Brazil+-+General+Information

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 * **Capital** || Brasília ||
 * **Official Language** || Portugese ||
 * **Population** || 186,112,794 ||
 * **Religion** || No official religion but 70% of the population is Roman Catholic. ||
 * **Government** || Federal Republic ||

Brazil is the largest and most populated country in all of South America. Brazil is surrounded by 10 countries including Argentina, Bolivia, Columbia, Guyana, Peru, French Guiana, Paraguay, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela . Since it is located in the southern hemisphere, its seasons are exactly opposite to ours here in Canada.

Brazil is extremely passionate about their national sport, soccer (football). They even have a soccer stadium in every single city! The Brazilian soccer team have won the FIFA World cup five times. Brazil has been chosen to host the FIFA world cup in 2014, making 2014 a good year to plan a trip to Brazil.
 * Soccer **




 * Recent FIFA World Cup Winners **
 * Year || Host Country || Winner ||
 * 2010 || South Africa || Spain ||
 * 2006 || Germany || Italy ||
 * 2002 || Japan/ South Korea || ** Brazil ** ||
 * 1998 || France || France ||
 * 1994 || US || ** Brazil ** ||

Christ the Redeemer is a statue of Jesus Christ looking over the city, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Standing at 130 feet tall, its considered to be the second largest art deco statue in the world. The statue has become a national icon of Brazil, symboling Christianity (though Brazil does not have an official religion). In 2007, Christ the Redeemer was voted to be included in, "The New Seven Wonder of the World", along side great national land marks such as the the Taj Mahal and the Coloseum.
 * <span style="color: #cb1a6f; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Christ the Redeemer **



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