Brazil is the largest state in South America, an important player in the global market. Coffee, steel, cars, fabrics and shoes - all these products are actively exported by Brazil. The area, 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 size and geographical location
This South American country is one of the largest in size countries in the world. How much is Brazil area?
The state is the largest in all of Latin America. Brazil covers an area of ​​8,514 thousand square kilometers (almost 6% of the world's land). Only Russia, Canada, the USA and China have the largest territory on the planet.
Thus, 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 determines a significant variety of its natural and climatic conditions.
The climate of the country is mostly hot, with average monthly temperatures from 15 to 29 ° C. Only in certain areas in eastern Brazil are light frosts recorded in winter. But as for the regime of precipitation, it is very different in different parts of the country. So, in the western part of the Amazon (basin of the Amazon) up to 3000 mm of precipitation falls annually. In the northeast of the Brazilian plateau, on the contrary, rains are infrequent guests. About 300-500 mm of precipitation can fall here per year.
The river network in Brazil is very dense due to heavy rainfall. Most of the country's territory is occupied by the Amazon River and its numerous tributaries. Many rivers in Brazil have significant hydropower resources.
The country has a wide range of natural areas. These are the gileas - moist equatorial forests, deciduous-evergreen forests, savannahs and even semi-deserts. Brazil is one of the world leaders in forest resources.
Population of the country
Nearly 202 million people live in Brazil today. And the country's population is growing steadily every year. There are several "races" of Brazilians:
- "white";
- Afro-Brazilians
- Asian-Brazilians
- pardo (or “brown” Brazilians).
In addition, the country is inhabited by the indigenous people of this territory - Indians (over 700 thousand people), as well as mulattos, mestizos, kaboklo and others.
The official and most popular language in Brazil is Portuguese. Besides him, you can often hear conversations in Spanish, English and French. About 86% of the population are considered literate.
Brazil is a highly urbanized country: about 86% of its population lives in cities. The largest of them: SĂŁo Paulo (population of almost 12 million people), Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia, Salvador, Belo Horizonte.
Brazil: interesting facts about the country
Finally, we bring to your attention 7 interesting facts about this Latin American country:
- Brazil has the world's largest metropolitan area. It stretches from the city of Natal to Rio de Janeiro for almost 1200 kilometers!
- A peculiar 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 ranks second in the world in total number of airports. There are at least 5 thousand of them in the state.
- The new capital of the country (the city of Brazil) was designed and built from scratch in just four years.
- In the state, all outdoor advertising is banned (since 2007).
- Brazil is a world leader in the export 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 unusual action: for every book read, the term of a person’s imprisonment is reduced by one day. True, in a year you can "read" no more than 48 days of freedom.
Finally
The area of ​​Brazil in thousand km2 is 8500. About 200 million people live in this territory. According to these two indicators, Brazil ranks fifth on the planet.
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.