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Motto | |||||||
| Anthem | "Brazilian National Anthem" | ||||||
| Capital | Rio de Janeiro | ||||||
| Largest city | São Paulo | ||||||
| Other cities | Curitiba, Belo Horizonte, Florianópolis, Porto Alegre, Salvador, Santos... | ||||||
| Language official |
Portuguese | ||||||
| others | Spanish, Tupi-Guarani | ||||||
| Religion main |
Roman Catolicism | ||||||
| others | Protestantism, Atheism, Spiritism | ||||||
| Ethnic groups main |
White | ||||||
| others | Pardo, Black, Asian, Amerindian | ||||||
| Demonym | Brazilian | ||||||
| Government | Oligarchic federal presidential republic | ||||||
| legislature | National Congress | ||||||
| President | Campos Sales | ||||||
| Vice president | Francisco de Assis Rosa e Silva | ||||||
| Area | 8,515,767 km² | ||||||
| Population | 17,348,295 people | ||||||
| Established | November 15, 1889 | ||||||
| Independence | from United Kingdom of Portugal Brazil and the Algarves | ||||||
| declared | September 7, 1822 | ||||||
| recognized | August 29, 1825 | ||||||
| Currency | Brazilian real | ||||||
| Time zone | UTC −3 | ||||||
| summer | UTC −2 | ||||||
Brazil, officially the Republic of United States of Brazil is a oligarchic federal presidential republican nation, located in South America. Before 1889, it was a monarchy, but then there was a military coup transforming it into a republic.