Brazil

Brazil

• Members: • D. Fuentes • M. González • N. Yarbuh • D. Ortiz

GEOGRAPHY

Did you know?

That Brazil is the

fifth biggest

country in the world.

Location:•The country of Brazil occupies half of South America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean.

•Brazil occupies the eastern part of south America.

Total Area:•Brazil covers a total area of 8,514,215 km2

•Which includes 8,456,510 km2 of land

•55,455 km2 of water

Natural Resources:•Bauxite, gold, iron ore, manganese, nickel, phosphates, platinum, tin, Clay, uranium, petroleum, hydropower and timber.

Climate:•The climate and weather of Brazil varies in different regions.

•Subtropical, highland tropical, equatorial and semi-arid to tropical.

Elevation Extremes:

•The highest point in Brazil is Pico da Neblina at 2,994 m• lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m

PEOPLE

Population:

• At this year the population is approximately 203,000,000

Indigenous People:

• There are not much indigenous people in this country, it’s the 0.4% of the population in Brazil.•

Religions:Religions • Roman Catholicism 64.6%• Protestantism 22.2%• Non Religious 8%• Other Religious 5.2%

Languages:• The 99% of the population in Brazil speak in

Portuguese

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GOVERNMENTDilma Rousseff

Type of Government:• • It can be described as Federal Republic or

Presidental

Administrative Divisions:• • It has 26 states

Capital: Brazilia

Major Cities:• Brazilia

Sau Paulo The Jesuits founded São Paulo in 1554

Rio de JaneiroWith the inauguration of Brasília, Rio de Janeiro ceased to be Brazil's capital.

Belo Horizonte The first modern Brazilian city to spring from an architect's drawing board.

SalvadorSalvador, capital of the state of Bahia, was the first major port and the capital of colonial Brazil.

Porto AlegrePorto Alegre, the largest city in the south of Brazil

SPORTS• The most important in Brazil is football.• Brazil is the only team that has won 5 times the

World Cup.• Brazil is the only team that has won the World

Cup twice in a row like Italy.

DANCES• The Brazilian Carnival is an annual festival that is

on February.• Capoeira : is a sequence of steps of martials arts

WILDLIFE

Sloth

Jaguar

Pink Dolphin

Poison Dart Frog

Monkey

FOOD• Feijoada: Considered the national dish of Brazil, this is a thick

stew of black beans with pieces of beef and pork added to it. It is traditionally prepared in a clay pot. Feijão is Portuguese for Beans.

• Vatapá: originally from the north of Brazil, this is a creamy dish made from bread, shrimp, ground peanuts added to coconut milk and palm oil. It is usually served with rice.

SOURCES• • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Brazi• • http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/economies/Americas/Brazil.html

• http://www.southamerica.cl/Brazil/Food.htm

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