GeoPointe - Brazil

Official Name: Federative Republic of Brazil
Location: Eastern South America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean. Includes Arquipelago de Fernando de Noronha, Atol das Rocas, Ilha da Trindade, Ilhas Martin Vaz, and Penedos de Sao Pedro e Sao Paulo.
Capital: Brasilia

Area:	total: 8,511,965 sq km
	land: 8,456,510 sq km
	water: 55,455 sq km

Lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m.
Highest point: Pico da Neblina 3,014 m.

Serra do Frade Rain Forest, Atlantic Wood, BR

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Population: 190,010,647 (July 2007 est.) Nationality: Brazilian(s) Ethnic groups: White (includes Portuguese, German, Italian, Spanish, Polish) 55%, mixed white and black 38%, black 6%, other (includes Japanese, Arab, Amerindian) 1%. Religions: Roman Catholic (nominal) 80%. Languages: Portuguese (official), Spanish, English, French.

Mostly tropical, but temperate in the south.

Government type: Federative republic.
Independence: 7 September 1822 (from Portugal).
National holiday: Independence Day, 7 September (1822).