attribution to IBGE.
Explore with Earth Engine
Code Editor (JavaScript)
var dataset = ee.FeatureCollection('IBGE/REGIOES/V2025'); Map.setCenter(-51.9253, -14.235, 4); var styleParams = { fillColor: '1b9e7722', color: '1b9e77', width: 1.5, }; dataset = dataset.style(styleParams); Map.addLayer(dataset, {}, 'IBGE Brazil Macro Regions 2025');
Visualize as a FeatureView
A FeatureView is a view-only, accelerated representation of a
FeatureCollection. For more details, visit the
FeatureView documentation.
Code Editor (JavaScript)
var fvLayer = ui.Map.FeatureViewLayer('IBGE/REGIOES/V2025_FeatureView'); var visParams = { color: '1b9e77', fillColor: 'b5ffb4', opacity: 0.8, width: 1.5, }; fvLayer.setVisParams(visParams); fvLayer.setName('IBGE Brazil Macro Regions 2025'); Map.setCenter(-51.9253, -14.235, 4); Map.add(fvLayer);