• Brazil contains most of the Amazon River basin, which has the world’s largest river system and the world’s most-extensive virgin rainforest.
  • What is Brazil most famous for? Its fantastic festivals, the rhythm and friendliness of the locals and of course their stunning natural wonders.
  • Travel. 17 Jan 2023. Brazil's unsung 'capital of happiness'. Considered the birthplace of modern Brazil, Salvador's tumultuous history has produced a unique...
  • 19 as King Pelé Day in Brazil. On this day in 1969, the country’s biggest football star scored his thousandth goal, a penalty kick, during a match between his...
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  • Before Columbus arrived in the Americas, the area now known as Brazil was home to people mainly of the Tupi and Guarani ethnic groups.
  • In Brazil the student immediately selects law school (a five-year course) or medicine (six years). There are 127 universities in Brazil, 68 of which are public.
  • From 1980 to 2011, Brazil’s Human Development Index (HDI) increased by 30.8 percent. Brazil is the world’s fifth largest country by both population and total area.
  • 16 Dec 1815 Kingdom of Brazil (Reino do Brasil)(part of the. ... 15 Nov 1889 Republic of the United States of Brazil (República. dos Estados Unidos do Brasil).