Brazil
Posted by Ahmed.kaka , 26/08/2010 8/26/2010
Brazil
President: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Total area: 8,511,965 sq km
Language: Portuguese
Population (2010est): 201,103,330
Population (2010est): 201,103,330
Capital and largest city: Brasilia
Other large cities: São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte
Official religion: 90 percent of the population is Roman Catholic
Monetary unit: Real
Official religion: 90 percent of the population is Roman Catholic
Monetary unit: Real
Geography: Brazil covers nearly half of South America and is the continent's largest nation, borders every nation on the continent except Chile and Ecuador. Brazil may be divided into the Brazilian Highlands, or plateau, in the south and the Amazon River Basin in the north. Over a third of Brazil is drained by the Amazon and its more than 200 tributaries
Government: Federal republic
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History: Brazil is the only Latin American nation that derives its language and culture from Portugal. The native inhabitants mostly consisted of the nomadic Tupí-Guaraní Indians. Adm. Pedro Alvares Cabral claimed the territory for Portugal in 1500. The early explorers brought back a wood that produced a red dye, pau-brasil, from which the land received its name. Portugal began colonization in 1532 and made the area a royal colony in 1549
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