Acronyms of the Brazilian States

List of Brazilian states and their respective abbreviations in alphabetical order.

The current political and administrative division of Brazil dates back to 1988, when the current Constitution was enacted. According to her, the Brazilian territory is made up of 26 states and a Federal District.

In geography, to represent each of the Brazilian states, acronyms are used. According to the rules of the Portuguese language, regardless of the name of the state, acronyms have only two letters and are always written in capital letters;

See what are the rules used to form the acronyms of Brazilian states:

• In states with a compound name, the formation of the abbreviation uses the initial of the two names (Ex: Espírito Santo – ES, Distrito Federal – DF and São Paulo – SP);
• In cases where there was already a state with that initials, there was differentiation by other criteria (Ex: Mato Grosso – MT) and Mato Grosso do Sul – MS);
• The abbreviation of states with the same name, in different regions of the country, takes into account the location (eg Rio Grande do Sul – RS and Rio Grande do Norte – RN);
• In states whose name consists of only one word, the first two are used (Ex: Goiás – GO, Acre – AC and Bahia – BA);
• In cases where there was already a state with an abbreviation resulting from this process, other resources were used (Ex: Roraima – RR, Amapá – AP and Paraíba – PB).

Acronyms of Brazilian states

state	Acronym
Acre	B.C
Alagoas	AL
Amapá	AP
amazon	AM
bahia	BA
Ceará	CE
Federal District	DF
Holy Spirit	ES
Goias	GO
Maranhao	BAD
Mato Grosso	MT
Mato Grosso do Sul	MS
Minas Gerais	MG
For	SHOVEL
Paraíba	PB
Paraná	PR
Pernambuco	FOOT
Piauí	IP
Rio de Janeiro	RJ
large northern river	RN
Rio Grande do Sul	LOL
Rondônia	RO
roraima	RR
Santa Catarina	SC
São Paulo	SP
sergipe	IF
Tocantins	TO