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Name: Khalid Al Hammadi
ID: H00280977CJE
Dr. Hedley
Brazil
Contest General Information
Demographics of Brazil
*Race and ethnicity
*Religion in Brazil
Music & Food
General InformationFederative Republic of Brazil.
The capital is Brasília and the largest city is São Paulo.
It is the largest country in both South America and the Latin
American region.
It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area
and by population.
It is the largest Lusophone ( speaks Portuguese language )
country in the world, and the only one in the Americas.
It has borders with Venezuela,
Guyana (N), Colombia (NW), Bolivia (W),
Argentina (SW) and Uruguay (W).
The Brazilian economy is the
world's seventh largest by nominal
GDP (Gross domestic product).
Famous for producing coffee, sugar, alcohol, soy and metal.
Demographics of Brazil•The population of Brazil was approximately 190
million in 2008 and now its above 200 million.
•Heavily concentrated in the Southeastern region
(79.8 million inhabitants)
•And Northeastern region (53.5 million inhabitants)
•Center-West and the North (have a total of only
29.1 million inhabitants )
Race and ethnicity•About 92 million described themselves as White
•About 83 million as Brown (Multiracial)
•About 13 million as Black
•About 1.1 million as Asian
•About 536 thousand
as Amerindian
(officially called, Indigenous)
Religion in Brazil•Brazil has the world's
largest Catholic population
Christ the Redeemer is a
monument depicting Jesus
Christ in the city of Rio de
Janeiro, has become one of the
most internationally known
icons of Brazil.
Language & cultureThe official language of Brazil is Portuguese.
Brazilian Portuguese has had its own
development - get some influences from the
Amerindian and African languages.
The core culture of Brazil is derived from
Portuguese culture (strong colonial ties with
the Portuguese empire).
Music & FoodMusic was formed mainly from the fusion of European and
African elements.
Popular music forms a special Brazilian sound.
E.g Samba: it is the most popular music there, and it is now in
UNESCO cultural heritage list.
Brazilian cuisine varies greatly by region, reflecting the
country's varying mix of indigenous and immigrant
populations.
The average meal consists mostly of rice, beans and meat with
salad.
Feijoada, considered
the country's national
dish
pacoca, is
traditionally prepared
for consumption in
Brazil in the
festivities of Holy
Week
References
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil
http://www.brooonzyah.net/vb/t47280.html
http://travel.maktoob.com/vb/travel407312/
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