ESTADO DO RIO DE JANEIRO: DAS CAPITANIAS HEREDITÁRIAS À UMA NOVA DIVISÃO REGIONAL / RIO DE JANEIRO STATE: FROM HEREDITARY CAPITANES TO A NEW REGIONAL DIVISION

Abstract

doi: 10.12957/geouerj.2017.32064

Analyzing and discoursing about Rio de Janeiro’s territory is at the heart of this article in which it makes use of bibliographical references and statistical data that confirm the transformations unleashed from 1975 (when the former state of Rio de Janeiro and the state of Guanabara were marged) to the present day. In this context, it is structured in three parts, the first one addresses in a summarized way, some characteristics that identify the State described, in relation to the national context and the contrasts between the metropolis (Municipality of Rio de Janeiro) and the countryside. The second part discusses the transformations implemented from 1975 to the present day, with the recent transformations and their refutations in the New Regional Division in geographical regions which will be discussed in the third part To conclude, we present some problems that the territory presented has been passing through.