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geobr (version 1.1)

read_census_tract: Download shape files of census tracts of the Brazilian Population Census (Only years 2000 and 2010 are currently available).

Description

Download shape files of census tracts of the Brazilian Population Census (Only years 2000 and 2010 are currently available).

Usage

read_census_tract(code_tract, year = NULL, zone = "urban")

Arguments

code_tract

The 7-digit code of a Municipality. If the two-digit code or a two-letter uppercase abbreviation of a state is passed, (e.g. 33 or "RJ") the function will load all census tracts of that state. If code_tract="all", all census tracts of the country are loaded.

year

Year of the data (defaults to 2010)

zone

"urban" or "rural" census tracts come in separate files in the year 2000 (defaults to "urban")

See Also

Other general area functions: read_amazon, read_biomes, read_conservation_units, read_country, read_immediate_region, read_intermediate_region, read_meso_region, read_micro_region, read_municipality, read_region, read_semiarid, read_state, read_statistical_grid, read_weighting_area

Examples

Run this code
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library(geobr)

# Read rural census tracts for years before 2007
  c <- read_census_tract(code_tract=5201108, year=2000, zone="rural")

# Read all census tracts of a state at a given year
  c <- read_census_tract(code_tract=53, year=2010); # or
  c <- read_census_tract(code_tract="DF", year=2010)
  plot(c)

# Read all census tracts of a municipality at a given year
  c <- read_census_tract(code_tract=5201108, year=2010)
  plot(c)

# Read all census tracts of the country at a given year
  c <- read_census_tract(code_tract="all", year=2010)

# }
# NOT RUN {



# }

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