Brazil is the largest state in South America, an important player in the global market. Coffee, steel, automobiles, fabrics and footwear - all these goods are actively exported by Brazil. The area of the territory, as well as significant human resources, allow this state to be among the largest producers in the world. The natural conditions and population of Brazil will be discussed in this article.
Brazil: country area and geographic location
This South American country is one of the largest countries in the world. What is the area of Brazil?
The state is the largest in all of Latin America. The area of Brazil is 8514 thousand square kilometers (almost 6% of the world's land). Only Russia, Canada, the USA and China have a large territory on the planet.
So the area of Brazil is huge. The country has common borders with nine states at once: Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, Uruguay,Argentina, Peru, Bolivia, Colombia and Paraguay.
Nature and climate
The huge area of Brazil causes a significant variety of its natural and climatic conditions.
The country's climate is predominantly hot, with average monthly temperatures ranging from 15 to 29 °C. Only in some areas in the east of Brazil, light frosts are recorded in winter. But as for the regime of precipitation, it differs greatly in different parts of the country. So, in the western part of the Amazon (Amazon river basin) up to 3000 mm of precipitation falls per year. In the northeast of the Brazilian Plateau opposite, rains are infrequent guests. About 300-500 mm of precipitation can fall here in a year.
The river grid in Brazil is very dense due to heavy rainfall. Most of the country's territory is occupied by the Amazon River and its many tributaries. Many rivers in Brazil have significant hydroelectric resources.
The country has a wide range of natural areas. These are hylaea - humid equatorial forests, deciduous evergreen forests, savannahs and even semi-deserts. Brazil is one of the world leaders in forest resources.
Population of the country
Almost 202 million people live in Brazil today. And the population of the country is steadily increasing every year. There are several "races" of Brazilians:
- "white";
- African-Brazilians;
- Asian-Brazilians;
- pardu (or "brown" Brazilians).
In addition, there are alsothe indigenous people of this territory are Indians (over 700 thousand people), as well as mulattoes, mestizos, caboclos and others.
The official and most popular language in Brazil is Portuguese. In addition to him, you can often hear conversations in Spanish, English and French. About 86% of the population is considered literate.
Brazil is a highly urbanized country: about 86% of its population lives in cities. The largest of them: Sao Paulo (population almost 12 million), Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia, El Salvador, Belo Horizonte.
Brazil: interesting facts about the country
Finally, we bring to your attention 7 curious facts about this Latin American country:
- Brazil has the world's largest urban agglomeration. It stretches from the city of Natal to Rio de Janeiro for almost 1200 kilometers!
- The original symbol of the country - the statue of Jesus Christ - is included in the list of modern wonders of the world. It is protected by UNESCO.
- Brazil has the second largest number of airports in the world. There are at least 5 thousand of them in the state.
- The country's new capital (Brazil City) was designed and built from scratch in just four years.
- All outdoor advertising has been banned in the state (since 2007).
- Brazil is the world's leading exporter of coffee and soybeans.
- Brazilian prisoners are the most well-read in the world! The thing is that the state penitentiary service came up with its own unusual action: for each book read, a terma person's imprisonment is reduced by one day. True, in a year you can "read" no more than 48 days of freedom.
In closing
The area of Brazil in thousand km2 is 8500. About 200 million people live in this territory. For these two indicators, Brazil ranks fifth in the world.
The state in South America is the largest producer in the region. Coffee, iron ore, steel, cars, shoes, orange juice - this is not a complete list of goods that Brazil supplies to the world market.
