Discovering Brazil: Your essential guide

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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.

sq km

8,515,770

largest country

in land area of the world.

Fifth

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

Brazil speaks

Portuguese

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

states

and one federal district.

26

people live there.

203 million

Brazilians live abroad.

4,598,735

live in the U.S.

1.9 million

Out of those Brazilians...

are living

in Dane County, Wisconsin.

546

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University of Wisconsin-Madison.

chose to study at the

74

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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

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“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