Thread: More Interesting Facts about Brazil

• Brazil is one of the biggest countries in the world. Officially known as Brasil or Republica Federtiva do Brasil, it is also the most populous countries in Latin America. Here are some more facts about Brazil.
• The main land characteristics of Brazil is the extensive Amazon Rainforest in the north and the hilly and low mountainous region in the south. The south of Brazil resides most of the agricultural population of Brazil, as well as the agricultural base.
• Brazil is the largest country in Latin America. It is the fifth largest country in the world, in terms of area as well as population. Brazil is the eastern most country of the Americas. It has a total territory of about 8,514,876.599 square kilometers. The coastline of the country is about seven thousand three hundred and sixty seven (7367) km to the east. Other than these, many archipelagos - cluster of islands - come under the territory of Brazil. Chief among these are Penedosde Sao Pedro e Sa Paulo, Trindade e Martim Vaz, Atoldas Rocas and Fernando de Noronha.
• The motto of Brazil is Order and Progress.Brazil consists of twenty six states and one federal districts. The Government of a state is headed by a Governor who is elected by popular vote. Each state has municipalities with a legislative council and a mayor in place.
• The territory of Brazil falls between central South America and the Atlantic Ocean. It is bordered by Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela and the departement of French Guiana to the north.
• The highest peak is Pico da Neblina, at nine thousand seven hundred and thirty five feet (9735) ft in Guiana's highlands. The entire Atlantic coast is home to several mountain ranges, some reaching upto nine thousand five hundred (9500) feet in height.
• The chief rivers in Brazil are the Amazon, Parana, Igacu and the Negro, Xingu, Madeira, Tapajos and Sao Franciso rivers.To the south, it is bordered by Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay. It is bound by Peru and Bolivia to the west. It is bound by Colombia to the northwest.Ecuador and Chile are the only South American countries which do not share their boundaries with France.
• Brazil has been a Colony, an Empire, a Republic and has been under the Military rule. It is today a democratic nation.
• The capital of Brazil is Brasilia. It is a presidential representative democratic republic according to the constitution of 1988. The north of Brazil is about forty five percent of the total surface of Brazil. However, it is the region with the least population and is basically a under developed and un industrialised zone. The areas of Manaus and Belem are developed places here and house a tax free industrial zone and is the biggest metropolitan area in the region respectively. The North East area has about one third of Brazil's total population. This region is the poorest region in Brazil. The important cities in the Northeast area are the Salvador, Fortaleza and Recife.
• The most rich regions in Brazil are the Southeast areas. These areas are also more populated than any in Brazil. This area has more inhabitants than any country in South America. It is home to one of the largest megapolis in the entire world. The biggest cities in this area are Rio De Janeiro and Sao Paolo. Sao Paolo is the business center of this area. Rio De Janeiro is famous for its beaches and the Espirito Santo coast.
• Brazilian Law is based on the ancient Germanic-Roman traditions. Therefore, Brazil follows the civil law concept. The fundamental law of Brazil is the Federal Constitution. It was promulgated on the 5th of October 1988.

Hello Kittygirl! Where did you get this article? Is this the complete one? Please give us the link.

I wanna know more about Brazil. Thanks.

If you want that kind of statistical and demographic data as well as tourism you can visit these links:

Brazil - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Brazilian Government Web Portal

And I like this website specially:

Brazil: a sensational country

Hope that helps.

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I forgot also this link, from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (in English):

IBGE :: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística

thanks for the info!

this is the link I've been looking at so far Brazil Travel

Do you know what is the biggest project ever done in Brazil?

There are some additional fun and interesting facts on Brazil:

- Brazil does have the worlds widest road. The Monumental Axis can hold 160 cars driving side by side.
- Brazil is larger than Japan, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Indonesia and South Africa
- they produce the worlds best coffee
- longest beach at 7500km
- the worlds second largest river the Amazon is found in Brazil
- one of the largest Roman Catholic countries
- largest rain forest in the world
- has the largest stadium called the Maracana
- have the most species of monkeys

Do you know that BRAZIL produces the largest amount of oranges? Also, Seedless oranges does not originally grow in US, it is first in Brazil!

Originally Posted by ilovebrazil

Do you know that BRAZIL produces the largest amount of oranges? Also, Seedless oranges does not originally grow in US, it is first in Brazil!

how about apple??

Brazil is the best! Does Brazil own Starbucks???

Interesting facts, keep up the good work- I would also like to add some facts about Brazil:

* Great football nation where men cry REAL tears if they see that their team is losing
*Depending on where you are most people are quite helpful and will befriend you easily if they know you are a foreigner- this however does not apply to those that have an attitude
*Most people in Brazil are mixed and there is not such thing as a tribe of Amazon women fighting for dear life and capturing men to get pregant
*Brazilians hate it when you think that the everyone lives in the Amazon
*Strong nation that is not easily bribed by foreign investors- many of the companies that are here are Brazilian owned and the government makes it a tit bit tough for foreigners to get a piece of the cake
*Strikes are quite popular here- you will have strikes by banks, federal police, universities, health workers- you name it- shows that the people love to voice themselves
*The typical Brazilian meal is rice, peas, fried potato chips, farofa and some kind of meat. This is basically the national dish here and some Brazilians have it everyday without getting tired

how about kidnapping??

there's a lot of apple orchards in Brazil.. but growers are facing plagues now.. but actions are made to stop those events!

rose, you are a coffee lover i assume.. good news! As of August 2010, articles are released stating that Starbucks is ready to expand in Brazil and be in a huge market.. I assume Starbucks Brazil is now operating.. Coffee Madness!

Dont you love Oliviah Del Rio and Rio Mariah!