Brazil
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Brazil (officially called Federative Republic of Brazil; how to say: IPA: [bɾɐˈziw]) is a country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country. The country has about 212 million people. The capital of Brazil is Brasília. Brazil was named after brazilwood, which is a tree that once grew very well along the Brazilian coast.[8]
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Federative Republic of Brazil República Federativa do Brasil (Portuguese) | |
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Motto: "Ordem e Progresso" (in Portuguese) "Order and Progress" | |
Anthem: Hino Nacional Brasileiro (in Portuguese) "Brazilian National Anthem" | |
National seal Selo Nacional do Brasil | |
Capital | Brasília 15°47′S 47°52′W |
Largest city | São Paulo |
Official language and national language | Portuguese |
Other important languages |
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Ethnic groups (2010[1]) | 47.73% White 43.13% Brown (Multiracial) 7.61% Black 1.09% Asian 0.43% Indigenous |
Demonym(s) | Brazilian |
Government | Federal presidential constitutional republic |
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) | |
Geraldo Alckmin | |
Arthur Lira | |
Rodrigo Pacheco | |
Luiz Fux | |
Legislature | National Congress |
Federal Senate | |
Chamber of Deputies | |
Independence from Portugal | |
• Declared | 7 September 1822 |
29 August 1825 | |
• Republic | 15 November 1889 |
• Current constitution | 5 October 1988 |
Area | |
• Total | 8,514,877 km2 (3,287,612 sq mi) (5th) |
• Water (%) | 0.65 |
Population | |
• 2016 census | 205,823,665 [2] (5th) |
• Density | 23.6/km2 (61.1/sq mi) (182nd) |
GDP (PPP) | 2016 estimate |
• Total | $3.081 trillion[3] |
• Per capita | $14,800[3] |
GDP (nominal) | 2016 estimate |
• Total | $1.77 trillion[3] |
• Per capita | $10,826[4] |
Gini (2014) | 51.5[5] high |
HDI (2015) | 0.754[6] high · 79th |
Currency | Real (R$) ([[ISO 4217|BRL]]) |
Time zone | UTC-2 to -5[7] (BRT[7]) |
UTC-2 to -5 (BRST) | |
Date format | dd/mm/yyyy (CE) |
Driving side | right |
Calling code | +55 |
ISO 3166 code | BR |
Internet TLD | .br |
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