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Brazil
South America’s largest country and the fifth largest country in the world, Brazil has a total land area of 3,287,597 sq mi and has a total population of approximately 191,241,714. Brazil was a former Portuguese colony and gained in independence in 1822.
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What are some of Brazil's human feature?
An example of a physical characteristic in Brazil is the Amazon river. I think a human one would be human settlements or homes. An example of a physical characteristic in Brazil is the Amazon river. I think a human one would be human settlements or homes.
What is the primate city of Brazil?
Brazil has no primate city. São Paulo is the largest city with about 19,000,000 inhabitants within it's metropolitan area (about 10% of the total population of the country). Rio de Janeiro comes at second place with about 12,000,000 inhabitants. So, you can't say there is a primate city in Brazil.
What country lies in the southern hemisphere and contains one of the worlds largest rivers?
Brazil is a country in South America that lies mostly in the Southern Hemisphere. The river is the Amazon (6,992 km).
What are some Famous Natural features in Brazil?
The longest wave on Earth
The Pororoca is a natural phenomenon produced twice a year between the months of February and March, the meeting of currents of the Amazon River with the Atlantic Ocean. The phenomenon of tides, to raise the level of ocean water, causes them to invade the mouths of rivers, which can buckling up to tens of meters wide, with up to three to five feet tall, and speeds up to fifty kilometers per hour.
The name "Pororoca"comes from the Tupi language means "big noise". It's the wave can be heard approximately 30 minutes before his arrival, and is so powerful it can destroy anything, including trees, houses and anything else you find to do.
The wave has become popular with surfers since 1999 have created an annual championship held in São Domingos do Capim. However, the tidal bore surfing is very dangerous, since the water contains a significant amount of debris from the river banks. The record for the longest distance ridden on the longest wave is the Picuruta Salazar in 2003, managed to stay for 37 minutes at 12.5 km. The dream of every surfer, riding a wave without end.
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What was the name of brazil old capital city?
Well, Salvador was the first capital of Brazil from 1549 to 1793, then Rio de Janeiro was the capital from 1793 until 1960.
What is a different name for Brazil?
Brazil is officially called Republica Federativa do Brasil.
In English this translates as The Federal Republic of Brazil.
Which European country claimed Brazil?
The new continent discovered back in the 1500 was America.: North , Central and South. At that time there weren't countries as we know today.
Brazil was formed along the time quite the same way USA and other countries were.
The portuguese people (citizens of Portugal) established their domain area in south america and there were not a conquest as you suggest, such as a war to invade a pre-existent country.
The Portuguese who settled here along with other ethnic groups formed the Brazilian people speaking the Portuguese language.
What attracts people to sao paulo?
Sao Paulo is famous for being the largest city in Brazil, also for the renowned landmarks. The Immigrant's Hostel greeted millions of immigrants as they came to Brazil in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Sao Paulo exerts strong regional influence in commerce and finance as well as arts entertaintment.
"Overall if you went to Sao Paulo you would have a great time."
Brazil is a federal constitutional republic. First, it is a democracy. There is universal suffrage and voting is mandatory (not optional like it is in the US). Brazil will inaugurate its first female president, Dilma Rousseff, on January 1, 2011. Second, Brazil has a federal form of government (just like the U.S.) with 26 states. Each state has its own state government, but they have tend to have much less power and independence from the federal government that U.S. states have. Last, Brazil's federal government is based on a detailed Constitution that was ratified in 1988 after the end of the dictatorship and has been amended over 50 times since then.
What similarities or differences do Greece and Brazil have?
Brazil hate bananas and come from Mars and England is the best country in the world!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
How long do people live for in brazil on average?
The average life expectancy in Brazil is 72.53 years, but for males it is 68.97 years and for females it is 76.27 years.
Where is the statue of Jesus without hands?
I recall the story of a statue in Europe, damaged in the Second World War. Only partly repaired. When the townspeople asked "Where are His hands, the restorers replied "We are."
Pegashus wrote:Several years ago I read the story and did some research on it. I'd heard a couple of apocryphal versions: one about a church in England bombed during World War II, the other about the Mainzer Dom (cathedral) in Germany. But then research and a phone call verified that the story originated at Christ the King Catholic Church in San Diego, California. At that time, the story was told on their website as well, but that site has since been closed. The statue did exist outside the church, but the hands were broken off by vandals around 1980, not by bombing. Instead of repairing the hands, the church decided to put up a plaque at the base that states, "I have no hands but yours." This is a reference to a poem by St. Teresa of Avila that begins: "Christ has no body now on earth but yours, no hands but yours, no feet but yours." The statue is still there, without hands. You can find still find photographs of the statue on the Web.
Which rivers and sea ports are important in Brazil?
Some of the most important sea ports in Brazil include Manaus, Natal, Porto Alegre, Recife, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, and Santos.
Manaus on the Rio Negro ['Black River'] in northern Brazil is the main transport center for the entire upper Amazon Basin.
Natal in northeastern Brazil is located on the Potengi River and the Atlantic Ocean. Its port specializes in cold storage cargo of fish, fruit, and shrimp.
Recife ['Reef'] in northeastern Brazil is a major port on the Atlantic Ocean. It's located where the Beberibe and Capibaribe rivers flow into the Atlantic.
The Port of Rio de Janeiro in southern Brazil has the third highest cargo volume in Brazil. It's on the west coast of Baía da Guanabara ['Guanabara Bay'], an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean.
The riverport of Porto Alegre ['Joyous Port'] in southern Brazil is located on Guaíba Lake and is one of the largest ports in Brazil.
The Port of Salvador in southern Brazil is on Baía de Todos OS Santos ['All Saints' Bay'] near the Atlantic Ocean. It's a major export port, especially for fruit.
The Port of Santos near São Paulo in southern Brazil is the biggest seaport in Latin America.
What is life like in a Brazilian shanty town?
Poverty and poor communities lack of state control in the distribution of land for housing
What are 3 important leaders of Brazil?
José Sarney
Rena Calheiros
Itamar Franco
Fernando Collor de Melo
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