Brazil

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República dos Estados Unidos do Brasil
Republic of the United States of Brazil

Flag of Brazil Coat of arms of Brazil
Flag Coat of arms

Motto
"Ordem e Progresso" (Portuguese)
"Order and Progress"

Anthem
Hino Nacional Brasileiro
(National Anthem of Brazil)

Location of Brazil

Capital

Largest city
Brasília
15°45′S 47°57′W
São Paulo

Official languages Portuguese

Demonym Brazilian

Government
 - President
 - Vice-President
Unitary presidential republic
João de Oliveira Mendonça
Afonso Branco

Independence
 - Declared
 - Recognized
 - Republic
 - Coup d'état
from Portugal
September 7, 1822
August 29, 1825
November 15, 1889
March 31, 1964

Area
 - Total

 - Water (%)

8,514,877 km²
3,287,597 sq mi
0.65

Population
 - 2008 estimate
 - 2007 census
 - Density
 

186,757,608
183,987,291
22/km²
57/sq mi

GDP (PPP)
 - Total
 - Per capita
2007 estimate
$1.804 trillion
$11,873

GDP (nominal)
 - Total
 - Per capita
2007 estimate
$1.313 trillion
$6,842

Gini (2005) 56.6 (high)

HDI (2005) 0.800 (high)

Currency Real (R$) (BRL)

Time zone
- Summer (DST)
BRT (UTC -2 to -4)
BRST (UTC -2 to -3)

Internet TLD .br

Calling code +55

Brazil (Portuguese: Brasil), officially the Republic of the United States of Brazil (Portuguese: República dos Estados Unidos do Brasil) is a country in South America. to be continued
















































































States of Brazil

  1. Amazonas
  2. Pará
  3. Maranhão
  4. Piauí
  5. Ceará
  6. Rio Grande do Norte
  7. Paraíba
  8. Pernambuco
  9. Alagoas
  10. Sergipe
  11. Bahia
  12. Espírito Santo
  13. Rio de Janeiro
  14. Minas Gerais
  15. Goiás
  16. Mato Grosso
  17. São Paulo
  18. Paraná
  19. Santa Catarina
  20. Rio Grande do Sul
  21. Distrito Federal

List of Brazilian states

State Abbreviation Capital Area Population (2005) Density
Alagaos AL Maceió 27,767.7 km² 3,015,912 108.61
Amazonas AM Manaus 1,947,626.1 km² 4,279,690 2.2
Bahia BA Salvador 564,692.7 km² 13,815,334 24.46
Ceará CE Fortazela 148,825.6 km² 8,097,276 54.40
Distrito Federal DF Brasília 5,802 km² 2,383,784 410.9
Espírito Santo ES Vitória 46,077.5 km² 3,408,365 73.97
Goiás GO Goiânia 623,529.7 km² 9,258,753 14.85
Maranhão MA São Luís 331,983.3 km² 6,103,327 18.38
Mato Grosso MT Cuiabá 1,498,059.1 km² 6,602,336 4.4
Minas Gerais MG Belo Horizonte 586,528.3 km² 19,237,450 32.79
Pará PA Belém 1,390,504.1 km² 7,565,173 5.44
Paraíba PB João Pessoa 56,439.8 km² 3,595,886 63.71
Paraná PR Curitiba 199,314.9 km² 10,261,856 51.48
Pernambuco PE Recife 98,311.6 km² 8,413,593 85.58
Piauí PI Teresina 251,529.2 km² 3,006,885 11.95
Rio de Janeiro RJ Rio de Janeiro 43,696.1km² 15,383,407 352.05
Rio Grande do Norte RN Natal 52,796.8 km² 3,003,087 56.88
Rio Grande do Sul RS Porto Alegre 281,748.5 km² 10,845,087 38.49
Santa Catarina SC Florianópolis 95,346.2 km² 5,866,568 61.53
São Paulo SP São Paulo 248,209.4 km² 40,442,795 162.93
Sergipe SE Aracaju 21,910.3 km² 1,967,761 89.81
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