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 * Brazil**

=Geography= =People= =Government= conventional short form: Brazil local long form: Republica Federativa do Brasil local short form: Brasil || geographic coordinates: 15 47 S, 47 55 W time difference: UTC-3 (2 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins third Sunday in October; ends last Sunday in February //note:// Brazil is divided into three time zones, including one for the Fernando de Noronha Islands || =Economy= industry: 14% services: 66% (2003 est.) || =Communication= =Transportation= =Miscellaneous Information=
 * Location || Eastern South America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean ||
 * Geographic Coordinates || 10 00 S, 55 00 W ||
 * Continent || South America ||
 * Area || 8,514,877 sq km ||
 * Area Comparison || slightly smaller than the US ||
 * Border Countries || Argentina 1,261 km, Bolivia 3,423 km, Colombia 1,644 km, French Guiana 730 km, Guyana 1,606 km, Paraguay 1,365 km, Peru 2,995 km, Suriname 593 km, Uruguay 1,068 km, Venezuela 2,200 km ||||  ||   ||
 * Climate || mostly tropical, but temperate in south ||
 * Terrain || mostly flat to rolling lowlands in north; some plains, hills, mountains, and narrow coastal belt ||
 * Natural Resources || bauxite, gold, iron ore, manganese, nickel, phosphates, platinum, tin, rare earth elements, uranium, petroleum, hydropower, timber ||
 * Natural Hazards || recurring droughts in northeast; floods and occasional frost in south ||
 * Total Population || 203,429,775 ||
 * Age structure || 0-14(26.2%), 15-64(67%), 65 years and over (6.7%) ||
 * Life expectancy ||  ||
 * Nationality || Brazilian ||
 * Religions || Roman Catholic (nominal) 73.6%, Protestant 15.4%, Spiritualist 1.3%, Bantu/voodoo 0.3%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.2%, none 7.4% (2000 census) ||
 * Languages || Portuguese( Japanese, English, German, Italian, Spanish) ||
 * Literacy || 88.6% ||
 * Country Name || conventional long form: Federative Republic of Brazil
 * Government type || federal republic ||
 * Capital || name: Brasilia
 * Chief of State/Head of Government || President Dilma ROUSSEFF ||
 * Labor Force by Occupation || agriculture: 20%
 * Agriculture || coffee, soybeans, wheat, rice, corn, sugarcane, cocoa, citrus; beef ||
 * Industry || textiles, shoes, chemicals, cement, lumber, iron ore, tin, steel, aircraft, motor vehicles and parts, other machinery and equipment ||
 * Exported Commodities || transport equipment, iron ore, soybeans, footwear, coffee, autos ||
 * Imported Commodities || machinery, electrical and transport equipment, chemical products, oil, automotive parts, electronics ||
 * Currency || reals ||
 * Number of Land Line Phones || 41.497 million (2009) ||
 * Number Of Cell Phones || 173.959 million (2009) ||
 * Airports || 4,072 (2010) ||
 * Paved Airports || total: 726 ||
 * Roadways || total: <span class="category_data" style="vertical-align: bottom;">1,751,868 km ||
 * Roadways Compared to the World || country comparison to the world: <span class="category_data">[|4] ||
 * Military Service || [|Military service age and obligation]: ||
 * Tourist Attraction Guide || Tourist Guide ||


 * Additional Tourist info. || Lonely Planet ||

=Sources=
 * CIA Fact Book || [] ||