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fifth. The only countries larger than Brazil are Russia, Canada, China and the United States. It is over three million square miles.
fifth. The population at the beginning of the twenty-first century was over 170 million. Only China, India, USA and Indonesia have more people.
Portuguese. Although the official language of most South American countries is Spanish, Portuguese is the official language of Brazil. The first European to set foot in Brazil was Pedro Alvares Cabral. In 1549 the Portuguese established a colonial government.
f. Although most of the the country is south of the equator there is a small portion to the north.
Sao Paulo. Sao Paulo is by far the largest, with a population of around 18,000,000. The capital Brasilia has around two million.
Chile. Peru and Colombia, although having Pacific coastlines, do have an eastern border on Brazil.
| No quiz on Brazil would be complete without a question or two on the Amazon.For how much of its length is the Amazon navigable by ocean going ships? | Geographically Speaking - Brazil
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2,300 miles. The total length of the Amazon is 3,900 miles making it the second longest in the world. In terms of volume of water and the watershed area it is the largest in the world.
| What city near the meeting of the Amazon and Negro rivers was an important center of the rubber trade in the late nineteenth century? | Geographically Speaking - Brazil
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Manaus. Manaus although only accessible by boat when first developed, has always been the most important city in northwestern Brazil. It has a grand opera house built in the 1800s. It is now a city of over a million. Until this century it was only accessible by water or air, but it is now accessible by road.
Minas Gerais. "Ouro Preto" is located in Minas Gerais, and it literally means "Black Gold" and the city is called that, because it is the town that has produced the most gold of all Brazilian areas. The gold found there was a darker shade of gold, which was rarer at the time of mining so it was more valuable. The town today, though very touristic, still has no airport or large hotel chains. It wants to remain as it was in the 1700's when gold was actually being mined there.
Rio De Janeiro. This city has the same case as Sao Paulo. The capital city is also the name of the state. Similar to that of New York City, except it's not the capital. Rio De Janeiro is a very popular tourist town and it has about five million people living in it.
Pico da Neblina. Pico de Neblina is the highest mountain in Brazil, and it is over 3,000 meters tall, (about 9,300 feet). It is located in the Brazilian state of Roraima, and the peak itself is only several miles from the border of Venezuela, and parts of the foot of the mountain are actually in Venezuela.
ten . Brazil borders ten countries. They are Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Franch Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela. Its longest border is shared with the country of Bolivia, on the central-western border. Brazil is the largest country in South America, and thus, most likely will have the largest border.
two . Brazil does not share a border with Chile or Ecuador. There is at least a "One-Country" barrier between these countries and Brazil.
t. This is true. This question is kind of a trick question, because you would expect Chile to be longer, but it isn't. Chile is about 2,600 miles long, while Brazil is over 2,800 miles long, so Brazil takes the cake here too. Although most people believe Chile to be longer, Brazil is actually the longer one.
26. Brazil technically contains only 26 states. There are actually 26 states, and one "Distrito Federal" which translates to "Federal District" which is the direct equivalent to Washington D.C. So there are 27 "provinces", and 26 actual states.
| One of the largest dams in the world is known as the Itaipu dam. It is located partially in Paraguay, but it is located primarily in which Brazilian state? | Basic Brazilian Geography
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Parana. The Itaipu dam is located in Parana. (My home state) Paraguay and Brazil share the electricity that is produced in this dam. Since Paraguay can't use nearly all that electricity, it sells about 46 of its 50 percent of electricity back to Brazil, and gets a hefty check from that. I have visited the dam, and it is quite astonishing. It has 17 turbines to make electricity, and for the majority of the time, all of the turbines are used.
Parana River . The Parana River forms a large part of the Brazilian border. The city where the electricity is produced is called "Foz Do Iguacu".
For the gold, the sky and the forests. The Brazilian flag consists of a blue circle on a yellow diamond-shaped figure, placed on a green background. The green color represents Brazil's fields and forests, the yellow stands for the gold Brazil had abundantly and the blue represents the vivid sky you usually find in tropical countries.
Ecuador and Chile. Ecuador is bordered by Colombia and Peru, while Chile is only bordered by Peru, Bolivia and Argentina.
27. 26 of the stars represent the Brazilian states and 1 more star represents the capital (Federal District).
Brasília. Brasília is the capital of Brazil. It was designed by Lúcio Costa and, looking from above, it has the shape of an airplane.
| Brazil consists mostly of which ethnicity? (according to the 2000 IBGE report(Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatíscia - The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics)) | How Much Do You Know About Brazil?
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White. According to the 2000 IBGE census, the Brazilian population consists of white people (53,6%), pardo (38,5%), black (6.2%), asian( 0,5%), amerindian (0,4%) and 0,7% of unspecified ethnicity.
São Paulo. The "Estação da Luz" (Luz Station) is a famous train station in the Luz neighborhood, São Paulo. The station, inspired on Flinders Street Station (Melbourne, Australia), was finished in the late 19th century. Since 2006 it houses the Museum of the Portuguese Language.
Rio de Janeiro, Paraná, Bahia, Pernambuco and São Paulo. •Angra dos Reis is a beautiful city with many islands, located in Rio de Janeiro.
•Foz do Iguaçu is where one of the country's main attractions is: The Iguassu Falls.
•Porto Seguro, Bahia, is where Pedro Álvares Cabral, a Portuguese explorer who is known for "discovering Brazil", first set foot in the country.
•Recife is Pernambuco's capital and famous for its resemblance to Venice, due to it rivers and its style.
•Santos, São Paulo, is where the biggest Latin America seaport is found.
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