- Brazil is the
world's fifth largest
(8,514,877
km2,
3,287,612
sq mi), and
most populous
country after China, India, the United States, and Indonesia.
- São Paulo is the
largest and most populous city in the Southern Hemisphere,
and the sixth most populous in
the world.
- Brazil has the
only source of synchrotron light, which permits the study of atoms
and molecules, in the Southern Hemisphere.
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It
has an indigenous population of around
450,000, comprising more than 200 peoples who speak more than 180
distinct languages.
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- Brazil has the
8th
largest economy in the world
based on its Gross Domestic Product.
- The Brazilian company
Embraer is the world's third largest
aircraft-producer and exporter after Boeing and Airbus.
- Brazil is the world's
largest exporter of sugar, coffee, orange juice, soya, beef, tobacco
and chicken.
- Brazil has become a
pioneer in the production of ethanol (produced from sugarcane) and
other biofuels. More than three-quarters of the automobiles sold in
Brazil have flex-fuel engines, capable of running on petrol, ethanol,
or a mixture of the two.
Trivia |
- Brazil has become
the world’s leading source of satellite images.
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- Brazilian Oscar
Niemeyer designed the United Nations
headquarters in New York.
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