territory occupation and the municipalities creation during the Brazilian Imperial Period

AbstractAfter the 1988’s Constitution, Brazil has created, thousands of new municipalities, drawing the attention of a lot of researchers, who published countless works to explain the phenomenon. However, the municipalities’ creation have been occurred since establishment of the Brazilian territory, culminating with the first form of government was instituted, in 1532. The present work shows, specifically, the dynamic of the municipalities´creation throughout the Imperial period, starting in 1822 and going until 1889, by the time of the Independence of Brazil. The objective is to associate the territory partitioning into local political units, with the Imperial Brazilian territory formation an occupation dynamic, emphasizing the function of the municipalities in that process. For this, the work recovers the role of the municipalities during that period, as the spatial order resulting from these political units, which is analyzed based in the geopolitical strategies with the expansion and possession territory intentions.

摘要：1988年巴西宪法颁布后，巴西新增了数千个市政区（municipalities），引发了众多研究者的关注，他们发表了大量研究成果以阐释这一现象。然而，市政区的设立可追溯至巴西疆域正式确立之初，其进程在1532年首个治理形式建立时达到顶峰。本研究聚焦巴西帝国时期（1822年至1889年巴西帝国终结之际）的市政区设立动态。研究旨在将疆域划分为地方政治单元的进程，与巴西帝国疆域的形成及拓殖动态相关联，并着重阐释市政区在该进程中的功能。为此，本研究还原了该时期市政区作为此类政治单元所催生的空间秩序的角色，并基于旨在拓展与掌控疆域的地缘政治战略对其展开分析。