Brasil

Official Name: República Federativa do Brasil
Capitals: Brasília
Population: 203,062,512 (2022 est.)
Size: 5th largest country in the world (8,515,767 km2)

• The country’s name comes from the tree Paubrasilia echinata
• Home to the second longest river (Amazon River) in the world
• Home to the largest carnival in the world (2 million people)
• Brasília looks like an airplane from above
• Rio de Janeiro was once the capital of Portugal—which meant
  it was the only European capital to be located outside Europe
• Has been the largest producer of coffee for the last 150 years
• The green of the flag represents the flora and fauna of Brasil,
  the yellow represents gold, and the blue globe and stars
  symbolise the night sky filled with stars and constellations
  that also stands for the states.