Capital city:                          Brasilia

Region:                                South America

Area:                                     8 511 965 km²

Population:                          176 029 560

Main cities:                          Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte, Salvador, Fortaleza, Foz do Iguaçu,

                                              Recife, Curitiba, Pôrto Alegre, Belém, Goiâna, Campinas

Currency:                             real

Dial code:                            55          

Internet code:                      BR

Information: The Federative Republic of Brazil is the most populated country of Latin America and the fifth largest country of the world. It is located in the central and northeast part of South America. Brazil has a more than 7,360 km coast with the Atlantic Ocean, from northeast to southeast. It is bordered by Venezuela, Guyana, Surinam and French Guyana on the north; Uruguay on the south; Argentina and Paraguay on the southeast; Bolivia and Peru on the west; and Colombia on the northwest.