Name: Khalid Al Hammadi

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Dr. Hedley

Brazil

Contest General Information

Demographics of Brazil

*Race and ethnicity

*Religion in Brazil

Music & Food

General InformationFederative Republic of Brazil.

The capital is Brasília and the largest city is São Paulo.

It is the largest country in both South America and the Latin

American region.

It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area

and by population.

It is the largest Lusophone ( speaks Portuguese language )

country in the world, and the only one in the Americas.

It has borders with Venezuela,

Guyana (N), Colombia (NW), Bolivia (W),

Argentina (SW) and Uruguay (W).

The Brazilian economy is the

world's seventh largest by nominal

GDP (Gross domestic product).

Famous for producing coffee, sugar, alcohol, soy and metal.

Demographics of Brazil•The population of Brazil was approximately 190

million in 2008 and now its above 200 million.

•Heavily concentrated in the Southeastern region

(79.8 million inhabitants)

•And Northeastern region (53.5 million inhabitants)

•Center-West and the North (have a total of only

29.1 million inhabitants )

Race and ethnicity•About 92 million described themselves as White

•About 83 million as Brown (Multiracial)

•About 13 million as Black

•About 1.1 million as Asian

•About 536 thousand

as Amerindian

(officially called, Indigenous)

Religion in Brazil•Brazil has the world's

largest Catholic population

Christ the Redeemer is a

monument depicting Jesus

Christ in the city of Rio de

Janeiro, has become one of the

most internationally known

icons of Brazil.

Language & cultureThe official language of Brazil is Portuguese.

Brazilian Portuguese has had its own

development - get some influences from the

Amerindian and African languages.

The core culture of Brazil is derived from

Portuguese culture (strong colonial ties with

the Portuguese empire).

Music & FoodMusic was formed mainly from the fusion of European and

African elements.

Popular music forms a special Brazilian sound.

E.g Samba: it is the most popular music there, and it is now in

UNESCO cultural heritage list.

Brazilian cuisine varies greatly by region, reflecting the

country's varying mix of indigenous and immigrant

populations.

The average meal consists mostly of rice, beans and meat with

salad.

Feijoada, considered

the country's national

dish

pacoca, is

traditionally prepared

for consumption in

Brazil in the

festivities of Holy

Week

References

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil

http://www.brooonzyah.net/vb/t47280.html

http://travel.maktoob.com/vb/travel407312/

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