Brazil


 

 

Brazil flag waving

 

Country: Federative Republic of Brazil (Potuguese: República Federativa do Brasil)

Georgian transcript: ბრაზილია

Capital: Brasília (ბრაზილია)

Largest city: São Paulo (სან-პაულუ)

Continent: South America

Official language: Portuguese (national language)

Religion: Roman Catholic Christianity (64.6%), Protestantism (22.2%)

Patron saint: Our Lady of Aparecida (PortugueseNossa Senhora Aparecida), usually referred to as the Aparecida Virgin or Black Virgin

Motto: Ordem e Progresso (Portuguese: Order and Progress)

Government: Federal presidential constitutional republic

Independence: 7 September 1822 (from the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves)

Population: 214 090 812 (2021)

Demonym: Brazilian

Currency: Real (BRL)

Driving side: right

Date format: dd/mm/yyyy (CE)

Time zone: UTC -2:00 to -5:00 (BRT)

Calling code: +55

Internet TLD: .br

Website: Governo do Brasil (Government of Brazil)

Neighbouring countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela (i.e. all other countries in South America except Chile and Ecuador)

 

Brazil world map