Brazil
Continent: South America
Capital: Brasília
Population: 205 million
Dialing Code: +55
Currency: Real (R$)
Time zone: BRT (UTC−2 to −5)
Official language: Portuguese
The Federative Republic of Brazil is the largest country in both South America and Latin America as well as the world's fifth-largest country by both area and population. The country is the largest to have Portuguese as an official language, and the only one in the Americas.Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Brazil has a coastline of 7,491 km (4,655 mi). It borders all other South American countries except Ecuador and Chile and occupies 47.3 percent of the continent of South America. Its Amazon River basin includes a vast tropical forest, home to diverse wildlife, a variety of ecological systems, and extensive natural resources spanning numerous protected habitats. This unique environmental heritage makes Brazil one of 17 megadiverse countries, and is the subject of significant global interest and debate regarding deforestation and environmental protection.
Brazil, stretches from the Amazon Basin in the north to vineyards and massive Iguaçu Falls in the south. Rio de Janeiro, symbolized by the Christ the Redeemer statue atop Mt. Corcovad