Brazil
country
Brasília
capital city
English, Spanish, French, Portuguese
language(s)
BRL
currency
8,511,965 km²
area
186,112,794
population
21.86 people/km²
population density
Brazil
Regions of Brazil
- Distrito Federal
- Estado da Bahia
- Estado da Paraíba
- Estado de Alagoas
- Estado de Espírito Santo
- Estado de Goiás
- Estado de Mato Grosso
- Estado de Mato Grosso do Sul
- Estado de Minas Gerais
- Estado de Pernambuco
- Estado de Rondônia
- Estado de Roraima
- Estado de Santa Catarina
- Estado de Sergipe
- Estado de São Paulo
- Estado de Tocantins
- Estado do Acre
- Estado do Amapá
- Estado do Amazonas
- Estado do Ceará
- Estado do Maranhão
- Estado do Parana
- Estado do Pará
- Estado do Piauí
- Estado do Rio Grande do Norte
- Estado do Rio Grande do Sul
- Estado do Rio de Janeiro
Flag of Brazil
National Anthem of Brazil
Neighbours of Brazil
- Argentina
- Bolivia
- Colombia
- French Guiana
- Guyana
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Suriname
- United States of Venezuela
- Uruguay
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Brazil description
Brazil (Portuguese: Brasil), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: República Federativa do Brasil), is a country in South America. It is the fifth largest country by geographical area, the fifth most populous country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Brazil has a coastline of over 7,491 kilometers (4,655 mi). It is bordered on the north by Venezuela, Suriname, Guyana and the overseas department of French Guiana; on the northwest by Colombia; on the west by Bolivia and Peru; on the southwest by Argentina and Paraguay and on the south by Uruguay. Numerous archipelagos are part of the Brazilian territory, such as Fernando de Noronha, Rocas Atoll, Saint Peter and Paul Rocks, and Trindade and Martim Vaz. Brazil was a colony of Portugal from the landing of Pedro Álvares Cabral in 1500 until its independence in 1822. Initially independent as the Brazilian Empire, the country has been a republic since 1889, even though its bicameral legislature (now called Congress) dates back to 1824, when the first constitution was ratified. Its current Constitution defines Brazil as a Federal Republic. The Federation is formed by the union of the Federal District, the 26 States, and the 5,564 Municipalities. Brazil is the world's tenth largest economy at market exchange rates and the ninth largest in purchasing power. Economic reforms have given the country new international projection. It is a founding member of the United Nations and of the Union of South American Nations. A predominantly Roman Catholic, Portuguese-speaking and multiethnic society, Brazil is also home to a diversity of wildlife, natural environments, and extensive natural resources in a variety of protected habitats.
