Place details
Place nameBrazil
Other namesRepública Federativa do Brasil, Brasil, Federative Republic of Brazil, Brésil, République fédérative du Brésil, Brasilien, Brazilië, Brasile, BRA, BR, ISO076, BR00, Estados Unidos do Brasil, United States of Brazil, Brazilian
Latitude-10
Longitude-55
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Large nation comprising the Amazon basin in the north and the Brazilian plateau in south. The area was inhabited by Tupí-Guaraní peoples, who were semi-nomadic and lived in scattered settlements, when it was charted by the Portuguese ca. 1500. European colonization began in 1530. The official language is Portuguese.