About Brazil

 Basic Guide

    Brazil is the largest country in South America, being the the 5th largest country in the world in size and 6th in population with Portuguese as the official language. Projects a impression of soccer, music, festivals, food and beach culture. Brazil displays palm-fringed tropical beaches, ecotourism, landscapes and cities for tours.

The preserved colonial towns, with their Portuguese architecture and cobbled streets, churches and colonial coffee farms which is currently being modified for hotels.

The country is the 9th economy in GDP of word (World Bank, 2019) with an economy based on agribusiness exports and the intern market. It is considered a developing country with modern production in many sectors, but the per capita income and HDI levels are second world with 20% of its population on the poverty line. Brazil has many modern cities mainly in the capitals of its 24 states. The capital of the country is Brasilia being Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo are the major cities.

Brazil has more than half of its territory covered by forest with diverse ecosystem of the Amazon and the abundant wildlife of the Pantanal wetlands.

The country is equally diverse in its culture and ethnic variety by regions, with europeans colonizer, immigrants, amerindians and africans form a vibrant and multicultural people.