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 l Location;   Brazil is located east of south America while bordering the Atlantic Ocean.

Flag:Ordem e Progresso means Order and Progress. It bares 27 stars, 1 for each state.  The Brazilians are crazy about dancing and soccer, which they call football.  In the streets of Brazil you will see lots of kids from different backgrounds, with no shoes on, playing soccer with a ball used from any material they can find.

food   Brazilians have a range of food consisting of:  rice beans chicken pork ﻿ polenta (cornmeal) cheese bread sweets made with vegetables like pumpkin, sweet potato, paw paw. Some of the places to visit. <span style="background-color: #ffaf00; color: #00cc1c; display: block; font-size: 130%; text-align: justify;">You can visit popular destinations like Rio, Sao Paolo, Natal, Fortaleza, Curitiba, Foz do Iguacu and Belo Horizonte.

Independence 7 September 1822 (from Portugal)

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music There music includes Samba, which is very popular during Carnival, Bossa Nova, Country music especially from the north east.

Population 186million

Religion Roman Catholic 73.6% Protestant 15.4%

Languages The only south-american country that speak Portuguese.

How is Brazil globaly connected? They export equipment, iron ores, footwear, coffee, automobiles, and raw materials, while they import machinery, electrical equipment, transport equipment, oil, and manufactured goods.

Climate mostly tropical, temperate in the south.

Trade

Most trade is with Argentina, China and the United States.

Sport

Basketball, football, volley ball, Capoeira(playful form of martial arts brought to Brazil by African slaves).

Natural resources

Iron ore, manganese, bauxite, nickel, uranium, phosphates, tin, hydropower, gold, platinum, petrolium and timber.

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