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Brazilian Republic

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1822 – 1966 · up to 8,531 thousand km² · Americas

Flag: Raimundo Teixeira Mendes · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Capital: Rio de Janeiro (…–1960), Brasília (1960–…)

Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is also the world's fifth-largest country by area and the seventh-largest by population, with over 214 million people. Brazil is a federation composed of 26 states and a Federal District, which hosts the capital, Brasília. Its most populous city is São Paulo, followed by Rio de Janeiro. Brazil has the largest Lusophone population in the world and is the only Portuguese-speaking country in the Americas, where it is the official language.

Predecessors: Empire of Brazil, Republic of the United States of Brazil, Colonial Brazil

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