May 14, 2013
Brazil
Brazil is the largest and most populace country in South America and it is one of the biggest countries in the world. Brazil is a beautiful country. It’s great for tourists’ sites; it has amazing land features, and especially cool culture and history. Brazil has a wonderful amount of nature and folktale. Brazil was found actually, over 8,000 years ago. The Portuguese were the first European settlers to arrive there. The journey was led by Pedro Cabral who began in the 1500s. When they finally got there they found Native Americans living there. They were around the seven millions. But approximately 300 years later Brazil became a nation independent from Portugal. It was established in 1822.
Now over the thousands of years Brazil has literally transformed into modern day. It is called the Federal Republic of Brazil. Brasilia is the capital and main source of modern industry.
Brazil is the fifth largest country in the whole world. Brazil is located in Eastern South America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean. It is slightly smaller than the U.S. It is bordered by Argentina, Bolivia, Columbia, French Guyana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela. Brazil may be the fifth largest country but, it’s the sixth largest nation or population. The population in Brazil is 186 million. Women are expected to live about 76 year and men about 68 years old. Most of the northern part of Brazil is veined by the mighty Amazon River and its tributaries. The Amazon is the largest river in the world. The inhabitants of Brazil are mainly concentrated around the Amazon River Basin area. Portuguese is spoken by most of Brazilians. Brazil has a rich land. Coffee, soybeans, wheat, rice, corn, sugarcane, cocoa, citrus, and beef are produced in Brazil. Although many sports are played in this country, Soccer is the most important. This sport has been made popular by Kaka, Pele, Ronaldinho, Roberto Carlos, Pele and many others. In fact the next
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