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| Brazil is slightly smaller than the continental United States. It is Latin America's largest country and the world's fifth-largest. It covers more than 40% of South America, bordering every country on the continent except Chile and Ecuador. Capital is Brasilia, and it has 26 states. Its population is 187 million, about 75 percent of whom are Roman Catholic. (AP, 9/30/06) Brazil has 27 states which include a Federal District (Brasilia); Acre (Rio Branco); Alagoas (Maceio); Amapa (Macapa); Amazonas (Manaus); Bahia (Salvador); Ceara (Fortaleza); Espiritu Santo (Vitoria); Goias (Goiania); Maranhao (Sao Luis); Mato Grosso (Cuaiba); Mato Grosso do Sul (Campo Grande); Minas Gerais (Belo Horizonte); Para (Belem); Paraiba (Joao Pessoa); Parana (Curitiba); Pernambuco (Recife); Piaui (Teresina); Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro); Rio Grande do Norte (Natal); Rio Grande do Sul (Porto Alegre); Rondonia (Porto Velho); Roraima (Boa Vista); Santa Catarina (Florianopolis); Sao Paulo (Sao Paulo); Sergipe (Aracaju); Tocatins (Palmas). 206 indigenous societies, 330,00 Indians, inhabited Brazil. This included the Waiapi in the northeast; the Guaran-Kaiowa; Araras; Kaiapo (Kaapor); Korubo; Paracana; Potiguara, Tembe; Timbira; Xukuru. (SFEC, 7/27/97, p.D1)(SFC, 10/3/97, p.B5)(SFC, 7/6/98, p.A10)(WSJ, 8/20/99, p.A1) |
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| Links: | Biblioteca Nacional (in Portuguese): http://www.bn.br/site/default.htm Koreisha: http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~sergiok/brnews.html#history |