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 Brazil 
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 Flag description 
Green with a large yellow diamond in the center bearing a blue celestial globe with 27 white five-pointed stars (one for each state and the Federal District) arranged in the same pattern as the night sky over Brazil; the globe has a white equatorial band with the motto ORDEM E PROGRESSO (Order and Progress).
 
          Brazil          
 
 Brazil 
 Capital: 
Brasilia
 Administrative
 divisions: 
26 states (estados, singular - estado) and 1 federal district* (distrito federal): Acre, Alagoas, Amapa, Amazonas, Bahia, Ceara, Distrito Federal*, Espirito Santo, Goias, Maranhao, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Para, Paraiba, Parana, Pernambuco, Piaui, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul, Rondonia, Roraima, Santa Catarina, Sao Paulo, Sergipe, and Tocantins.
 Population: 
190,010,647 (July 2007 est.)
Brazil conducted a census in August 2000 which reported a population of 169,799,170; that figure was about 3.3% lower than projections by the US Census Bureau, which is close to the implied underenumeration of 4.6% for the 1991 census, estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS, this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected
 Languages: 
Portuguese (official), Spanish, English, French
 Geographic
 coordinates: 
10° 00' S, 55° 00' W
 Area total: 
8,511,965 sq. km
includes Arquipelago de Fernando de Noronha, Atol das Rocas, Ilha da Trindade, Ilhas Martin Vaz, and Penedos de Sao Pedro e Sao Paulo
 Land area: 
8,456,510 sq. km
 Water area: 
55,455 sq. km
 Total land
 boundaries: 
14,691 km
 Borders
 with neighbor
 countries: 
Argentina 1,224 km, Bolivia 3,400 km, Colombia 1,643 km, French Guiana 673 km, Guyana 1,119 km, Paraguay 1,290 km, Peru 1,560 km, Suriname 597 km, Uruguay 985 km, Venezuela 2,200 km
 Coastline: 
7,491 km
 Elevation
 extremes: 
Atlantic Ocean 0 m - Pico da Neblina 3,014 m
 Internet
 country code: 
.br
 Currency: 
Real (BRL)
 Name -
 conventional
 long form: 
Federative Republic of Brazil
 Name -
 conventional
 short form: 
Brazil
 Name - local
 long form: 
Republica Federativa do Brasil
 Name - local
 short form: 
Brasil
 Independence: 
7 September 1822 (from Portugal)
 Constitution: 
5 October 1988
 Government
 type: 
federative republic
 National
 holiday: 
Independence Day, 7 September (1822)
 
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