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Brazil
• Members: • D. Fuentes • M. González • N. Yarbuh • D. Ortiz
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GEOGRAPHY
Did you know?
That Brazil is the
fifth biggest
country in the world.
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Location:•The country of Brazil occupies half of South America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean.
•Brazil occupies the eastern part of south America.
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Total Area:•Brazil covers a total area of 8,514,215 km2
•Which includes 8,456,510 km2 of land
•55,455 km2 of water
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Natural Resources:•Bauxite, gold, iron ore, manganese, nickel, phosphates, platinum, tin, Clay, uranium, petroleum, hydropower and timber.
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Climate:•The climate and weather of Brazil varies in different regions.
•Subtropical, highland tropical, equatorial and semi-arid to tropical.
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Elevation Extremes:
•The highest point in Brazil is Pico da Neblina at 2,994 m• lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
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PEOPLE
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Population:
• At this year the population is approximately 203,000,000
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Indigenous People:
• There are not much indigenous people in this country, it’s the 0.4% of the population in Brazil.•
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Religions:Religions • Roman Catholicism 64.6%• Protestantism 22.2%• Non Religious 8%• Other Religious 5.2%
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Languages:• The 99% of the population in Brazil speak in
Portuguese
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GOVERNMENTDilma Rousseff
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Type of Government:• • It can be described as Federal Republic or
Presidental
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Administrative Divisions:• • It has 26 states
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Capital: Brazilia
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Major Cities:• Brazilia
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Sau Paulo The Jesuits founded São Paulo in 1554
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Rio de JaneiroWith the inauguration of Brasília, Rio de Janeiro ceased to be Brazil's capital.
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Belo Horizonte The first modern Brazilian city to spring from an architect's drawing board.
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SalvadorSalvador, capital of the state of Bahia, was the first major port and the capital of colonial Brazil.
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Porto AlegrePorto Alegre, the largest city in the south of Brazil
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SPORTS• The most important in Brazil is football.• Brazil is the only team that has won 5 times the
World Cup.• Brazil is the only team that has won the World
Cup twice in a row like Italy.
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DANCES• The Brazilian Carnival is an annual festival that is
on February.• Capoeira : is a sequence of steps of martials arts
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WILDLIFE
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FOOD• Feijoada: Considered the national dish of Brazil, this is a thick
stew of black beans with pieces of beef and pork added to it. It is traditionally prepared in a clay pot. Feijão is Portuguese for Beans.
• Vatapá: originally from the north of Brazil, this is a creamy dish made from bread, shrimp, ground peanuts added to coconut milk and palm oil. It is usually served with rice.
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SOURCES• • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Brazi• • http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/economies/Americas/Brazil.html
• http://www.southamerica.cl/Brazil/Food.htm
Encyclopedia
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