| Largest Cities |
| City |
Population |
Estimated |
| Sao Paulo |
10,195,000 |
2003 |
| Rio de Janeiro |
6,029,300 |
2002 |
| Salvador |
2,539,500 |
2002 |
Key Data |
| Region: |
South America |
| Population: |
176,274,400 2002 |
| Area Total: |
8,511,965 km2 |
| Area Land: |
8,456,510 km2 |
| Coast Line: |
7,491 km km |
| Capital: |
Brasilia |
| Climate: |
Mostly tropical, but temperate in south |
| Languages: |
Portuguese (official), over 195 indigenous
languages, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, and Baltic languages
also spoken |
| Currency: |
1 real (R$) = 100 centavos |
| Holiday: |
Independence Day, 7 September (1822) |
Average Daily Temperature |
| Capital: |
Brasilia |
| January: |
21.2°C / 70.2°F |
| July: |
18.4°C / 65.1°F |
| Annual Rainfall: |
1600.2mm / 63'' |
|
| Ethnic Divisions
|
| European (Portuguese, German,
Italian, Spanish, Polish) |
53% |
| Mulatto (mixed European and
African) |
26% |
| Mestizo (mixed European and
Indigenous) |
12% |
| African |
6% |
| Asian (Japanese) |
1% |
| Middle Eastern (Lebanese, Syrian,
Turkish) |
1% |
| Indigenous (includes about 200
small ethno-linguistic groups) |
1% |
Religions |
| Roman Catholic |
80% |
| Other |
20% |
|
