"Welcome to All-about-Brazil.com , the site about
travel info and tips ON what to See and What to Do in
brazil"
General Info about
Brazil
|
Here you are finding general
information about the country, its culture and
economy as well as specific information useful for
you trip in Brazil.
Population:
191,241,714 (5th largest population in the world)
Area:
8,514,877 kmē (5th
largest country in the world)
Capital:
Brasilia (2.56 MM
inhabitants)
Largest
City: Sao Paulo
(11.,04 MM inhabitants)
Ethnic
Groups:
-
White (49.4%)
-
Brown (42.3%)
-
Black (7.4%)
-
Asian (0.5%)
Language:
Portuguese
National
flag:
Motto:
Ordem e Progresso (order and progress)
National
anthem:
Hino Nacional Brasileiro
Government: Presenditial Federal Republic
President: Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
GDP (Purchasing
power quality): 1.993 Trillion US Dollar
(Estimation for 2008)
Currency:
Brazilian Real (R$). 1 US Dollar = ~ 1.72
R$; 1 Euro = ~ 2.55 R$ (November 2009)
Time
zone:
-
Brasilia Official Time for
Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Parana, Santa
Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul, Goias, Espirito
Santo, Distrito Federal (Brasilia) = UTC (London
Time) - 3 hours.
-
Brasilia Time + 1: Atlantic
Islands = UTC -2
-
Brasilia Time - 1: Amazonas,
Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Rondonia,
Roraima = UTC - 4 hours
-
Brasilia Time - 2:
Southwestern part of Amazona + state of Acre =
UTC - 5 hours
-
Summer Time: from 3rd
Sunday in October to 3rd Sunday in February for
Central Western Brazil, South and Southeast,
moving the clock one hour forward -->
moving Brasilia Official time from UTC - 3 to
UTC - 2
Voltage:
110/220 Volt. Plugs A, B and C.
North American and European Visitors will need a
plug adapter and most likely voltage converter.
Telephone country code: + 55
Drives
on the: right side
|