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Ordem e Progresso ("Order and Progress") | |||||
| Anthem | "National Anthem of Brazil" | ||||
| Capital (and largest city) |
Rio de Janeiro | ||||
| Other cities | Belo Horizonte, Goiânia, Vitória, Niterói, Uberlândia | ||||
| Language | Portuguese | ||||
| Religion | Roman Catholic | ||||
| Ethnic Groups main |
Portuguese | ||||
| others | Africans, Spanish, Italians, Germans | ||||
| Demonym | Brasileiro/ Brasileira | ||||
| Government | Presidential Republic | ||||
| President | n.d. | ||||
| Area | 1,013,875 km² | ||||
| Population | 47,493,045 hab. | ||||
| Established | 1554 | ||||
| Independence | from Kingdom of Portugal | ||||
| declared | September 19, 1822 | ||||
| recognized | July 20, 1825 | ||||
| Currency | Real (BRL) | ||||
| Time Zone | GMT +3 | ||||
| summer | |||||
| Calling Code | +555 | ||||
| Internet TLD | .br | ||||
Brasil (Formally, República Federativa do Brasil - English Federative Republic of Brazil) is a country in South America, the most populated of all the remainders of Portuguese colonies in the continent. The country was the first independent political unity created out of Portuguese colonies, and the other countries were formed either by acquiring independence from it or by refusing to join the union.
Despite of its large size (the country is the second largest of all its counterparts, second only to Amazon-based Pará), the country has lost size considerably over the years, since it corresponded to the entire set of colonies at the time of its independence.