Brazil covers almost the half the continent and it is the fifth biggest country in the
world, after Russia, Canada, China, and the USA. Brazil is bordered to the north, the
west and on the south for all the South American countries except Chile and Ecuador;
eastwards it is the Atlantic Ocean. Officially Brazil is known as the Republic Federativa
do Brazil and it is also one of the most populous countries in Latin America.
Brazil consists approximately of 8, 514,876.599 square kilometres and its territory is
between central South America and the Atlantic Ocean. The population of Brazil is concentrated
in the most important cities of its coast as they are Rio de Janeiro and San Paulo. Towns such
as Salvador and João Pessoa preserve the colonial atmosphere of the early Portuguese colonists.
Brazil Map
Brazil has been a Colony, an Empire and a Republic and has been under the Military rule. It is
today a democratic nation. Brasilia is the capital of Brazil. It is a presidential representative
democratic republic according to the constitution of 1988. Brazil’s natural resources include
bauxite, gold, iron ore, manganese, nickel, phosphates, platinum, tin, uranium, petroleum, hydro
power and timber.
About 54% are mainly of European origin, descendants of immigrants from Portugal, Italy, Spain,
Germany and Eastern Europe. More than 45% are black or of mixed race, a legacy of the African slave
trade. Less than 1% is from indigenous groups, mostly Indians in the Amazon region; smaller numbers
of Japanese, other Asians, and Arabs live in the larger Brazilian cities.
Almost the half of the territory of Brazil is covered by the Rio Amazon and its coarse ecological
region or tropical jungle bigger of the world. The principal characteristic of this region resides
in that most of its population is clearly agricultural.
The richest regions in Brazil are the Southeast areas. These areas are also more populated than any
in Brazil. This area has more inhabitants than any country in South America. It is home to one of the
largest megapolis in the entire world. Sao Paolo is the business center of this area. Rio de Janeiro
is famous for its beaches and the Espirito Santo coast.
Brazil's winter is from June to August, with temperatures between 13 and 18C, but it only gets really
cold south of Rio. Summer is from December to February, a period frequently bringing stifling humidity
to the far south. Brief rain showers are common, given Brazil's tropical climate, but the dry interior
has only a few months of heavy rainfall a year. Of course, the Amazon Basin is the wettest area, with
damp, moist temperatures averaging 27 C.