Image talk:Brazil provinces 1889.PNG

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This image presents a few minor but important mistakes.

Firstly, the city of Rio de Janeiro wasn't named "Distrito Federal" until the Republic was founded in 1889. The Capital City's actual status during Imperial times was of "Município Neutro" (Neutral Municipality), in order to separate it from the Province of Rio de Janeiro. That would be a more accurate naming to be present on the map.

Also, the province of Pernambuco is mistakenly abbreviated as "PF" on the map, while its correct acronym would be "PE".

Some of the mistakes were probably caused by mistakes present on other maps about the Empire of Brazil hosted by Wikipedia. —Krystoffer 20:43, 3 March 2008 (UTC)