Brazil, Country in South America
Brazil is the fifth-largest country by area and population.
It declared independence from Portugal in 1822.
Samba music and dance are quintessential Brazilian arts.
Portuguese is the official and most widely spoken language.
Hosts the Amazon River, the second longest river in the world.
Inception: September 7, 1822
Capital city: Brasília
Population: 203062512
Website: gov.br
Sources: Wikimedia, OpenStreetMap
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Brazil is the fifth-largest country by area and population.
Machu Picchu is a 15th-century Inca site located in the Eastern Cordillera of southern Peru, on a 2,430-meter (7,970 ft) mountain ridge.
Christ the Redeemer is a colossal Art Deco statue of Jesus Christ atop the Corcovado mountain.
Iguaçu Falls is a majestic horseshoe-shaped waterfall, straddling the border of Argentina and Brazil.
Lake Titicaca is the largest lake in South America and the highest navigable body of water in the world.
Salar de Uyuni is the world's largest salt flat, spanning an area of 10,582 square kilometers.
Pantanal, one of the world's largest tropical wetlands, covers a large part of Brazil as well as parts of Bolivia and Paraguay.
The Atlantic Forest is one of the richest forests in the world in terms of biodiversity.
Tiwanaku is an important Pre-Columbian archaeological site in western Bolivia, South America.
Maracanã Stadium is one of the world's largest football stadiums.
Cerrado, a tropical savanna region stretching over two million square kilometers.
