Ort: Eastern South America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean
Geografische Koordinaten: 10° 0' S, 55° 0' W
Küste km: 7,491 km km
Klima: mostly tropical, but temperate in south
Gelände: mostly flat to rolling lowlands in north; some plains, hills, mountains, and narrow coastal belt
Höhe: lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: Pico da Neblina 3,014 m
Natürliche Gefahren: recurring droughts in northeast; floods and occasional frost in south
Währung: real (BRL)
Bevölkerung: 188,078,227 (July 2006 est.)
Sprachen: Portuguese (official), Spanish, English, French
Hauptstadt: Brasilia
Bereiche: 26 states (estados, singular - estado) and 1 federal district* (distrito federal); Acre, Alagoas, Amapa, Amazonas, Bahia, Ceara, Distrito Federal*, Espirito Santo, Goias, Maranhao, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Para, Paraiba, Parana, Pernambuco, Piaui, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul, Rondonia, Roraima, Santa Catarina, Sao Paulo, Sergipe, Tocantins