Brazil
Brazil is in South America, with its capital at Brasília and an area of about 8,515,767 km². Explore its flag, anthem, population, GDP ranking, government, natural resources, provinces and major cities on an interactive 3D globe.
- Official name
- Federative Republic of Brazil
- Capital
- Brasília
- Region
- Americas · South America
- Area
- 8,515,767 km²
- Languages
- Portuguese
- Currencies
- Brazilian real (BRL)
- Government
- Federal presidential republic
- Natural resources
- alumina, bauxite, beryllium, gold, iron ore, manganese, nickel, niobium, phosphates, platinum, tantalum, tin, rare earth elements, uranium, petroleum, hydropower, timber
- Industries
- textiles, shoes, chemicals, cement, lumber, iron ore, tin, steel, aircraft, motor vehicles and parts, other machinery and equipment
- Main exports
- soybeans, crude petroleum, iron ore, raw sugar, corn
First-level divisions (27)
- Acre
- Alagoas
- Amapá
- Amazonas
- Bahia
- Ceará
- Espírito Santo
- Goiás
- Maranhão
- Mato Grosso
- Mato Grosso do Sul
- Minas Gerais
- Pará
- Paraíba
- Paraná
- Pernambuco
- Piauí
- Rio de Janeiro
- Rio Grande do Norte
- Rio Grande do Sul
- Rondônia
- Roraima
- Santa Catarina
- São Paulo
- Sergipe
- Tocantins
- Federal
Major cities
- São Paulo (population 18,845,000)
- Rio de Janeiro (population 11,748,000)
- Belo Horizonte (population 5,575,000)
- Porto Alegre (population 3,917,000)
- Brasília (population 3,716,996)
- Recife (population 3,651,000)
- Fortaleza (population 3,602,319)
- Salvador (population 3,484,000)
- Curitiba (population 3,084,000)
- Campinas (population 2,791,000)
- Belém (population 2,167,000)
- Goiânia (population 2,022,000)
- Manaus (population 1,753,000)
- Santos (population 1,709,000)
- Vitoria (population 1,704,000)