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e
is it in ________?
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e
is it inBrasilia
?
Fast
Facts
for
Brazil
Date
of In
dependence
Type o
f Government
Leader o
f the C
oun
try
Capita
l City
Brazil
Area (in
squa
re m
iles)
Officia
l Langua
ge
Clim
ate
& T
emperature
Natio
nal P
opula
tion
Curre
ncy
Wha
t Would
I F
ind in
Brazil?
Festiva
ls &
Holid
ays
Festiva
ls & Holid
ays
Bra
zilia
ns e
njo
y th
e h
olid
ays. T
he
big
ge
st
ce
leb
ratio
n is
Ca
rna
va
l, wh
ich
is a
pa
rty
linke
d to
the
Ch
ristia
n c
ale
nd
ar. It is
the
last fe
ast b
efo
re E
aste
r an
d ta
ke
s p
lace
du
ring th
e th
ree
da
ys b
efo
re A
sh
Wedn
esday. T
he
re a
re 3
na
tion
al d
ays in
Bra
zil. T
he
first o
ne
, Tira
de
nte
sD
ay, is
he
ld o
n 4
/21
an
d c
om
me
mora
tes th
e firs
t
atte
mp
t at in
de
pe
nden
ce in
17
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.
Ind
ep
en
de
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e D
ay, o
n 9
/7, c
ele
bra
tes
the
fou
nd
atio
n o
f the
na
tion
in 1
82
2, w
hile
the
Pro
cla
ma
tion
of th
e R
ep
ub
lic D
ay,
on
11
/15
, rem
em
be
rs th
e c
rea
tion
of th
e
first g
ove
rnm
en
t a fe
w m
on
ths la
ter.
Nature
&
Nature
& Anim
als
Nature
&
Anim
als
Nature
& Anim
als
Bra
zil h
as th
e g
reate
st v
arie
ty o
f anim
als
in
the w
orld
. It’s th
oug
ht to
be h
om
e to
70%
of
the w
orld
’s a
nim
al s
pecie
s. T
here
are
about
600 s
pecie
s o
f mam
mals
. The riv
ers
hold
at
1,5
00 s
pecie
s o
f fish. T
here
are
1,6
00
specie
s o
f bird
s –
more
than a
ny o
ther
country
. There
are
many re
ptile
specie
s, to
o,
inclu
din
g 5
types o
f allig
ato
rs. 1
00,0
00
diffe
rent in
sects
and b
ug
s h
ave b
een lis
ted s
o
far! T
here
are
at le
ast 3
,000 d
iffere
nt s
pecie
s
livin
g in
every
sq
uare
mile
of fo
rest. M
ost liv
e
in th
e w
orld
’s la
rgest ju
ng
le, th
e A
mazo
n ra
in
fore
st. B
ut, n
ot a
ll of B
razil is
made u
p o
f ju
ng
le. A
bout 6
0%
of th
e c
ountry
is c
overe
d
in g
rassla
nds (o
r pam
pas), p
ine fo
rests
, and
sem
ideserts
.
People
&
Culture
People
& Culture
Alm
ost a
ll Bra
zilia
ns a
re d
escended fro
m 3
eth
nic
gro
ups: th
e A
merin
dia
ns, E
uro
pean
settle
rs (m
ain
ly fro
m P
ortu
gal), a
nd A
fricanz
forc
ibly
ship
ped th
ere
as s
laves. S
ince th
e
beg
innin
g, th
ese g
roups h
ave m
ixed. T
he
Portu
guese s
ettle
rs, w
ho w
ere
mostly
young
m
en s
eekin
g n
ew
lives, m
arrie
d A
merin
dia
n
wom
en. T
heir c
hild
ren w
ere
calle
d
mam
elu
co
s. A
few
years
late
r, when
Afric
ans b
eg
an to
arriv
e, th
ere
was m
ore
in
teg
ratio
n. C
afu
so
s, h
ad A
merin
dia
n a
nd
Afric
an p
are
nts
. The c
hild
ren o
f Euro
peans
and A
fricans w
ere
calle
d m
ula
ttos.
The n
um
ber o
f Bra
zilia
ns h
as trip
led in
the
last 5
0 y
ears
, makin
g th
e p
opula
tion th
e fifth
la
rgest in
the w
orld
.
Sports &
Sports &
Ente
rtainm
ent
Sports &
Ente
rtainm
ent
Sports &
Ente
rtainm
ent
Bra
zilia
ns a
re s
occer
cra
zy a
nd th
eir c
ountry
has p
roduced s
om
e o
f the s
port’s
gre
ate
st
pla
yers
inclu
din
g E
dson A
rante
s N
ascim
ento
, bette
r know
n a
s P
ele
. Bra
zil h
as w
on th
e
soccer W
orld
Cup m
ore
than a
ny o
ther
country
–fiv
e tim
es. B
asketb
all, v
olle
yba
ll, auto
racin
g, a
nd m
artia
l arts
als
o a
ttract la
rge
audie
nces. T
he c
ountry
has b
een c
hosen to
host th
e 2
016 O
lym
pic
Gam
es, th
e firs
t to b
e
held
in S
outh
Am
eric
a.
Bra
zil is
fam
ous fo
r its c
ontrib
utio
ns to
music
w
hic
h in
clu
de s
am
ba
and b
ossa
no
va.
Bra
zilia
ns, e
specia
lly th
ose liv
ing
in th
e
populo
us S
outh
east re
gio
n o
f the c
ountry
, lo
ve to
spend th
eir le
isure
time a
t the m
any
beach
es
found th
ere
.
Landmarks
Landmarks
Cris
to R
ed
en
tor, th
e S
tatu
e o
f Ch
rist th
e
Re
de
em
er, s
tan
ds o
n C
orc
ava
do
M
ou
nta
in o
ve
rloo
kin
g th
e c
ity o
f Rio
de
Ja
ne
iro. It s
ho
ws J
esu
s s
tan
din
g w
ith h
is
arm
s s
tretc
he
d o
ut, w
elc
om
ing a
ll pe
op
le.
It wa
s b
uilt b
y e
ngin
ee
r He
itor d
a S
ilva
C
osta
, an
d is
on
e o
f the
talle
st s
tatu
es in
th
e w
orld
.
Th
e A
ma
zo
n R
ive
ris
the
wo
rld's
2n
d
lon
ge
st riv
er, b
ut it is
the
wid
est, a
nd
ha
s
mo
re w
ate
r floe
ing th
rou
gh
it tha
n a
ny
oth
er. C
atfis
h in
the
Am
azo
n c
an
gro
w to
o
ve
r 20
0 p
ou
nd
s. T
he
Am
azo
n riv
er lie
s
on
the
equ
ato
r.
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