Brazil - fast facts
Full Name: Republica Federativa do BrasilCapital City: Brasilia
Area: 8,514,215 sq km / 3,287,338 sq miles
Population: 175,000,000
Time Zone: GMT/UTC -2 () / GMT/UTC -4 () /
GMT/UTC -3 () / GMT/UTC -5 ()
Daylight Saving Start: October (used in southern Brazil only)
Daylight Saving End: February (used in southern Brazil only)
Languages: Portuguese (official)
Religion: 70% Roman Catholic; also a significant proportion who either belong to various cults or practice Indian animism
Currency: Real (R$)
Electricity: 110/220V 60HzHz
Country Dialing Code: 55
Weights Measures System: Metric
Government Type: federative republic
Government Leaders: Luiz Inacio 'Lula' da Silva, President (head of state and government)
People: 55% European descent, 38% mulatto, 6% African descent, 1% other. (In reality, these figures are skewed by whiteness being equated with social stature in Brazil.)
