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    Brazil is the largest country in South America and has over 217 million people. It has a coastline of over 7,000 km on the Atlantic Ocean and borders every country in South America except Ecuador and Chile. Brazil was a Portuguese colony until 1808 and gained independence in 1822, becoming a republic in 1889. Today it is the largest economy in Latin America and a developing global power with a diverse population and culture.

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    Brazil

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    "Brazilian Republic" redirects here. For other uses, see Brazil (disambiguation) and Brazilian Republic
    (disambiguation).

    Coordinates: 10°S 52°W

    Federative Republic of Brazil

    República Federativa do Brasil (Portuguese)

    Flag of Brazil

    Flag

    Coat of arms of Brazil

    Coat of arms

    Motto: Ordem e Progresso (Portuguese)

    "Order and Progress"

    Anthem: Hino Nacional Brasileiro (Portuguese)

    "Brazilian National Anthem"

    3:22

    Flag anthem: Hino à Bandeira Nacional (Portuguese)[1]

    "National Flag Anthem"

    4:24

    National Seal

    Selo Nacional do Brasil

    National Seal of Brazil

    National Seal of Brazil (color).svg

    Location of Brazil
    Capital Brasília

    15°47′S 47°52′W

    Largest city São Paulo

    23°33′S 46°38′W

    Official language

    and national language Portuguese

    Ethnic groups (2010)[2][3]

    47.7% White[a]

    43.1% Mixed[b]

    7.6% Black

    1.1% East Asian[c]

    0.4% Indigenous

    Religion (2010)[2][4]

    88.8% Christianity

    64.6% Catholicism

    22.2% Protestantism

    2.0% Other Christian

    8.0% No religion

    2.0% Spiritism

    1.2% Other

    Demonym(s) Brazilian

    Government Federal presidential constitutional republic

    • President

    Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

    • Vice President
    Geraldo Alckmin

    • President of the

    Chamber of Deputies

    Arthur Lira

    • President of the

    Federal Senate

    Rodrigo Pacheco

    • President of the

    Supreme Federal Court

    Rosa Weber

    Legislature National Congress

    • Upper house

    Federal Senate

    • Lower house

    Chamber of Deputies

    Independence from Portugal

    • Declared

    7 September 1822

    • Recognized

    29 August 1825

    • Republic

    15 November 1889

    • Current constitution

    5 October 1988

    Area
    • Total

    8,515,767 km2 (3,287,956 sq mi) (5th)

    • Water (%)

    0.65

    Population

    • 2022 estimate

    217,240,060[5] (7th)

    • Density

    25/km2 (64.7/sq mi) (193rd)

    GDP (PPP) 2023 estimate

    • Total

    Increase $3.958 trillion[6] (8th)

    • Per capita

    Increase $18,396[6] (86th)

    GDP (nominal) 2023 estimate

    • Total

    Increase $2.059 trillion[6] (12th)

    • Per capita

    Increase $9,571[6] (81th)

    Gini (2020) Positive decrease 48.9[7]

    high

    HDI (2021) Decrease 0.754[8]

    high · 87th

    Currency Real (R$) (BRL)

    Time zone UTC−2 to −5 (BRT)


    Date format dd/mm/yyyy (CE)

    Driving side right

    Calling code +55

    ISO 3166 code BR

    Internet TLD .br

    Brazil (Portuguese: Brasil; Brazilian Portuguese: [bɾaˈziw] (listen)),[nt 1] officially the Federative Republic
    of Brazil (Portuguese: República Federativa do Brasil),[9] is the largest country in South America and in
    Latin America. At 8.5 million square kilometers (3,300,000 sq mi)[10] and with over 217 million people,
    Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area and the seventh most populous. Its capital is Brasília,
    and its most populous city is São Paulo. The federation is composed of the union of the 26 states and the
    Federal District. It is the only country in the Americas to have Portuguese as an official language.[11][12]
    It is one of the most multicultural and ethnically diverse nations, due to over a century of mass
    immigration from around the world,[13] and the most populous Roman Catholic-majority country.

    Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Brazil has a coastline of 7,491 kilometers (4,655 mi).[14] It
    borders all other countries and territories in South America except Ecuador and Chile and covers roughly
    half of the continent's land area.[15] Its Amazon basin includes a vast tropical forest, home to diverse
    wildlife, a variety of ecological systems, and extensive natural resources spanning numerous protected
    habitats.[14] This unique environmental heritage positions Brazil at number one of 17 megadiverse
    countries, and is the subject of significant global interest, as environmental degradation through
    processes like deforestation has direct impacts on global issues like climate change and biodiversity loss.

    The territory which would become known as Brazil was inhabited by numerous tribal nations prior to the
    landing in 1500 of explorer Pedro Álvares Cabral, who claimed the discovered land for the Portuguese
    Empire. Brazil remained a Portuguese colony until 1808 when the capital of the empire was transferred
    from Lisbon to Rio de Janeiro. In 1815, the colony was elevated to the rank of kingdom upon the
    formation of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves. Independence was achieved in
    1822 with the creation of the Empire of Brazil, a unitary state governed under a constitutional monarchy
    and a parliamentary system. The ratification of the first constitution in 1824 led to the formation of a
    bicameral legislature, now called the National Congress. Slavery was abolished in 1888. The country
    became a presidential republic in 1889 following a military coup d'état. An authoritarian military junta
    came to power in 1964 and ruled until 1985, after which civilian governance resumed. Brazil's current
    constitution, formulated in 1988, defines it as a democratic federal republic.[16] Due to its rich culture
    and history, the country ranks thirteenth in the world by number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.[17]

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