World Through News» Brazil http://www.worldthroughnews.com Travel & News Blog and an intro to little Design Studio Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:16:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Map of South America http://www.worldthroughnews.com/go/south-america/ http://www.worldthroughnews.com/go/south-america/#comments Wed, 21 Jan 2009 02:20:57 +0000 WTN http://www.worldthroughnews.com/?p=397 South America is located south of Central America and the Caribbean islands. South America is surrounded by the Caribbean sea, Atlantic ocean, Pacific ocean and the Southern ocean.

Countries of South America on the map
South America on the World map

Also on the map; Amazon, Andes, Patagonia, and the Galapagos islands.

Maps of South American countries:

]]> http://www.worldthroughnews.com/go/south-america/feed/ 2 Map of Brazil http://www.worldthroughnews.com/go/brazil-map/ http://www.worldthroughnews.com/go/brazil-map/#comments Tue, 20 Jan 2009 23:44:23 +0000 WTN http://www.worldthroughnews.com/?p=759 Brazil is bordering with Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname and French Guyana. On the east, coastline of Brazil is on the Atlantic Ocean.

]]> http://www.worldthroughnews.com/go/brazil-map/feed/ 0 Discover South America http://www.worldthroughnews.com/go/discover-south-america/ http://www.worldthroughnews.com/go/discover-south-america/#comments Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:29:49 +0000 WTN http://www.worldthroughnews.com/?p=48 List of South American countries with a basic facts about each one, including national flag, population, language, religions and more:

Map of South America

    Generally speaking:

  • The Amazon is the largest tropical rain-forest in the world.
  • The Amazon is world’s largest river and South Americas longest river; 6 516 km long.
  • Andes are the longest mountain range in the world.
  • The Aconcagua (Argentina) is the highest mountain in the South America; 6 962 meters.
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Flag of Brazil

Capital: Brasilia
Language: Portuguese
Population: 160 000 000
Religion: Roman Catholic

Industries: car, food, metallurgy, chemicals, textiles and tourism.

Agriculture products: cacao, coffee, fruits, wheat, beans, sugar.

    Generally speaking:

  • At the time of Portuguese arrival in Brazil (the landing of Pedro Álvares Cabral in 1500) it is estimated that on the territory lived few thousand tribes.
  • During Napoleon’s invasion of Portugal, Rio de Janeiro (established in 1567) was the capital of the Portugal and Portuguese empire (from 1808 to 1815).
  • The Amazon River (flows Through Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Venezuela) is the largest river in the world by volume.
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