1. Brazil 1

2. 1.Geographical situation
Location: Eastern South America largest country in South America; is home to the Amazon Rainforest
Bordered by the Atlantic Ocean and 10 countries- Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela
Area: km2 2

3. 2.Physical environment and natural resources
Climate: mostly tropical, but temperate in south
Terrain: mostly flat to rolling lowlands in north; some plains,hills,mountains and narrow coastal belt
Natural resources:bauxite, gold, iron ore, manganese, nickel, phosphates,uranium, platinum, tin, petroleum, hydropower, timber 3

4. 2. Physical environment and natural resources4

5. 3.Population Population: 198 739 269
Population growth rate: 1.06% Birth rate: births/ 1,000 population (2005) Death rate: 6.15 deaths/ 1,000 population (2005)
Age structure: years: 26.1% years: 67.9% years and over: 6% 5

6. 3. Population
Religions: Roman Catholic 73.6%, Protestant 15.4%, Spiritualist 1.3%, Bantu/voodoo 0.3%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.2%, none 7.4%
Languages: Portuguese (official), Spanish, English, French
Sports: football
Nationality: Brazilian(s)
Ethnic groups: white %, mulatto (mixed white and black) 43.80%, black 6.84%, Amerindian 0.58%, Asian 0.28% 6

7. 3. Population Urbanization: 87% of total population (2010)
The largest metropolitan areas in Brazil are São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and Belo Horizonte - all in the Southeastern Region 7

8. 4.State organization and government
Capital: Brasilia
Government type: federative republic
Administrative divisions: 26 states and federal district
The form of government democratic republic, with a presidential system. The president is both head of state and head of government of the Union ; is elected for a 4-year term
Current president- Dilma Rousseff who was inaugurated on January 1st 2011 8

9. 5.Economy
GDP:
- the largest national economy in Latin America and the world's 8th largest economy real growth rate: 5.1% composition by sector: agriculture:10.2%; industry:37.5%; services: 52.3% * currency: Real (R$)
Agriculture: % of the labour force - products- coffee, soybeans, wheat, rice, corn, sugarcane, cocoa, citrus; beef 9

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11. 5. Economy
Energy: the world's tenth largest energy consumer with much of its energy coming from renewable sources (hydroelectricity and ethanol) expected to be producer and exporter, having recently made huge oil discoveries
Transportation: large and diverse transport network roads (1.98 million km) are the primary carriers of freight and passenger traffic
Tourism: a growing sector and key to the economy of several regions of the country (4.8 million visitors per year) business tourism (49th place in the world's ranking; second among Latin American countries 11

12. 5. Economy
5. Economy
Manufacturing: textiles, shoes, chemicals, cement, lumber, iron ore, tin, steel, aircraft, motor vehicles and parts, other machinery and equipment technological hubs are the Oswaldo Cruz Institute, the Butantan Institute, the Air Force's Aerospace Technical Center, the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation and the INPE
Foreign trade: exports: commodities: transport equipment, iron ore, soybeans, footwear, coffee, autos imports: commodities: machinery,electrical and transport equipment, chemical products, oil 12

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14. 6.Problems
Poverty- various favelas, slums in the country's metropolitan areas and remote regions that suffer with economic underdevelopment .
Crime- muggings, robberies, kidnappings and gang violence are common. Police brutality and corruption are widespread.
Education- school non-attendance; children from large poor families start working from the age of 10 in order to help their parents. 14

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