| Facts
and Figures |
Official Name: Federative Republic of
Brazil |
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Capital City: Brasília |
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Languages: Portuguese (official),
Spanish, English, others |
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Official Currency: Real |
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Religions: Catholic, others |
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Population: 173,790,000 million |
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Indigenous Population: 300,000 |
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Land Area: 8,456,510
sq km (5,265,059 sq miles) |
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Number of Indigenous languages:
170 |
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Number of Indigenous groups:
237 |
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Native Vascular plant species:
55,000 |
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Endemic Species: ? |
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% Species endemism: ? |
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Total no. threatened:
1,358 |
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% Species threatened:
2.4 |
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Medicinal plant estimate: +1500 |
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