Brazil - Country Studies
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Brazil - Country Studies
Brazil is the biggest country in Latin America. It covers almost the half of Latin America Continent (47.3%) with an area of 8.5 millions of km². It is the fifth biggest country in the world coming first Russia, Canada, China and The United States. Except for a small amount of islands, Brazil is constituted by a whole and continuous territorial extension.
Brazil has its frontier with ten countries: French Guiana, Suriname, Guiana, Venezuela and Colombia north frontier; Uruguay and Argentine, on south; Paraguay, Bolivia and Peru, on west. The Ecuator and Chile are the only countries, of South American Continent, Brazil has no frontiers with. The Atlantic Ocean extends for all its east coast coming up with 7,367Km of coastal waters
Official Name:
República Fede-rativa do Brasil
(Federative Republic of Brazil)
MAJOR CITIES
Brasília
It is the world's most ambitious planned city. This World Heritage site was designed by architect Oscar Niemeyer, urban planner Lucio Costa and landscape architect Burle Marx, the city was built in an incredible three years (1957-60) by millions of dirt-poor peasants working around the clock. Planned for only 500,000 inhabitants, Brasilia has seen its population grow much more than expected. Brasilia's total population (including the satellite cities) is now over 2,000,000 inhabitants.
On April 21, 1960 the capital moved from Rio de Janeiro to Brasília and is the seat of Brazil`s government.
Rio de Janeiro "River of january"
The cidade maravilhosa (marvellous city) is one of the most densely populated places (population: 5.974.000) on earth. The Cariocas - as the inhabitants are called live good on dance, drink, beach, sport and sun.
Rio is and always has been a highly cultured city. The high density and rich ethnic mix of the population has given shape to all forms of artistic expression, which is evident in the music,...
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