. The earth and its inhabitants .. . "23" WesL or breenwicn Municipal Capital. District Capital. 60 Miles. an average they occupy a superficial area of 1,700 square miles, or two-thirds of a French department. From the religious standpoint, Brazil is divided into twelve dioceses, two archbishoprics (Bahia and Rio de Janeiro), 19 vicariates general, and 233 ecclesi- astical comïircas. In the civil administration one or more freguezias are grouped in ter»ios, which coincide, for the most part, with the mitnicipios. Nevertheless, some of the termes are themselves divided into " mun
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . "23" WesL or breenwicn Municipal Capital. District Capital. 60 Miles. an average they occupy a superficial area of 1,700 square miles, or two-thirds of a French department. From the religious standpoint, Brazil is divided into twelve dioceses, two archbishoprics (Bahia and Rio de Janeiro), 19 vicariates general, and 233 ecclesi- astical comïircas. In the civil administration one or more freguezias are grouped in ter»ios, which coincide, for the most part, with the mitnicipios. Nevertheless, some of the termes are themselves divided into " municipalities," a division which, despite its great extent, answers best to the French commune. In the official statistics the jDopulation is enumerated by municipalities. Hence the populations of towns figuring in most geographical works are often distributed over vast spaces several thousand square miles in extent. The inha- bitants gTouped in the central nucleus, officially called cidade, " city," or vilhi
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