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Brazil forms part of southamerica occupying nearly half of South America,[10] the fifth most populous country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world

Capital : Brasilia

Largestcity is sao Paulo

Official language : Portuguese

Ethnic groups:

49.4% White
42.3% Pardo (Brown)
7.4% Black
0.5% Asian
0.4% Amerindian

Calling code +55

Brazil shares a border withevery country in South America, except for Ecuador and Chile.

Brazilian topography is also diverse, including hills, mountains, plains, highlands, and scrublands.

The highest point in Brazil is thePico da Neblina

Brazil has a dense and complex system of rivers and the most important Is the Amazon who is the 2nd longest in the world

Brazil has a varied type of climate , but the largestpart of the country is tropical.

Brazil has different ecosystems, such as the Amazon Rainforest, recognized as having the greatest biological diversity in the world

Scientists estimate that thetotal number of plant and animal species in Brazil could approach four million.

Brazil is the largest national economy in Latin America, the world's tenth largest economy at market exchangeReligion is very diversified in Brazil

The Roman Catholic Church is dominant, making Brazil the largest Catholic nation in the world.[

Football (Portuguese: futebol) is the most popular sport inBrazil.[180] Many famous Brazilian players such as Pele and Ronaldo are among the most well know players in the sport.

The Brazilian national football team (Seleção) is currently ranked first in theworld according to the FIFA World Rankings. They have been victorious in the World Cup tournament a record five times, in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002.

Festivities

The most visited places inBrazil includes Fernando de Noronha Island, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo (the two bustling megacities of the south-east), the more relaxed city of Salvador in the northeast, the old colonial towns of...
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