Language: Brazilian Portuguese (official and main language)
Total Area: 8,515,770 km2
Coastline: 7,491 km
Time Zone: UTC-3 (2 hours ahead of Toronto during Standard Time) | Note: Brazil is divided into three time zones, including one for the Fernando de Noronha islands
Ethnic Groups: white 47.7% | mulatto (mixed white and black) 43.1% | black 7.6% | other (includes Japanese, Arab, Amerindian) 1.1% | indigenous 0.4% (2010 est.)
Legal System: Civil Law
Capital: Brasilia
Largest Cities:
Sao Paulo (population: 12,106,920) | Rio de Janeiro (population: 6,520,266) | Belo Horizonte (population: 2,523,794) | Brasilia (population: 3,039,444) | Fortaleza (population: 2,627,482)
Chief of State: Jair Bolsonaro (2019 – 2022)
Elections: Next presidential elections to be held October 2022
