Brazil Country Info
- Total Area:
- 8,514,877 sq km
- Population:
- 203,429,773 (July 2011 est.)
- Time Zone:
- UTC-3 (2 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) Brazil is divided into three time zones, including one for the Fernando de Noronha Islands
- Language:
- Portuguese
- Religion:
- Roman Catholic (nominal) 73.6%, Protestant 15.4%, Spiritualist 1.3%, Bantu/voodoo 0.3%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.2%, none 7.4% (2000 census)
- Currency:
- Real
- National Holiday:
- 7 September 1822 (from Portugal)
- Climate:
- mostly tropical, but temperate in south
- Terrain:
- mostly flat to rolling lowlands north; some plains, hills, mountains, and narrow coastal belt
- Natural Resources:
- bauxite, gold, iron ore, manganese, nickel, phosphates, platinum, tin, rare earth elements, uranium, petroleum, hydropower, timber
- Major Cities:
- Sao Paulo 19.96 million; Rio de Janeiro 11.836 million; Belo Horizonte 5.736 million; Porto Alegre 4.034 million; BRASILIA (capital) 3.789 million (2009)
- Industries:
- textiles, shoes, chemicals, cement, lumber, iron ore, tin, steel, aircraft, motor vehicles and parts, other machinery and equipment
- Exports:
- transport equipment, iron ore, soybeans, footwear, coffee, autos
- Source
- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/br.html