The following is a list of quilombola territories as designated by the Palmares Cultural Foundation and awarded land title by the Instituto Nacional de Colonização e Reforma Agrária through the provisions of the 1988 Constitution. In addition, this list may include territories which received title through state-level agricultural reform agencies. This is not to be confused with the larger list of quilombola communities throughout Brazil, most of which are designated by the Palmares Cultural Foundation but not awarded land title by INCRA or equivalent state agencies.
A quilombola territory is an area which is historically settled by a community of quilombola descended from a historic quilombo, or settlement of escapees from plantation slavery in Brazil, and in which the quilombola community hold communal land title. Despite living in these areas for as long as hundreds of years, as well as the federal Constitution's recognition of the right of quilombolas to communal land title, much of the historic lands claimed by quilombolas are not recognized by various levels of government.
Issuing bodies The following institutions issue or have issued land title recognition to quilombola communities:
INCRA: Instituto Nacional de Colonização e Reforma Agrária (national) ITERPA: Pará Land Institute ITERMA: Maranhão Institute of Colonization and Land ITERPE: Pernambuco State Land and Agrarian Reform Institute CDA: Agrarian Development Coordination FCP: Palmares Cultural Foundation SEHAF: Secretary of State of Qualification and Land Affairs (Rio de Janeiro) INTERPI: Piauí Land Institute ITESP: São Paulo State Land Institute INTERBA: Bahia Land Institute CEMIG: Minas Gerais Energy Company ITERJ: Rio de Janeiro State Land and Cartography Institute SPU: Union Heritage Secretariat ITERTINS: Tocantins State Land Institute IDATERRA: Institute of Agrarian Development and Rural Extension of Mato Grosso do Sul PM: Municipal Mayor of a city
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