Brazil

Basic facts about Brazil

Country name: Brazil
Capital: Brasília
Country code: 221
Continent: South America
Currency name: Brazilian real
Independence: 1822-09-07 00:00:00
Independent from: from Portugal
Total area (km2): 8,514,877
Land area (km2): 8,459,417
Water area (km2): 55,460
Population: 201,009,622
Population note: 201,009,622 (July 2013 est.)
Official language: Portuguese
All languages: Portuguese (official and most widely spoken language) note: less common languages include Spanish (border areas and schools), German, Italian, Japanese, English, and a large number of minor Amerindian languages
Time zone: BRT (UTC−2 to −4) - Summer (DST) BRST (UTC−2 to −4)
Date format: dd/mm/yyyy
Drive on: right
Calling code: +55
Domain: .br