Brazil is a South American country. It is bordered by Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana to the north, Uruguay to the south, Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia and Peru to the west, and Colombia to the northwest. In the east its boundary touches the South Atlantic Ocean.
It is the largest country in both North and South America continents as well as the fifth largest country in the world.
It is a country of cultural diversity. The arrival and migration of people from different countries and cultures to Brazil has a long and storied history, which is the basis of its cultural plurality, diversity and prosperity. The indelible impression of cultural diversity is seen on the living, food, dance-music, festival-festival, beliefs of the residents here.
Brazil has the largest number of mammals, plants and freshwater fish. The biodiversity, wildlife and natural beauty here also attract tourists.
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Short Description Of Brazil
| Brazil Capital | The capital of Brazil is Brasilia. |
| Brazil Area | The area of Brazil is 85,15,767 km 2 (3287956 sq mi). |
| Brazil Population | The estimated population of Brazil in the year 2019 is 210,147,125. |
| Brazil Currency | The currency of Brazil is Real. |
| Brazil Language | The official language of Brazil is Portuguese. |
| Brazil Religion | 86.8% of the people in Brazil are Christians. |
(01-15) Interesting Facts About Brazil
1. The name ‘Brazil’ is derived from the name of a wood called “pau brazil” [pau brazil” (brazilwood)]. It was the first product that the Portuguese used commercially to their advantage.
2. Brazil is also called “Pindorama” which means – “Land of the palm trees”.
3. Brazil is also called “Land of contrasts”.
4. Brazil was also called “Land of the Holy Cross” and “Land of Brazil”.
5. Brazil was also known as “Land of Parrots” (Terra di Papaga)].
6. The official name of Brazil is ‘Federative Republic of Brazil’. It is the largest country in both South America and Latin America.
7. Brazil declared itself a republic on 15 November 1889.
8. Brazil is the fifth largest country in the world by area after Russia, Canada, the US and China.
9. Brazil is the fifth largest country in the world by population after China, India, America, Indonesia and Pakistan.
10. The border of Brazil touches all the countries of the South American continent except Chile and Ecuador.
11. Brazil has 26 states and one federal district. Its capital is “Brasilia”.
12. Most of the people of African descent in Brazil live in the Northeast. Brazilians of European and Japanese ancestry live in the south and southeast region, while the north and central-west regions are home to the original inhabitants of Brazil.
13. Brazil has the second largest black population in the world after Nigeria.
14. Brazil is one of the 17 megadiverse countries .
15. Brasilia, the capital of Brazil, was designed by Oscar Niemeyer. When viewed from above, it looks like the shape of an airplane.
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16. There are 13 cities in Brazil with a population of more than one million.
17. Brazil has only 3 time zones, while France has 12.
18. The largest African city outside Africa ‘Salvador’ is in Brazil.
19. Sao Paulo is the richest and most populous state of Brazil. It is also the largest city in South America. It is the economic and demographic heartland of Brazil.
20. The oldest city in Brazil is So Vicente. This city was Portugal’s first permanent settlement in America. Footballer Robinho was born in this city.
21. There is a city in Brazil “Nao-Me-Toque”, whose name means – “Don’t Touch Me”.
22. Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo are the two states of Brazil, in which the state names are the names of the capitals.
23. The city of Sao Paulo in Brazil is known for traffic jams. In 2013, there was a traffic jam of 309 km in the evening, which is a record in itself.
24. The largest stock exchange in Latin America is in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
25. The motto of Brazil is ‘Ordem and Progress’ or ‘Ordem e Progresso’ in Portuguese.
26. The National Anthem of Brazil has two seven-verse verses. Both these verses have the same melody. Brazilian law does not allow singing only one stanza. It is mandatory to sing both the verses while singing the national anthem.
27. Brazil receives an average of 6 million tourists every year.
28. According to a report, 6.6 million tourists visited Brazil in 2016. These tourists contributed $6.2 dollars to the economy of Brazil. The increase in the number of tourists in 2016 was due to the Olympic Games held in the country.
29. Brazil has 7 natural and 14 cultural UNESCO World Heritage-designated sites .
30. There is a replica of the Statue of Liberty in Brazil .
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31. The world’s highest vertical cemetery is the Memorial Necropole Ecumnica located in Santos, Brazil. It is 108 meters high. By the way, the world’s largest cemetery is in Najaf City, Iraq, which is built on 1485.5 acres of land and where millions of dead bodies are buried.
32. The climate in most of Brazil is tropical.
33. Earth’s magnetic field has been found to be weak in the areas around Brazil and Argentina, especially for the last 180 years.
34. There is such a rare cashew tree in Natal, Brazil, which covers an area of 7500 meters.
35. Rubber made Brazil a wealthy nation at the end of the 18th century.
36. Brazil’s first national park was created in the late 1930s.
37. There is a mountain called Corcovado in the central Rio de Janeiro of Brazil, which is famous all over the world for the statue of Jesus Christ named “Cristo Redentor” or ” Christ the Redeemer “. Located on the summit of this mountain, this statue is 38 meters (125 feet) high.
Statue Of Christ the Redeemer
38. The highest mountain in Brazil is ‘Pico da Neblina’ (Mist Peak) [Pico da Neblina (Mist Peak)] on the Venezuelan border, which has an elevation of 2,994 meters (9,823 feet) above sea level. Due to being almost permanently cloudy, it was not discovered until 1950. It was climbed for the first time in 1965 (12 years after Everest).
39. The world’s longest river Amazon is in Brazil based on the volume of water flow.
40. The Amazon rain forest in Brazil covers 60%. It is also known as Amazonia or Amazon jungle. The Amazon rainforest contains an estimated 390 billion trees, divided into 16,000 species.
41. Most species of monkeys are found in Brazil.
42. An island in Brazil called Snake Island has 5 snakes per square meter. Citizens are not allowed to enter that island.
43. Brazil is the leading producer of oranges in the world, producing 30% of the world’s oranges.
44. Brazil has been the world’s largest exporter of coffee for 150 years.
45. Coffee consumption in Brazil is 5.5 kg/capita per year, while Finland ranks first on the list with a per capita consumption of 12 kg per year.
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46. The main exporter of Brazil nuts is not Brazil, but Bolivia.
47. Brazil is the world’s largest market for crack cocaine.
48. Brazil is the second largest producer of ethanol fuel in the world.
49. Brazilian aircraft manufacturing company Embraer is one of the top 5 aircraft manufacturers in the world.
50. There are 4,093 airports in Brazil. The world’s largest airport at 13,513 is in the US. After that, Brazil is in second place.
51. Brazil has the tenth largest railway and third largest road network in the world.
52. Itaipu Dam located in Brazil is the second largest producer of hydroelectricity in the world. It is 7.7 kilometers long and 196 meters high. It is located on the border between Brazil and Paraguay.
53. Brazil is the first South American country to host the Olympics, having hosted the Olympics in the year 2016.
54. Football is the most popular sport of Brazil. There is at least one football stadium in every city.
55. The Brazilian Football Confederation was founded in 1914.
56. Brazil won the FIFA World Cup for the first time in 1958. He defeated Sweden 5–2 in the final match.
57. Brazil has won the FIFA World Cup of football five times (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002).
58. Norway is the only national football team that has never lost to Brazil. He played four matches; Two were played to a draw, while the other two were won by the Norwegian team.
59. Football player Pele, famous for his excellent game around the world, is from Brazil.
60. Brazil never lost that football match in whichever match Pele and Garrincha played together.
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61. In 2005, a Nike ad by famous football player Ronaldinho received more than 1 million views on YouTube. He became the first YouTube video to get so many views.
62. Due to the financial crisis in 1932, Brazilian athletes had to sell coffee on the way to the Los Angeles Olympics.
63. Brazil exported more than 1/2 million handguns to the US in 2010. It became the largest exporter of guns during that period.
64. In the 1980s, Brazil became the first South American country to recruit women into its armed forces.
65. Brazil has the lowest literacy rate (86.4%) of all South American countries.
66. One of Henry Ford ‘s unsuccessful ventures was to build rubber plantations and factories in the middle of the Brazilian Amazon jungle.
67. According to a study, 35% of men in rural Brazil have had sexual intercourse with an animal at some point. Animals such as cattle, cows, pigs, and chickens were involved in these acts. Apart from this, the study also found that men involved in such acts were more likely to develop cancer of the penis.
68. Paulo Coelho is a famous Brazilian songwriter and novelist. He was born on 24 August 1947 in Rio de Janeiro.
69. The largest free rock concert of all time was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with a performance by Rod Stewart. 4.2 million were present in that concert.
70. If you want to buy an Apple iPhone in Brazil, you will have to pay almost double the price for it than in the United States.
71. Brazil once listed an aircraft carrier for sale on eBay.
72. Brazilian prisoners can reduce their sentence by 4 days every month based on the book they read and the report written on it.
73. Prisoners in Brazil can also ride a stationary bicycle in the prison to provide electricity to their nearest city. This will help reduce his sentence in a few days.
74. The world ‘s largest open -air garbage dump ‘ Jardim Gramacho ‘ was once found in the Brazilian city of Duc de Caixis. It was closed in the year 2012.
75. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the largest amount of bank robbery was robbed in the Brazilian city of Fortaleza on 6 July 2005. A gang of 10 men dug a 256-foot-long tunnel and robbed the bank of five containers worth an estimated amount of about $70 million.
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76. Human settlement in Brazil began at least 32,000 years ago.
77. South American Indians had been living in this area for thousands of years before the Portuguese discovered Brazil.
78. On 1 January 1502 the first official tourist arrived in Brazil. The bay in which he landed was named Rio de Janeiro (Bay of January).
79. Brazil was ruled by the Portuguese for 322 years. Brazil became independent from Portugal on 7 September 1822.
80. Sugar plantations in Brazil were established by the Portuguese during the 16th century.
81. The Dutch invaded Brazil in 1630, which until then was under Portuguese control. In 1654 the Dutch had to leave Brazil and once again it was occupied by the Portuguese.
82. Brazil first discovered gold in 1695. During the 18th century, a large part of the world’s gold reserves came under Brazil.
83. The Portuguese began colonizing Brazil in 1930.
84. African slaves were forcibly imported into Brazil in large numbers (between 3 and 4 million).
85. Brazil has a mixed population of indigenous Brazilian, Portuguese and African slaves because of the large number of slave imports from African countries. In addition, the arrival of migrants from Asia, Europe and the Middle East made Brazil a culturally diverse nation.
86. Brazil was the first country in America to force people to work. Slavery was abolished in 1888 after many years of hardships witnessed by imported African slaves. Brazil was the last country in America to end slavery.
87. ‘Rio de Janeiro’ was the capital of Brazil from 1956 to 1960 (up to 197 years). In 1961, the capital of the country was shifted from ‘Rio de Janeiro’ to Brasilia. It took only 41 months to build the country’s capital, Brasilia.
88. In January 2011, 916 people died and 345 went missing due to floods and landslides in a mountainous region of Rio de Janeiro. It was one of the biggest catastrophes in the history of the country.
89. Brazil’s first printing press was established in 1808.
90. Brazil has not been involved in any war since 1870.
(91-108) Cultural Facts About Brazil
91. Brazilians are generally descendants of three ethnic groups: Amerindians, Africans and Europeans.
92. Brazil is the largest country in the world, whose official language is Portuguese. Portuguese speaking people are also called “Lusophones”.
93. About 1.5 million to 2.5 million Brazilians are of Japanese descent. Many immigrant Japanese brought cherry trees and cherry blossom seedlings with them, which can be seen outside their homes in So Paulo and in public parks in Curitiba.
94. The world’s largest Catholic population (73.6%) lives in Brazil. Catholics make up 64% of the total population of Brazil.
95. Brazil has the second largest population of Christians after the United States.
96. Brazil has the largest population of Christians in the continent of South America.
97. About 180 languages are spoken in Brazil.
98. The average life expectancy in Brazil is 75.46 years.
99. Silva is the most popular surname in Brazil.
100. The Rio Carnival, held every year in Rio de Janeiro, is considered to be the world ‘s largest carnival (l argest carnival in the world ).
101. Samba, a popular Brazilian dance form, was developed around the 1800s.
102. There is an ethnic group in Brazil called the Bororo, in which the blood group of all people is “O”.
103. Feijoada is the national dish of Brazil, which is a stew made with beans, beef and pork.
104. The national drink of Brazil is sugarcane liquor, which is made by mixing ice, sugar and crushed lime slices.
105. Brazilians like to share their food and drink with others.
106. There is a ritual in Brazil, under which boys have to bear the pain of bullet ants before they are declared adults. Their hands are put in gloves full of bullet ants and they have to bear the pain of being bitten by these ants for at least 10 minutes. They have to go through this process 20 times before they are declared adults.
107. About 90% of homes in Brazil have TV sets, and radio is the second most popular form of entertainment and information.
108. Brazilians value family and social ties. He is considered one of the most hospitable people in the world.
(109-116) Law Facts About Brazil
109. In Brazil, women were given the right to vote in the year 1946.
110. Smoking in public is prohibited in Brazil. Fine can also be imposed for this offence.
111. The reason gambling is prohibited in Brazil is that the government is not able to monitor the amount won in such games. However online gambling is allowed, as the Internet is not regulated by the Brazilian territory.
112. Professional hunting has been banned in Brazil since 1967. However, hunting is allowed in some cases, which is done for subsistence.
113. Indoor tanning was banned in Brazil in 2003 for anyone of any age. It became the first country to impose such a ban. (Tanning your skin using a tanning bed, booth or sunlamp is called indoor tanning. Indoor tanning can cause skin cancer)
114. E-cigarettes have been banned in Brazil since 2009. This restriction is due to the lack of scientific data to show that it is safe for health.
115. The use of cell phones is prohibited in Brazilian banks to prevent robbery and theft.
116. Outdoor advertising has been banned in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo since 2006.
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