Outline of Brazil
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Brazil:
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An enlargeable relief map of the Federative Republic of Brazil
Brazil – largest country in both South America and the Latin America region. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area, 8.5 million km², and by population, with over 206 million people.[1][2] It is the largest lusophone country in the world, and the only one in the Americas.[2]
General reference
An enlargeable basic map of Brazil
- Pronunciation: /brəˈzɪl/ (
- Portuguese: [bɾaˈziw]
- Common English country name: Brazil
- Official English country name: The Federative Republic of Brazil
- Common endonym: Brasil
- Official endonym: República Federativa do Brasil
- Adjectival and denomynic: Brazilian
- Etymology: Name of Brazil
- International rankings of Brazil
- ISO country codes: BR, BRA, 076
- ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:BR
- Internet country code top-level domain: .br
Geography of Brazil
An enlargeable topographic map of Brazil
- Brazil is: a megadiverse country
- Location:
- Western Hemisphere, on the Equator
- Time zones:
- UTC-02: Fernando de Noronha, Trindade and Martin Vaz, Atol das Rocas, Saint Peter and Paul Rocks
- UTC-03: Alagoas, Amapá, Bahia, Ceará, Distrito Federal, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Maranhão, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraíba, Paraná, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Sergipe, Tocantins
- UTC-04: Amazonas, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Rondônia, Roraima
- UTC-05: Acre
- Extreme points of Brazil
- High: Pico da Neblina 2,994 m (9,823 ft)
- Low: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
- Land boundaries: 16,885 km
- Coastline: 7,491 km
- Population of Brazil: 207,350,000(2017) - 5th most populous country
- Area of Brazil: 8,514,877 square kilometres (3,287,612 sq mi) - 5th largest country
- Atlas of Brazil
Environment of Brazil
An enlargeable satellite image of Brazil
- Climate of Brazil
- Ecoregions in Brazil
- Environmental issues in Brazil
- Protected areas of Brazil
- Biosphere reserves in Brazil
- Renewable energy in Brazil
- Wildlife of Brazil
- Flora of Brazil
- Fauna of Brazil
Natural geographic features of Brazil
- Islands of Brazil
- Lakes of Brazil
- Mountains of Brazil
- Rivers of Brazil
- World Heritage Sites in Brazil
Regions of Brazil
Statistical regions
- North Region
- Northeast Region
- Central-West Region
- Southeast Region
- Southern Region
Socio-geographic divisions
- Amazônia Legal
- Centro-Sul
- Nordeste
Ecoregions of Brazil
Administrative divisions of Brazil
Administrative divisions of Brazil
States of Brazil
| Flag | State | Abbreviation | Capital | Area (km2) | Area (sq mi) | Population (2014) | Density (per km2, 2014) | Density (per sq mi, 2014) | GDP (billion R$ and % total, 2012) | GDP per capita (R$, 2012) | HDI (2010) | Literacy (2014) | Infant mortality (2014) | Life expectancy (years, 2014) |
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Acre | AC | Rio Branco | 152,581.4 | 58,912 | 790,101 | 4.47 | 13 | 9.629 (0.2%) | 12,690 | 0.663 | 94% | 1.6% | 75.4 |
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Alagoas | AL | Maceió | 27,767.7 | 10,721 | 3,321,730 | 112.3 | 309 | 29.545 (0.7%) | 9,333 | 0.631 | 90% | 1.7% | 73.5 |
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Amapá | AP | Macapá | 142,814.6 | 55,151 | 750,912 | 4.69 | 13 | 10.420 (0.2%) | 14,914 | 0.708 | 99% | 1.6% | 75.4 |
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Amazonas | AM | Manaus | 1,570,745.7 | 606,470 | 3,873,743 | 2.23 | 6 | 64.120 (1.7%) | 17,855 | 0.674 | 96% | 1.9% | 73.7 |
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Bahia | BA | Salvador | 564,692.7 | 218,030 | 15,126,371 | 24.82 | 69 | 167.727 (3.8%) | 11,832 | 0.660 | 91% | 2.0% | 74.3 |
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Ceará | CE | Fortaleza | 148,825.6 | 57,462 | 8,842,791 | 56.8 | 153 | 90.132 (2.0%) | 10,473 | 0.682 | 93% | 1.65% | 74.9 |
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Distrito Federal | DF | Brasília | 5,822.1 | 2,249.9 | 2,852,372 | 444.66 | 1,268 | 171.236 (3.9%) | 64,653 | 0.824 | 98.8% | 0.65% | 79.8 |
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Espírito Santo | ES | Vitória | 46,077.5 | 17,791 | 3,885,049 | 76.25 | 218 | 107.329 (2.2%) | 29,996 | 0.740 | 99% | 0.48% | 80.1 |
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Goiás | GO | Goiânia | 340,086.7 | 131,310 | 6,523,222 | 17.65 | 49 | 123.926 (2.4%) | 20,134 | 0.735 | 97% | 0.9% | 75.9 |
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Maranhão | MA | São Luís | 331,983.3 | 128,180 | 6,850,884 | 19.81 | 53 | 58.920 (1.2%) | 8,760 | 0.639 | 90% | 1.9% | 72.5 |
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Mato Grosso | MT | Cuiabá | 903,357.9 | 348,790 | 3,224,357 | 3.36 | 9 | 80.830 (1.5%) | 25,945 | 0.725 | 94% | 1.3% | 74.6 |
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Mato Grosso do Sul | MS | Campo Grande | 357,125.0 | 137,890 | 2,619,657 | 6.86 | 19 | 54.471 (1.0%) | 21,744 | 0.729 | 97% | 0.7% | 76.1 |
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Minas Gerais | MG | Belo Horizonte | 586,528.3 | 226,460 | 20,734,097 | 33.41 | 91 | 403.551 (9.2%) | 20,324 | 0.731 | 98.6% | 0.61% | 78.7 |
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Pará | PA | Belém | 1,247,689.5 | 481,740 | 8,073,924 | 6.07 | 16 | 91.009 (1.9%) | 11,678 | 0.646 | 94% | 1.6% | 74.2 |
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Paraíba | PB | João Pessoa | 56,439.8 | 21,792 | 3,943,885 | 66.70 | 180 | 38.731 (0.8%) | 10,151 | 0.658 | 92% | 1.7% | 74.1 |
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Paraná | PR | Curitiba | 199,314.9 | 76,956 | 11,081,692 | 52.40 | 143 | 255.927 (5.8%) | 24,194 | 0.749 | 98% | 0.7% | 77.8 |
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Pernambuco | PE | Recife | 98,311.6 | 37,958 | 9,277,727 | 89.62 | 244 | 117.340 (2.3%) | 13,138 | 0.673 | 92% | 1.9% | 74.8 |
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Piauí | PI | Teresina | 251,529.2 | 97,726 | 3,194,178 | 12.4 | 32 | 25.721 (0.5%) | 8,137 | 0.646 | 90% | 1.8% | 72.7 |
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Rio de Janeiro | RJ | Rio de Janeiro | 43,696.1 | 16,871 | 16,461,173 | 365.23 | 975 | 504.221 (11.5%) | 31,064 | 0.761 | 99% | 1.3% | 77.1 |
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Rio Grande do Norte | RN | Natal | 52,796.8 | 20,385 | 3,408,510 | 59.99 | 167 | 39.544 (0.9%) | 12,249 | 0.684 | 95.1% | 1.38% | 76.7 |
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Rio Grande do Sul | RS | Porto Alegre | 281,748.5 | 108,780 | 11,207,274 | 37.96 | 103 | 277.658 (6.3%) | 25,779 | 0.746 | 99% | 0.4% | 79.3 |
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Rondônia | RO | Porto Velho | 237,576.2 | 91,729 | 1,748,531 | 6.58 | 19 | 29.362 (0.6%) | 13,075 | 0.690 | 94.6% | 1.85% | 73.7 |
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Roraima | RR | Boa Vista | 224,299.0 | 86,602 | 496,936 | 2.01 | 5 | 7.314 (0.2%) | 15,557 | 0.707 | 94.5% | 1.51% | 73.5 |
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Santa Catarina | SC | Florianópolis | 95,346.2 | 36,813 | 6,727,148 | 65.27 | 182 | 177.276 (4.0%) | 27,771 | 0.774 | 99% | 0.30% | 81 |
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São Paulo | SP | São Paulo | 248,209.4 | 95,834 | 44,035,304 | 166.23 | 459 | 1,408.904 (32.1%) | 33,624 | 0.783 | 99% | 0.45% | 79.8 |
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Sergipe | SE | Aracaju | 21,910.3 | 8,459.6 | 2,219,514 | 94.36 | 262 | 27.823 (0.6%) | 13,180 | 0.665 | 93% | 1.8% | 73.0 |
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Tocantins | TO | Palmas | 277,620.9 | 107,190 | 1,496,880 | 4.98 | 13 | 19.530 (0.4%) | 13,775 | 0.699 | 94% | 1.7% | 74.5 |
Demography of Brazil
Demographics of Brazil For demographics data, see chart presented under "States of Brazil", above.
Government and politics of Brazil
- Form of government: federal presidential representative democratic republic
- Capital of Brazil: Brasília
- Elections in Brazil
- Political parties in Brazil
Branches of government
Government of Brazil
Executive branch of the government of Brazil
Legislative branch of the government of Brazil
- National Congress of Brazil (bicameral)
- Upper house: Senate of Brazil
- Lower house: Chamber of Deputies of Brazil
Judicial branch of the government of Brazil
Court system of Brazil
State-level judiciary
Superior courts
- Superior Court of Justice
- Superior Labor Court
- Superior Electoral Court
Second instance Courts
First instance courts
- Brazil Labor Courts
- Brazil Electoral Courts
- Brazil federal courts
- Brazil Military Courts
Foreign relations of Brazil
- Diplomatic missions in Brazil
- Diplomatic missions of Brazil
International organization membership
The Federative Republic of Brazil is a member of:[3]
Law and order in Brazil
Military of Brazil
Military of Brazil
- Command
- Forces
- Army of Brazil
- Navy of Brazil
- Air Force of Brazil
- Military history of Brazil
- Military ranks of Brazil
Local government in Brazil
Local government in Brazil
History of Brazil
- Colonial Brazil
- Kingdom of Brazil
- United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves
- Empire of Brazil
- First Brazilian Republic
- Vargas Era
- Second Brazilian Republic
- Brazilian military government
- Economic history of Brazil
- Military history of Brazil
Culture of Brazil
- Architecture of Brazil
- Cuisine of Brazil
- Languages of Brazil
- National symbols of Brazil
- Coat of arms of Brazil
- Flag of Brazil
- National anthem of Brazil
- People of Brazil
- Prostitution in Brazil
- Public holidays in Brazil
- Religion in Brazil
- Buddhism in Brazil
- Christianity in Brazil
- Hinduism in Brazil
- Islam in Brazil
- Judaism in Brazil
- World Heritage Sites in Brazil
Art in Brazil
- Brazilian art
- Cinema of Brazil
- Literature of Brazil
- Music of Brazil
- Television in Brazil
Economy and infrastructure of Brazil
- Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2016): 9th (ninth)
- Agriculture in Brazil
- Banking in Brazil
- Communications in Brazil
- Internet in Brazil
- Latin America and Caribbean Network Information Centre
- Internet in Brazil
- Companies of Brazil
- Currency of Brazil: Real
- Economic history of Brazil
- Energy in Brazil
- Energy policy of Brazil
- Health care in Brazil
- Industry in Brazil
- Mining in Brazil
- São Paulo Stock Exchange
- Tourism in Brazil
- Transport in Brazil
- Water supply and sanitation in Brazil
Education in Brazil
Health in Brazil
- MORHAN: Movimento de Reintegração das Pessoas Atingidas pela Hanseníase, Movement of Reintegration of Persons Afflicted by Hansen's disease
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See also
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Portuguese language edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
- All pages with titles beginning with Brazil
- All pages with titles containing Brazil
- All pages with titles beginning with Brazilian
- All pages with titles containing Brazilian
- Index of Brazil-related articles
- List of Brazil-related topics
- List of international rankings
- Member state of the Group of Twenty Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors
- Member state of the United Nations
- Latin America
- Outline of South America
References
- IBGE. 2011 Population Projection
- "Geography of Brazil". Central Intelligence Agency. 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-03.
- "Brazil". The World Factbook. United States Central Intelligence Agency. July 2, 2009. Retrieved July 23, 2009.
External links
- Government and administration
- Brazilian Federal Government
- Chamber of Deputies
- (in Portuguese) Federal Senate
- Presidency of Brazil Archived July 29, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- Information and statistics
- Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics
- "Brazil". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.
- (in Portuguese) Institute of Applied Economics Research
- National Bank for Social and Economical Development
- U.S. Library of Congress
- Economy and business
- Brazilian Central Bank
- Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce
- Britcham in Brazil
- São Paulo Stock Exchange
- Tourism and sports
- Accommodation in Brazil Archived September 25, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- (in Portuguese) Sport in Brazil
- Tourism in Brazil
- Non-Governmental Organizations
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