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Atlas do Brasil

Brazil


Brasil


Português Brasil - República Federativa do Brasil

A República Federativa do Brasil é o terceiro maior em área e o segundo mais populoso país das Américas e o quinto maior em área e população do mundo. Sua área total é de 8.514.876,599 km² e localiza-se na parte centro-oriental da América do Sul. Suas fronteiras ao norte são com a Venezuela, a Guiana, o Suriname e com o departamento ultramarino francês da Guiana Francesa; a leste e sudeste faz fronteira com o Oceano Atlântico. Ao sul, limita com o Uruguai; a sudoeste, com a Argentina e o Paraguai; a oeste, com a Bolívia e o Peru, e a noroeste, com a Colômbia. Os únicos países sul-americanos que não fazem fronteira com o Brasil são o Chile e o Equador.

English Brazil - Federative Republic of Brazil




Short name Brazil
Official name Federative Republic of Brazil
Status Independent country since 1822 (recognized 1825)
Location South America
Capital Brasília
Population 188,078,261 inhabitants
Area 8,514,877 km²
Major language(s) Portuguese
Major religion(s) Roman Catholicism
More information Brazil, Geography of Brazil, History of Brazil and Politics of Brazil
More images Brazil - Brazil (Category).

General maps

Map of Brazil
Map of Brazil
Map of Brazil
Map of Brazil
Regions of Brazil:
1 Centro-Oeste (Center-West, Midwest)
2 Nordeste (Northeast)
3 Norte (North)
4 Sudeste (Southeast)
5 Sul (South)
Regions
States of Brazil
Brazil municipalities

Maps of divisions

This section holds maps of the administrative divisions.

Map of Brazil

History maps

This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Brazil, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Brazil.

Captaincies of Colonial Brazil 1534
Portuguese colonial possessions in the 16th century
States in 1572
Captaincies in 1709
Captaincies in 1789
Provinces in 1823
States in 1889
States in 1943
States in 1990

Old maps

This section holds copies of original general maps older than 70 years of this entry.

Map of Brazil, 1519

Other maps

Population, Administrative Divisions and Economic Regions Map
Vegetation map
Temperature and precipitation
Geo-economic regions
Economic Activity
Land use
Ports of Brazil
Port of Brazil
Uranium in Brazil
English: Map of rivers
English: Map of river basins
English: Eastern rivers
River São Francisco
Rio Tietê / Rio Paraná
English: Amazon river basin
English: Hydrographic map of Amazonas
Image:Bctocantins.jpg
English: Rio Tocantins (and Araguaia)
English: Map of Brazilian states by area
English: Map of Brazilian states by GDP per capita
English: Map of Brazilian States by GDP
English: Map of Brazilian States by HDI
English: Map of Brazilian States by Infant mortality
English: Map of Brazilian states by Life expectancy
English: Map of Brazilian states by Literacy rate
English: Map of Brazilian states by Population density
English: Map of Brazilian states by Population
English: Map of Brazilian states by Race

África do Sul 2010