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Brazil has a high level of urbanization: 81 out of every 100 Brazilians live in cities. The criteria used by the IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics) in determining whether households are urban or rural, however, are based on political divisions, not on the built environment. Nowadays, the country has more than 5,570 municipalities. About 85% of Brazilians live in urban areas. The state capitals are also the largest cities in their respective states, exceptions being Florianópolis (which is the capital and the second largest city of Santa Catarina state after Joinville) and Vitória (which is the capital but only the fourth largest city of Espírito Santo state). There are also non-capital metropolitan areas in São Paulo (Campinas, Santos, Paraíba Valley), Minas Gerais (Vale do Aço), Bahia (Feira de Santana), Rio Grande do Sul (Sinos Valley), Santa Catarina (Joinville, Itajaí Valley), among others. Most of the non-capital large cities in Brazil are in the states of São Paulo (21), Rio de Janeiro (7), Minas Gerais (7), Pernambuco (5), Paraná (4), Rio Grande do Sul (3) and Espírito Santo (3). ==Most populated cities in Brazil== This is a list of the most populous cities based on the population of the municipality where the city is located, rather than its metropolitan area. ;IBGE estimates of 1 July 2014 :State capitals are in bold. The first rank tells the list of largest cities in Brazil, the second rank is by state capitals and the third by non-capitals. Palmas is the only state capital not listed. Brazil's population, as recorded by the 2010 Census, was of 190,755,799 million inhabitants〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2010 Census first final results: Brazil has a population of 190,755,799 residents )〕 (22.40 inhabitants per square kilometer), with 84.36% of the population defined as urban. The population is heavily concentrated in the Southeast (80,4 million) and Northeast (53.1 million). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of largest cities in Brazil」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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