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Brazil Travel

Brazil, known in Portuguese as Brasil, is the largest country in South America, and the fifth largest country in the world. Brazil is almost half the size of the entire South American continent. Brazil is also the fifth most populous country in the world. Brazil is the world's tenth largest economy and the ninth largest in purchasing power.

Brazil was a colony of Portugal till 1822, when it received its independence. Pedro Alvares Cabral landed on Brazil in 1500 and made it a colony of Portugal. Thereafter, Brazil was the Brazilian Empire, and since 1889, is now the Republic of Brazil.

Capital: Brasilia

Largest City: Sao Paulo

Official Language: Portuguese

Ethinicities: 50% White, 43% Pardo, 7% Black with small minorities in Asian and Amerindian

Area: 8,514,877 km2

Population: around 200,000,000

GDP: $10,325 per capita

Currency: Real (R$)

Calling Code: +55

Internet TLD: .br