Everything About Brazil

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Where is Brazil?

Brazil is a country in the continent of South America. It is big, and it covers almost half of South America. The countries in this continent that share a boarder with Brazil are Venezuela, Suriname, Guyana and the French Guiana bordered on the north, Colombia on the northwest, Bolivia and Peru on the west, Argentina and Paraguay on the southwest, and Uruguay by the south. There are actually only two countries that don’t share a border with Brazil, in South America, which are Chile and Ecuador. Brazil is bordered to the east by the Atlantic Ocean.

Brazil lies on the west side of South America, and most Brazil lies in the tropics. As you can see, the equator goes through Brazil.

Flag of Brazil

The flag of  has a  field on which a large   is centered. A   is placed within the rhombus, with   of five different sizes and a curved white band running through it. The motto of Brazil, Ordem e Progresso (meaning “Order and Progress" in Portuguese) is inscribed in capital letters in green inside the band.

Green symbolizes the Brazilian tropical forests and rainforests. Yellow symbolizes gold. By the time Brazil got independent from Portugal, gold was the country's main natural resource. Blue symbolizes the Brazilian sky.

The stars as shown in the flag resemble the Brazilian sky over the city of Rio de Janeiro on the day the independence from Portugal was declared. There are 27 stars, each representing a Brazilian state.

The National Anthem of Brazil

The Brazilian National Anthem was composed by the Francisco Manuel da Silva in 1822. There have been many lyrics made to this anthem, although there about two which are well-known. In the view of some, it was composed for Brazilian Independence, and others think that Francisco Manuel composed the anthem to celebrate the coronation of the second Emperor of Brazil

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Regions of Brazil

Brazil is a  of 26  and one  which contains the , . The states are subdivided into . States are based on historical, conventional borders and have developed throughout the centuries; though some boundaries are arbitrary.

The national territory was divided in 1969 by the  (IBGE), for demographic and statistical purposes, into five main regions: , , ,  and .

Language

Portuguese is the only official language of Brazil. It is spoken by nearly the entire population and is the only language used in , ,  and for all business.

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