Brazil
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Brazil (Portuguese: Brasil, [bɾaˈziw]), offeecially the Federative Republic o Brazil (Portuguese: República Federativa do Brasil, listen (help·info)), is the lairgest kintra in Sooth Americae. It is the warld's fift lairgest kintra, baith bi geographical aurie an bi population wi ower 210 million fowk. It is the anerlie Portuguese-speakin kintra in the Americas an the lairgest lusophone kintra in the warld.
Federative Republic o Brazil
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Caipital | Brasília 15°47′S 47°52′W |
Lairgest ceety | São Paulo |
Offeecial leids | Portuguese[1] |
Ethnic groups (2010[2]) |
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Demonym(s) | Brazilian |
Govrenment | Federal presidential constitutional republic |
• Preses | Jair Bolsonaro |
• Vice Preses | Hamilton Mourão |
• Preses o the Chamber o Deputies | Arthur Lira |
• Preses o the Senate | Renan Calheiros |
• Preses o the Supreme Federal Coort | Gilmar Mendes |
Legislatur | Naitional Congress |
• Upper house | Federal Senate |
• Lower house | Chamber o Deputies |
Unthirldom frae Unitit Kinrick o Portugal, Brazil an the Algarves | |
• Declared | 7 September 1822 |
• Recognized | 29 August 1825 |
• Republic | 15 November 1889 |
• Current constitution | 5 October 1988 |
Aurie | |
• Tot | 8,515,767 km2 (3,287,956 sq mi) (5t) |
• Water (%) | 0.65 |
Population | |
• 2019 estimate | 210,147,125[3] (5t) |
• Density | 25/km2 (64.7/sq mi) (200t) |
GDP (PPP) | 2019 estimate |
• Total | $3.456 trillion[4] (8t) |
• Per capita | $16,462[4] (80t) |
GDP (nominal) | 2019 estimate |
• Tot | $1.847 trillion[4] (9t) |
• Per capita | $8,797[4] (73rd) |
Gini (2017) | 53.3[5] heich · 10t |
HDI (2017) | 0.759[6] heich · 79t |
Currency | Real (R$) (BRL) |
Time zone | UTC−2 tae −5 (BRT) |
UTC−2 tae −5 (BRST) | |
Date format | dd/mm/yyyy (CE) |
Drivin side | richt |
Cawin code | +55 |
ISO 3166 code | BR |
Internet TLD | .br |
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Bundit bi the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Brazil haes a coastline o ower 7,491 kilometers (4,655 mi). It is bordered on the north bi Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname an the French owerseas depairtment o French Guiana; on the northwast bi Colombie; on the wast bi Bolivie an Peru; on the soothwast bi Argentinae an Paraguay an on the sooth bi Uruguay. Numerous archipelagos form pairt o Brazilian territory, sic as Fernando de Noronha, Rocas Atoll, Saunt Peter an Paul Rocks, an Trindade an Martim Vaz. It haes borders wi aw ither Sooth American kintras apairt frae Ecuador an Chile.