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镇（municipalities），引发了众多研究者的关注，他们发表了大量学术成果以阐释这一现象。然而，市镇的设立早在巴西疆域确立之初便已出现，其发展进程在1532年首个政权建立时迎来首个高潮。本研究具体探讨了巴西帝国时期的市镇设立动态，该时期始于1822年，止于1889年巴西独立时期结束之际。本研究旨在将划分为地方政治单元的疆域与巴西帝国疆域的形成及拓殖动态相关联，重点阐明市镇在该进程中的功能。为此，本研究还原了该时期市镇作为此类地方政治单元所催生的空间秩序的角色，并基于与疆域扩张及领土掌控意图相关的地缘政治战略对其展开分析。