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The
Federative Republic of
Brazil is the world's fifth-largest
country, occupying almost half of the South American continent and
bordering every country in it (Argentina , Uruguay,
Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru,Colombia, Venezuela,Guyana, Suriname, French Guyana) and
except for Chile and Ecuador.
Brazil
covers 8,511,965 square kilometers
(3,319,666 square miles) and boasts a
population of 169.590.693 people .
It is a land
of diverse culture : indigenous , many non-indigenous people
who call Brazil home are the descendants of
Arabians , Polishs , Greek , Italians , Spanish , French ,
Japanese , Chineses , Africans , Germans , many others
people and , of course , the Portuguese .
The
national language is
Portuguese ( a little bit different of
Portuguese of Portugal because the influence of others
culture and people ) , have many different religions but the
predominant is Roman Catholic.
The State Capital is
Brasília, DC
is best known for the speed at which it
was built located in Center Geographic of Brazil . Designed by architect Oscar
Niemeyer, urban planner Lucio Costa and landscape architect Burle Marx, it was
completed in a span of only three years. The country is also known and loved for
its more vibrant locales. Brazil offers an impressive array of foods for the
intrepid traveler to taste .
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