Subsequently in abridgment some worth knowing over Brazil

o currency: Actually, 1 Real - 100 Centavos

o capital: Since 1960 Brasilia. It was Rio de Janeiro before, even further to the past was it Salvador de Bahia .

o form of government: Federal republic with president and congress, will be choosen after four years. The elections of the governors and representatives in the individual federal states take place in the same year, in which the president is chosen. Mayors are also chosen again every 4 years. There is election duty.

o size: Brazil has a surface of 8.514.215 square kilometers, this corresponds approximately 23 times to Germany's size. It is the fithst biggest country of the world .A flight from Porto Alegre in the south (capital of the federal state's of Rio Grande do Sul) to Boa Vista in the north (capital of the federal state Roraima) lasts 9 hours (to the comparison): a flight of Paris to New York lasts 8 hours. Brazil is into 26 federal states and a government district apportioned.

o population: The official estimation is with 180 million which means the fifth place in the world-wide order . Absolutely this is seen a high number, she relativizes herself if one places her/it/them into the relationship to the surface and a population density of 21 people per square kilometer yields.

o language: National language is the Brazilian version of the Portuguese. Brazil is the only country in South America, that doesn't speak Spanish.

o religion: The majority of the Brazilians admits belief.the Catholic but also Protestants, Jews, Moslems and African religions are to be found.

o nature conservation: By the state defined protectorates earn approximately 6 percent of Brazil's surface. At the moment, 53 national parks and 350 private protectorates exist.

o ecosystems: Move forest at the Amazon and at the coast, wetland in the Pantanal, (pampas) in the south, savanna (Cerrado) in Central Brazil, dry grasland (Caatinga) in the northeast.

o Oekotourismus: There are 100 goals, that are officially graded as Oekotourismus

o world heritage of the mankind: Brazil shows a row of places, that were classified as world nature heritage or as world culture heritage by the UNESCO,: o the historic cityscape of Ouro Preto (1980) o the historic center of Olinda (1982) o the ruins of the Jesuit mission São Miguel the Missões (1984) o the historic center of Salvador de Bahia (1985) o the church Bom Jesus de Congonhas (1985) o the Iguaçu - national park (1986) of o Brasilia (1987) o the national park of the Serra de Capivara (1991) o the historic downtown of São Luis (1997) o the historic downtown of Diamantina (1999) o the protectorates of the Atlantic rain forest at the "coast of the discoveries" (1999) o the protectorates of the Atlantic rain forest in the southeast (1999) o the Pantanal (2000) o the protectorates in the Cerrado - Chapada can Veadeiros and Ema Nationalpark park (2001) o island protectorate in the Atlantic - Fernando de Noronha and Atol the Rocas (2001) o the historic downtown of Goiás (2001) o the central Amazon area (2003)

o parties: they represent an important part of the Brazilian life. There are parties, only locally, and others, that are celebrated nationally. The most important are like follows:

January - yearly beginning - procession to the celebration by Senhor Bom Jesus can Navegantes (Salvador, Bahia) - Folia de rice (Parati, Rio de Janeiro) - Lavagem of do Bonfim (Salvador, Bahia)

February - carnival - Festa de Iemanjá (Salvador, Bahia)

June, Festa Junina and Bumba Meu Boi (São Luis, Maranhao), folklore party at the Amazon (Manaus, Amazon),

October - party by Nossa Senhora Aparecida - Aparaecida, São Paulo, Círio de Nazaré Belém, Pará - Oktoberfest (Blumenau)