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Area > Comparative slightly smaller than the US |
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Area > Land
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8,456,510 sq km |
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[6th of 238]
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Area > Total
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8,511,965 sq km |
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[11th of 250]
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Capital city with population
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Brasilia - 1,800,000 |
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Climate mostly tropical, but temperate in south |
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Forested Land
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64.3% |
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[14th of 193]
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Geographic coordinates
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10 00 S, 55 00 W |
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Land boundaries > Border countries Argentina 1,261 km, Bolivia 3,423 km, Colombia 1,644 km, French Guiana 730 km, Guyana 1,606 km, Paraguay 1,365 km, Peru 2,995 km, Suriname 593 km, Uruguay 1,068 km, Venezuela 2,200 km |
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Land use > Arable land
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6.93% |
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[134th of 258]
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Largest city
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Sao Paulo |
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Largest city population
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16,533,000 |
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[3rd of 174]
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Largest city with population São Paulo - (est. 10,000,000) |
Location Eastern South America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean |
Map references South America |
Natural hazards recurring droughts in northeast; floods and occasional frost in south |
Natural resources bauxite, gold, iron ore, manganese, nickel, phosphates, platinum, tin, uranium, petroleum, hydropower, timber |
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Population density
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20.32 people per sqkm |
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[183rd of 256]
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Population density > people per sq. km
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22.04 people/m²
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[160th of 204]
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Surface area > sq. km
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8,514,880 km²
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[5th of 206]
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tallest mountains > Mountain
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Pico da Neblina |
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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.; FAO; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; Heal The World Foundation.; World Development Indicators database; Wikipedia: List of tallest mountains by country
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Brazil, Federative Republic of Brazil, Republica Federativa do Brasil, Brasil
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