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Brazil
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| Capital: |
Brasilia (2.2 millions) |
| Population: |
198,739,269 |
| Land Area: |
8,511,965 sq km (3,286,486 sq miles) |
| Land Division: |
26 States (Acre, Alagoas, Amapa, Amazonas, Bahia, Ceara, Espirito
Santo, Goias, Maranhao, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas
Gerais, Para, Paraiba, Parana, Pernambuco, Piaui, Rio de Janeiro,
Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul, Rondonia, Roraima, Santa
Catarina, Sao Paulo, Sergipe, Tocantins) and 1 Federal District
(Distrito Federal)
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| Currency: |
Real (BRL) |
| Languages: |
Portuguese (Official), Spanish, English, French
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| National Day: |
September 7 (Independence Day) |
| Religions: |
Catholic (nominal) 73.6%, Protestant 15.4%, Spiritualist 1.3%,
Bantu/voodoo 0.3%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.2%, none 7.4%
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| Ethnicity: |
White 53.7%, Mulatto (mixed White&Black) 38.5%, Black 6.2%, other
(includes Japanese, Arab, Amerindian) 0.9%, unspecified 0.7%
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