National Animal: Jaguar, Macaw

National Motto:
"Ordem e Progresso" (Portuguese)
"Order and Progress"

National Tree: Tabebuia alba

Ouviram do Ipiranga as margens plácidas...

7 September 1822 (from Portugal)

São Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport

Congonhas-São Paulo Airport

Brasília International Airport

Rio de Janeiro-Galeão International Airport

Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport

Tancredo Neves International Airport

Santos Dumont Airport

Salgado Filho International Airport

Viracopos International Airport

Afonso Pena International Airport

Guararapes-Gilberto Freyre International Airport

Pinto Martins International Airport

Hercílio Luz International Airport

Eurico de Aguiar Salles Airport

Eduardo Gomes International Airport

Val de Cães International Airport

Santa Genoveva Airport

Augusto Severo International Airport

Marechal Rondon Airport

Marechal Cunha Machado International Airport

Foz do Iguaçu International Airport

Zumbi dos Palmares International Airport

Campo Grande International Airport

Ministro Victor Konder International Airport

Leite Lopes Airport

Federative Republic of Brazil

República Federativa do Brasil
(Portuguese)

Brasília

203 million (July 2011 est.)

total area: 8,514,877 sq km

Total: 16,885 km

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

Acre

Alagoas

Amapá

Amazonas

Bahia

Ceará

Distrito Federal

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

São Paulo

Rio de Janeiro

Salvador

Brasília

Fortaleza

Brazilian

National Congress

Upper House - Federal Senate

Lower House - Chamber of Deputies

GDP - per capita (PPP):
$10,800 (2010 est.)

Roman Catholic

mostly tropical, but temperate in south

lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m

highest point: Pico da Neblina 2,994 m

Abacaxis River

Abaeté River

Abiaí River

Abobral River

Abunã River

Agua Vermelha

Guarapiranga

Patos Lagoon

Independence Day: 7 September (1822)