National Capitals
- Salvador (1534–1763)
- Salvador (1572-1578/1581) - capital city of the State of Maranhão
- Salvador (1621–1640) - capital city of the State of Maranhão under the Iberian Union
- São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (1572-1578/1581) - capital city of the State of Brazil
- Rio de Janeiro (1763–1815) - capital city of the Viceroyalty of Brazil
- Rio de Janeiro (1815–1822) - capital city of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves
- Rio de Janeiro (1822–1889) - capital city of the Empire of Brazil
- Rio de Janeiro (1889–1960) - capital city of the Republic of the United States of Brazil
- Brasília (1960–present) - capital city of the Republic of the United States of Brazil, and since 1967 the Federative Republic of Brazil
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