| Republican Federative of Brazil República Federativa do Brasil | ||||||
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| Motto: Ordem e Progresso (Portuguese) "Order and Progress" |
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| Anthem: "Hino Nacional Brasileiro" |
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 Location of Brazil in South America
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| Capital | Brasília | |||||
| Largest city | São Paulo | |||||
| Official languages | Portuguese (nationwide official) | |||||
| Other languages | Spanish French (co-official in Brazilian Guiana) |
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| Ethnic groups (2021) | 47.73% White 43.13% Mixed 7.61% Black 1.09% East Asian 0.43% Indigenous |
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| Government | Presidential republic | |||||
| - | President | Eduardo Leite | ||||
| - | Vice-Presidents | Alessandro Vieira | ||||
| - | Lower house | Chamber of Deputies | ||||
| Establishment | ||||||
| - | Independence from Portugal | September 7,1822 | ||||
| - | Proclamation of the Republic | November 15, 1889 | ||||
| Area | ||||||
| - | Total | 8,510,295,914 km2 3,285,843,622 sq mi |
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| Population | ||||||
| - | Estimate | 238,685,751 (5th) | ||||
| GDP (PPP) | 2021 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | ▲ 9,203,444 (4th) | ||||
| Currency | Real (R$) | |||||
Brazil, officially Federative Republic of Brazil is a South American country, considered the largest country in Latin America, being the fifth largest in the world in territorial area (equivalent to 48.3% of the South American territory) and fifth in population, with more than 238 million people. population. It is the only country in America with the Portuguese language as official and majority. It has 27 states plus the federal district, with 56,810 municipalities. With the constitution of 1988, it is considered a federative republic with terms of presidents from 4 to 4 years. Its capital is Brasilia, and its largest city is São Paulo with 15 million inhabitants.
Bathed by the Atlantic Ocean, Brazil has a coastline of 7,491 km and borders all other South American countries, except Chile and Ecuador, being limited to the north by Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname. Northwest through Colombia; to the west by Bolivia and Peru; to the southwest by Argentina and Paraguay and to the south by Uruguay. Several archipelagos form part of the Brazilian territory, such as Atol das Rocas, the Archipelago of São Pedro and São Paulo, Fernando de Noronha (the only one inhabited by civilians) and Trindade and Martim Vaz. Brazil is also home to a diversity of wildlife, ecosystems and vast natural resources in a wide range of protected habitats. In addition to having the largest tropical forest in the world, the Amazon rainforest.
The country is the third largest economy in the world, with over 13 trillion, being the second largest economy in America losing to the United States with 25 trillion.The country is one of the main breadbaskets on the planet, being the largest coffee producer in the last 150 years. It is classified as an upper-middle income economy by the World Bank and a newly industrialized country, which holds the largest share of global wealth in Latin America and as a potential superpower by several analysts. Founding member of the United Nations (UN), G20, G9, BRIC, Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP), Latin Union, Organization of American States (OAS), Organization of Ibero-American States (OEI), Common Market of South (Mercosur) and the Union of South American Nations (Unasur).