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Brazil 1.Geographical situation • Location: Eastern South America - largest country in South America; is home to the Amazon Rainforest • Bordered by the Atlantic Ocean and 10 countriesArgentina, Bolivia, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela • Area: 8 511 965 km2 2.Physical environment and natural resources • Climate: mostly tropical, but temperate in south • Terrain: mostly flat to rolling lowlands in north; some plains,hills,mountains and narrow coastal belt • Natural resources:bauxite, gold, iron ore, manganese, nickel, phosphates,uranium, platinum, tin, petroleum, hydropower, timber 2. Physical environment and natural resources 3.Population • Population: 198 739 269 • Population growth rate: 1.06% - Birth rate: 16.83 births/ 1,000 population (2005) - Death rate: 6.15 deaths/ 1,000 population (2005) • Age structure: - 0-14 years: 26.1% - 15-64 years: 67.9% - 65 years and over: 6% 3. Population Religions: Roman Catholic 73.6%, Protestant 15.4%, Spiritualist 1.3%, Bantu/voodoo 0.3%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.2%, none 7.4% • • Nationality: Brazilian(s) Ethnic groups: white 48.43%, mulatto (mixed white and black) 43.80%, black 6.84%, Amerindian 0.58%, Asian 0.28% Languages: Portuguese (official), Spanish, English, French Sports: football 3. Population Urbanization: 87% of total population (2010) The largest metropolitan areas in Brazil are São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and Belo Horizonte - all in the Southeastern Region 4.State organization and government • Capital: Brasilia • Government type: federative republic • Administrative divisions: 26 states and 1 federal district • The form of government democratic republic, with a presidential system. The president is both head of state and head of government of the Union ; is elected for a 4-year term • Current president- Dilma Rousseff who was inaugurated on January 1st 2011 5.Economy • GDP: - the largest national economy in Latin America and the world's 8th largest economy - real growth rate: 5.1% - composition by sector: agriculture:10.2%; industry:37.5%; services: 52.3% * currency: Real (R$) Agriculture: 20% of the labour force - products- coffee, soybeans, wheat, rice, corn, sugarcane, cocoa, citrus; beef - 5. Economy • Energy: - the world's tenth largest energy consumer with much of its energy coming from renewable sources (hydroelectricity and ethanol) - expected to be producer and exporter, having recently made huge oil discoveries • Transportation: - large and diverse transport network - roads (1.98 million km) are the primary carriers of freight and passenger traffic • Tourism: - a growing sector and key to the economy of several regions of the country (4.8 million visitors per year) - business tourism (49th place in the world's ranking; second among Latin American countries 5. Economy • Manufacturing: - textiles, shoes, chemicals, cement, lumber, iron ore, tin, steel, aircraft, motor vehicles and parts, other machinery and equipment - technological hubs are the Oswaldo Cruz Institute, the Butantan Institute, the Air Force's Aerospace Technical Center, the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation and the INPE • Foreign trade: - exports: commodities: transport equipment, iron ore, soybeans, footwear, coffee, autos - imports: commodities: machinery,electrical and transport equipment, chemical products, oil 6.Problems • Poverty- various favelas, slums in the country's metropolitan areas and remote regions that suffer with economic underdevelopment . • Crime- muggings, robberies, kidnappings and gang violence are common. Police brutality and corruption are widespread. • Education- school non-attendance; children from large poor families start working from the age of 10 in order to help their parents. THE END Димитър Илиев поток181,група1735