Discovering Brazil: Your essential guide

Discovering Brazil: Your essential guide

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Introduction

Explore Brazil's facts in this comprehensive guide. Beyond a destination, Brazil is a rich tapestry of history, culture and landscapess. It is the fifth most populous country on Earth and is located in South America.

8,515,770

sq km

Fifth

largest country

in land area of the world.

Brazil speaks

Portuguese

Portugal colonized the country for 322 years, so Brazil does not speak Spanish.

Brasília

Brazil's capital. This planned city was designed by the Brazilian architect Lúcio Costa in the 1950s. The major structures were designed by Oscar Niemeyer, who represented Brazil in the planning of the United Nations buildings in New York City.

Brazil has

26

states

and one federal district.

203 million

people live there.

4,598,735

Brazilians live abroad.

Out of those Brazilians...

1.9 million

live in the U.S.

546

are living

in Dane County, Wisconsin.

74

chose to study at the

University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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You can learn more about the Brazilian culture and the Brazilians in Madison on the website.

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Sources

Britannica. Brazil | History, Map, Culture, Population, & Facts. Britannica. Retrieved March 25, 2024, from https://www.britannica.com/place/Brazil CIA. (n.d.). Brazil - The World Factbook. CIA. Retrieved March 25, 2024, from https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/brazil/ IBGE. (n.d.). (Panorama do Censo 2022 (ibge.gov.br). Censo 2022. Retrieved March 25, 2024, from https://censo2022.ibge.gov.br/panorama/ Britannica. (2024, February 29). Brasilia | Facts, History, & Architecture. Britannica. Retrieved March 25, 2024, from https://www.britannica.com/place/Brasilia

“Enrollment Reports.” Office of the Registrar. https://registrar.wisc.edu/enrollment-reports/. United States Census Bureau. “Brazilians in Dane County.” Census data, 2022. https://data.census.gov/table/ACSSPP1Y2022.S0201?q=Brazilians%20in%20the%20US&g=050XX00US55025&tid=ACSSPP1Y2021.S0201. Itamaraty. (2023, August). Comunidades Brasileiras no exterior. https://www.gov.br/mre/pt-br/assuntos/portal-consular/BrasileirosnoExterior.pdf

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