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Formal Name | Federative Republic of Brazil, (Republica Federativa do Brasil) |
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Capital | Brasilia |
Main Cities | Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte, Porto Alegre |
Official Language | Portuguese |
Currency | Reals (BRL) |
Dialing Code | +55 |
Emergency numbers | 190, 192 and 1923 |
Time Zone | GMT -3 (Brasilia) |
Daylight Savings Time | Third Sunday in October (clocks go forward by an hour) through to the third Sunday in February (clocks go back by an hour). Equatorial Brazil does not observe Daylight Saving Time (DST). |
Units of Measure | Metric System |
Electricity | 110/220 volts plug type A, B or C; frequency of 60 hertz |
Government | Federal republic |
Population | 203,429,773 (July 2011 est.) |
Climate | Mostly tropical, but temperate in south |
Land Surface | 8,459,417 sq km |
Coastline | 7,491 km |
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Brazilian flag |
Useful Web References
- Brazilian Government website
- The official Brazilian Tourism website
- The CIA World Factbook publishes extensive details on Brazil