 Brazil
Facts and Figures
Source: CIA World Factbook |
| Coordinates |
10 00 S, 55 00 W |
| Area |
total: 8,511,965 sq km land: 8,456,510 sq km water: 55,455 sq km note: includes Arquipelago de Fernando de Noronha, Atol das Rocas, Ilha da Trindade, Ilhas Martin Vaz, and Penedos de Sao Pedro e Sao Paulo |
| Climate |
mostly tropical, but temperate in south |
| Terrain |
mostly flat to rolling lowlands in north; some plains, hills, mountains, and narrow coastal belt |
| Population |
190,010,647 note: Brazil conducted a census in August 2000, which reported a population of 169,799,170; that figure was about 3.3% lower than projections by the US Census Bureau, and is close to the implied underenumeration of 4.6% for the 1991 census; estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2007 est.) |
| Languages |
Portuguese (official), Spanish, English, French |
| Imports |
machinery, electrical and transport equipment, chemical products, oil, automotive parts, electronics |
| Exports |
transport equipment, iron ore, soybeans, footwear, coffee, autos |
| Hazards |
recurring droughts in northeast; floods and occasional frost in south |
| Resources |
bauxite, gold, iron ore, manganese, nickel, phosphates, platinum, tin, uranium, petroleum, hydropower, timber |
| Geography |
largest country in South America; shares common boundaries with every South American country except Chile and Ecuador |
| Nationality |
noun: Brazilian(s) adjective: Brazilian |
| Capital |
name: Brasilia geographic coordinates: 15 47 S, 47 55 W time difference: UTC-3 (2 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins third Sunday in October; ends third Sunday in February note: Brazil is divided into four time zones, including one for the Fernando de Noronha Islands |
| Internet Country Code |
.br |
| Internet Users |
25.9 million (2005) |
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