100 Fascinating Facts About Brazil

1. Brazil is the largest country in South America and the fifth-largest in the world.
2. Brazil shares a border with all South American countries except for Ecuador and Chile.
3. The official language is Portuguese, making it the largest Portuguese-speaking country in the world.
4. Brazil has a population of over 210 million people, making it the sixth most populated country in the world as of my last update in September 2021.
5. The currency of Brazil is the Real.
6. Brazil is a federative republic with a presidential system. It is made up of 26 states and one federal district.
7. The capital city is Brasília, but the largest city is São Paulo.
8. The Amazon River, the second longest river in the world, flows through Brazil.
9. Brazil is home to the Amazon Rainforest, the world’s largest tropical rainforest.
10. Brazil has a diverse wildlife with many species found nowhere else on earth, such as the jaguar, capybara, and tapir.
11. The national dish of Brazil is feijoada, a black bean stew with pork.
12. The national drink is cachaça, a liquor made from fermented sugarcane juice.
13. Brazil is the world’s largest producer of coffee, a title it has held for the last 150 years.
14. Brazil is famous for its Carnival festival, which takes place in cities across the country. The largest celebrations occur in Rio de Janeiro.
15. The Brazilian Carnival features samba dancing, a dance and music style originating from African influences.
16. Brazil is the only country in the world that has the equator and the Tropic of Capricorn running through it.
17. Brazil has 26 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, including the Historic Town of Ouro Preto, Atlantic Forest South-East Reserves, and Brasília.
18. Football (soccer) is the most popular sport in Brazil. The Brazil national team is the only team to have won the FIFA World Cup five times.
19. Legendary footballers like Pelé and Ronaldo are from Brazil.
20. The Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro is one of the New Seven Wonders of the World.
21. Brazil hosted the Summer Olympics once, in Rio de Janeiro in 2016.
22. The Amazon Rainforest in Brazil is often referred to as the “lungs of the Earth” because it produces over 20% of the world’s oxygen supply.
23. Brazil has a wide variety of climates, including equatorial, tropical, semiarid, highland tropical, temperate, and subtropical.
24. Brazil is the world’s leading exporter of soybeans.
25. Brazil’s national animal is the jaguar.
26. The Pantanal, located mostly in Brazil, is the world’s largest tropical wetland area and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
27. Brazil was a Portuguese colony from 1500 until 1822.
28. The national motto of Brazil is “Ordem e Progresso,” which means “Order and Progress.”
29. Brazilian indigenous tribes play a crucial role in preserving the environment, especially the Amazon rainforest.
30. Brazil’s flag depicts a starry sky that reflects the night sky as it appeared from Rio de Janeiro on November 15, 1889.
31. Brazil has the second-highest number of airports in the world, after the United States.
32. The literacy rate in Brazil is around 92%, according to the latest data available.
33. Brazil is home to the largest Japanese population outside Japan.
34. The world’s widest road, the Monumental Axis in Brasilia, can have up to 160 cars driving side by side.
35. Brazil has the most species of monkeys in the world.
36. There are more than 4,000 airports in Brazil.
37. The São Paulo Gay Pride Parade is considered the biggest and best gay pride parade in the world.
38. Brazil has the second-highest number of Christians in the world.
39. Brazil has a compulsory voting system. Citizens between the ages of 18 and 70 are required to vote in all elections.
40. Brazil is known for its music styles, such as samba, bossa nova, and MPB (Popular Brazilian Music).
41. The longest beach in Brazil, Praia do Cassino, stretches for over 150 miles.
42. The Iguaçu Falls, on the border of Argentina and Brazil, is one of the most spectacular waterfalls in the world.
43. The Pantanal in Brazil is the world’s largest wetland, covering an area estimated at between 140,000 and 195,000 square kilometers.
44. The highest peak in Brazil is Pico da Neblina, which stands 2,994 meters above sea level.
45. Brazil has a “Festival of Confederados” annually to celebrate the Confederados, descendants of Southern U.S. Confederates who moved to Brazil after the Civil War.
46. Snake Island, or Ilha da Queimada Grande, is an island off the coast of Brazil that is filled with venomous snakes. It’s considered one of the world’s deadliest islands.
47. The Amazon River in Brazil has over 3000 recognized species of fish. That’s more than the entire Atlantic Ocean.
48. Brazil is the world’s largest exporter of orange juice.
49. The official name of Brazil is the Federative Republic of Brazil.
50. The discovery of Brazil was actually a mistake. Portuguese explorer Pedro Álvares Cabral, en route to India, landed on the country’s coast in 1500 and claimed it for Portugal.
51. Brazil has the second highest number of airports in the world, after the USA.
52. The world’s largest cashew tree, covering about two football fields, is located in Natal, Brazil.
53. Brazil is home to the Guanabara Bay, the second largest bay in area in Brazil.
54. The national drink of Brazil, caipirinha, is made from a sugarcane liquor known as cachaça.
55. One of Brazil’s most important authors, Machado de Assis, was a mixed-race Brazilian novelist.
56. The largest rodent in the world, the capybara, is native to Brazil.
57. The name Brazil comes from a tree named brazilwood.
58. The Brazilian highlands in the country’s interior are home to sapphire, diamond, and gold mines.
59. Brazilian television features a variety of programs, from American shows dubbed in Portuguese to locally produced soap operas called “novelas”.
60. Itaimbezinho Canyon in Brazil’s south is a major attraction, with walls reaching a height of 5.8 kilometers.
61. The Amazon in Brazil is home to approximately 400 billion individual trees representing over 16,000 species.
62. Brazil’s indigenous peoples, grouped into 305 different tribes, speak a total of 274 distinct languages.
63. Brazil is the largest Lusophone (Portuguese-speaking) country in the world.
64. The Brazilian economy is the ninth-largest in the world by nominal GDP as of 2021.
65. Brazil is known for its production of cars, aircraft, and other machinery.
66. Brazil’s Iguazu Falls is wider than Victoria Falls and higher than Niagara Falls.
67. Brazil is the largest producer of oranges in the world.
68. The Meeting of Waters, where the Rio Negro and Amazon River meet near Manaus, is a popular tourist spot.
69. The venomous Golden Lancehead viper, found only on Snake Island, is one of Brazil’s unique wildlife species.
70. Brazil has a unique musical instrument called berimbau, often used in the martial art/dance Capoeira.
71. Brazil is the largest exporter of sugar, coffee, beef, poultry, and soybeans in the world.
72. Approximately 60% of the Amazon rainforest is located in Brazil.
73. The Trans-Amazonian highway is one of the largest highway systems in the world, stretching over 4,000 km across Brazil.
74. Brazil’s diverse culture has given rise to internationally renowned artists such as painters Tarsila do Amaral and Candido Portinari, and architect Oscar Niemeyer.
75. Brazil’s Salvador city is known for its Portuguese colonial architecture, Afro-Brazilian culture, and a tropical coastline.
76. The national flower of Brazil is the Cattleya labiata, a type of orchid.
77. The Sao Francisco river is the longest river that runs entirely within Brazil.
78. Brazil is one of the leading producers of hydroelectric power in the world.
79. The Itaipu Dam, on the border of Brazil and Paraguay, is one of the largest hydroelectric plants in the world.
80. Brazil’s Maracanã Stadium is one of the biggest football stadiums in the world.
81. Over 6 million people visit the Rio Carnival each year, which has over 200 samba schools participating.
82. The first recorded game of football in Brazil was in 1895, played by British expatriates.
83. Brasília, the capital, was built in just four years, from 1956 to 1960, and its design resembles an airplane.
84. Brazil has the largest economy in Latin America.
85. The popular Brazilian cocktail caipirinha is made with cachaça, lime, and sugar.
86. Brazil is one of the world’s major breadbaskets and is the largest exporter of coffee, soybeans, beef, and crop-based ethanol.
87. Brazil’s dance culture includes famous dances like the samba, choro, and forró.
88. A common snack in Brazil is the pão de queijo, a delicious cheese bread.
89. Brazil has a large African population due to the Atlantic slave trade in the 16th to 19th centuries.
90. The Acai Berry, a superfood, originates from the Amazon Rainforest in Brazil.
91. Brazil is famous for its bikinis and the country hosts many beach fashion shows every year.
92. Brazil has the second highest number of Catholic adherents in the world.
93. Brazil was the last country in the Americas to abolish slavery in 1888.
94. Brazil’s Pantanal region is a birdwatcher’s paradise, home to over 1,000 different species of birds.
95. Brazil’s biodiversity extends to its wide range of butterflies, with estimates suggesting there are approximately 20,000 species.
96. Brazil is the largest producer of ethanol fuel made from sugarcane.
97. Brazil has a free public health system known as the Unified Health System (SUS).
98. The Amazon Theatre in Manaus, built during the rubber boom, exemplifies the rich architecture of that period.
99. Brazilian soap operas are popular domestically and internationally, aired in over 180 countries.
100. The concept of “Brazilian time” refers to the relaxed attitude towards time in social and cultural events, often running later than scheduled.

Originally posted 2023-09-21 21:00:56.

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