Country name: Federative Republic of Brazil
Capital: Brasilia. (2.383.784 inhabitants, 2006)
Government type: Presidentialist Republic
Currency: Real.
Discovery: April 22, 1500
Independence: September 07, 1822
Announcement of the Republic: November 15, 1889
President of the Republic: Luis Inácio Lula da Silva
Nationality: Brazilian
Language: Portuguese (official)
Administrative divisions: 26 states (Acre, Alagoas, Amapá, Amazonas, Bahia, Ceará, Distrito Federal, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraíba, Paraná, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul, Rondônia, Roraima, Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Sergipe, Tocantins) and 1 Federal District.
Total area: 8.514.205 km².
Density: 22.11 inhabitants for km² (2006).
Localization: East of the South America.
Climate: Equatorial, tropical, tropical of altitude, Atlantic, subtropical and half-barren.
People:
Population: 188.298.099 million (2007).
White Population: 53,4% (2006).
Medium brown Population: 38,9% (2006).
Black Population: 6,1% (2006).
Yellow Population: 0,2% (2006)
Aboriginal Population: 0,4% (2006)
Population growth rate: 1,33% (2005)
Life expectancy at birth: 71,7 years (2004)
Religions: Christianity, being 71% of catholics (2005).
Urban Population: 81% (2006)
Agricultural Population: 19% (2006)
PIB per capita: US$ 3,197.45 (2004)
Bigger cities: São Paulo, Rio De Janeiro, Belo Horizonte, Salvador, Fortaleza, Brasília, Curitiba, Recife, Manaus, Porto Alegre, Belém, Goiânia, Guarulhos, Campinas and Nova Iguaçu.
Area of Forest: 5.511.000 km²
Deforestation: 25.544 km² to the year (1995-2000).
