Brazil

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__FAST FACTS:__

 * Continent**: South America
 * Capital**: Brasilia
 * Longitude & Latitude**: 10˚S 50˚W
 * Area**: 3.3 million sq. miles
 * Population** (in 2008): 196,342,592 people
 * Primary Language Spoken**: Portuguese
 * Other Languages**: English, French, & Spanish
 * Type of Government:** Democracy Federal Repblic
 * Money**: Real
 * Cimate**: Tropical
 * Average Temperature**: 80-90˚F
 * Fun Facts**:
 * One of the few South American Countries not to include the Andes Mountains.
 * Has the highest number of species of primates, amphibians, and plants in the world!
 * Pele, a famous soccer player, is from Brazil, but in Brazil, they call soccer "football."
 * Produces the world's best coffee.
 * No one farts in public in Brazil!

__ **STUFF EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT BRAZIL:** __

 * The Amazon River, the longest river in the world, flows through Brazil.
 * Brazillians are soccer crazy and Brazil has given us some of the best soccer players in the world!

__PHOTOS OF BRAZIL__
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__LEARN MORE ABOUT BRAZIL__
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