Brazil

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Federative Republic of Brazil República Federativa do Brasil  (Portuguese)
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: "Ordem e Progresso" (in Portuguese) "Order and Progress"
Anthem: Hino Nacional Brasileiro (in Portuguese) "Brazilian National Anthem"
National seal Selo Nacional do Brasil
Capital	Brasília 15°47′S 47°52′W / 15.783°S 47.867°W / -15.783; -47.867
Largest city	São Paulo
Official language and national language	Portuguese
Other important languages	Spanish English Brazilian Sign Language French Arabic Italian German Chinese Dutch Uruguayan Sign Language
Ethnic groups (2010[1])	47.73% White 43.13% Brown (Multiracial) 7.61% Black 1.09% Asian 0.43% Indigenous
Demonym(s)	Brazilian
Government	Federal presidential constitutional republic
• President	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT)
• Vice President	Geraldo Alckmin
• President of the Chamber of Deputies	Arthur Lira
• President of the Senate	Rodrigo Pacheco
• Chief Justice	Luiz Fux
Legislature	National Congress
• Upper house	Federal Senate
• Lower house	Chamber of Deputies
Independence  from Portugal
• Declared	7 September 1822
• Recognized	29 August 1825
• Republic	15 November 1889
• Current constitution	5 October 1988
Area
• Total	8,514,877 km2 (3,287,612 sq mi) (5th)
• Water (%)	0.65
Population
• 2016 census	205,823,665 [2] (5th)
• Density	23.6/km2 (61.1/sq mi) (182nd)
GDP (PPP)	2016 estimate
• Total	$3.081 trillion[3]
• Per capita	$14,800[3]
GDP (nominal)	2016 estimate
• Total	$1.77 trillion[3]
• Per capita	$10,826[4]
Gini (2014)	51.5[5] high
HDI (2015)	0.754[6] high · 79th
Currency	Real (R$) ([[ISO 4217|BRL]])
Time zone	UTC-2 to -5[7] (BRT[7])
• Summer (DST)	UTC-2 to -5 (BRST)
Date format	dd/mm/yyyy (CE)
Driving side	right
Calling code	+55
ISO 3166 code	BR
Internet TLD	.br

Brazil (officially called Federative Republic of Brazil; how to say: IPA: [bɾɐˈziw]) is a country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country. The country has about 212 million people. The capital of Brazil is Brasília. Brazil was named after brazilwood, which is a tree that once grew very well along the Brazilian coast.^[8]

1. ↑ Caracteristicas da População e dos Domicílios do Censo Demográfico 2010 — Cor ou raça
2. ↑ "The World Factbook". Archived from the original on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} "Brazil". International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 2011-04-21.
4. ↑ "Brazil - Economic Indicators". TRADING ECONOMICS. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
5. ↑ Caracteristicas da População e dos Domicílios do Censo Demográfico 2010 — Rendimento
6. ↑ "The Human Development Index 2016". Retrieved 2017-07-11.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} "Hora Legal Brasileira". Observatório Nacional. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2009-02-21.
8. ↑ Fausto, Boris (1999). A Concise History of Brazil. Cambridge University Press. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-521-56526-4.