Travel Photo of the State of Brazil

Travel Photo of the State of Brazil 

 Brazil, the largest and most populated area in South America. Is the fifth country in the

The world in terms of area. Famous for the production of coffee. From the north is bordered by Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana and Venezuela to the west by Colombia and Peru to the south of Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay and the Middle Atlantic. Brazil is a country with a strong economy as classified tenth in the list of countries according to their annual income. Where the equator passes and where large parts of the Amazon River and territorial so filled with tropical forests or arable areas.

Etymology

After a study conducted by Professor Adelino Osvado, concluded that the word (Brazil) came from language Klt and could be there Phoenicians roots where. And in the era of empire known and connect name a tree (Bao Brazil) Arabic Brazil the type of wood from the trees in Brazil grows tired to the color red was exported to Europe for the manufacture of paint.

And in 1967 in the reign of the military to the government the name was changed to the Federal Republic of Brazil, and used the name to this day.

Geography

Constitute the Agheiana Heights natural limits of the country with both Venezuela and Guyana. In the north of the country are the plains of the Amazon basin and in the south or the surrounding area there are many mountain ranges may match the low-rise high in some areas 2,900 m. The country's highest peaks are Pico da Nblina near the Brazilian border, Venezuelan and above 3,014 m above sea level. Amazon the world's largest river in terms of flow and volume in its territory. Proof also rivers Albarana and Alaijuaso and Black River or the Rio Negro and the Sao Francisco and Shingo and Madeira.

Follow Brazil several islands in the Atlantic Ocean: 

St. Peter and Paul.

Fernando da Noronha

Site

Occupies the eastern part of South America, and is considered a fifth of the world space, and controls half of the continent almost, and shares borders with all South American countries almost except Chile and Ecuador, and supervised from the east and north-east over the Atlantic Ocean Land consists of land Brazil from the Golan constitutes arm Brazilian, covering about 60% of the total area of ​​Brazil, and operates the range east and south of the country, and the second part of Brazil is a coastal plains in the east and north, and the third sections morphologies Amazon River basin, and occupies a large portion of the land of Brazil, Amazon's largest rivers of South America in length, and the first rivers world water, and operating basin third of the country.

Population

Brazil densely populated coasts and sparsely populated whenever an offering in the inland areas. The inhabitants of the southern areas generally are Europeans who began to come to the region since the sixteenth century. Most immigrants to Brazil came from Italy, Germany, Japan, Portugal, Spain, Lebanon, Syria and Palestine. There are also many other communities Kgalah Polish, Dutch, Ukrainian, Chinese, and North Korea. Most residents of the north and north-east are people with different races, there are indigenous people of the country as well as those with assets of African and Europeans in the south.

The inhabitants are immigrants:

Italians - (14.8% of Brazil's population, 28 million)

Spaniards - (7.8%, 15 million)

Germans - (5.9%, 12 million)

Lebanese - (4%, 8 million)

Syrians - (1.6%, 2.5 million)

Palestinians - (0.4%, 1.3 million)

Poles - (0.7%, 1.5 million)

Japanese - (0.7%, 1.5 million)

Majority Catholic religion, but there is a Muslim and Orisha religion.