Brazilian Municipal Boundaries From 2010 Census

Municipal boundaries for Brazil sourced from the 2010 national census. The dataset is provided in Parquet format and was last updated in April 2026 by author Miguel Penteado.

Use Cases

• Mapping municipal administrative units using polygon geometry data.
• Joining census demographic statistics with spatial boundaries via municipality codes.
• Analyzing territorial changes by comparing these 2010 boundaries with newer releases.

Strengths

• Data originates from IBGE, Brazil's official statistics agency.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Data is based on the 2010 census and may not reflect recent municipal splits or mergers.
• Specific row counts and column names are not provided for assessment.

Provenance

Source

Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE).

Collection Method

Extracted from official IBGE territorial mesh files.

Time Range

2010

Freshness

Last updated April 2026, though underlying data is from 2010.

Geography

Brazil.