The Brazilian Institute Of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) launches today, December 18 of 2014, in print and digital version, the Political Map of Brazil, scale 1:2,500,000 (1cm=25km), which consists of a cartographic representation of the entire Brazilian territory, informing the spatial distribution of the capitals and cities, with a highlight to those with larger populations. This map is used as reference to geoscientific projects, giving support to decision makers in the macro planning of the country and to the drawing of several maps at smaller scales.
The Political Map of Brazil 1:2,500,000, due to its enormous dimension (1,800mmX2,260mm), comes in two versions, print and digital, divided in 4 quadrants, in order to facilitate its printing and handling.
Image maps provide an updated view of the territory, compatible with the requirements of the scale representation, and present the names of the geographic elements of greater relevance. Due to the product’s simplicity, society can have information in a faster way than they used to in the complete topographic sheet.
Based on the Brazilian Continuous Cartographic Base at a scale of 1:1,000,000 (1cm=10km), the map comprises state and international borders, hydrographic features, extreme points, transportation systems, vegetation, electricity and communication. The 2014 edition brings the updated Brazilian territorial distribution, corresponding to the 5,570 municipalities in Brazil. The version of the Political Map of Brazil released today by IBGE portrays the demographic situation based on the 2010 Population Census.
Since 1940, IBGE has produced the Political Map of Brazil. In this edition, the evolution of the territorial division of Brazil until the present day is described.
The product, in full size and in quadrants, in PDF format, can be downloaded on link ftp://geoftp.ibge.gov.br/mapas_tematicos/mapas_murais/Brasil2500_2014/.
