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| Climate Climate: mostly tropical, but temperate in south Terrain: mostly flat to rolling lowlands in north; some plains, hills, mountains, and narrow coastal belt Elevation extremes: lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: Pico da Neblina 3,014 m Currency The country's recent economic difficulties resulted in frequent devaluations of the currency along with frequent name changes to the unit of currency, including cruzeiro, cruzeiro novo, and cruzado. The present currency is the real, which replaced the cruzeiro real in 1994, and has approximate parity with the U.S. dollar (1.81 real equal U.S.$1; 1999 average). Language Portuguese. Portuguese is the official and prevailing language of Brazil, although there are some regional variations in pronunciation and slang words. Since 1938 Portuguese has been the compulsory language for teaching in schools, but German and Italian are still spoken in homes in the South by some descendants of immigrants. English and French are the main second languages of educated Brazilians. Things to do Rio is a night city. Hence, people go to bed at about 6:00 in the morning during the weekends. There is always things to do at night. Basically, after dark, Rio's nightclubs, bars, discos, and beer houses come alive. If you are not in a mood to go to a show, you can go to a bar and meet some new people. Recommended Show: Bendita Madrugada - This is designed for people that like to go to bed at 8:00 in the morning. It is a live band called Charm Touch Down. For people that want to go straight to the beach after the show, a breakfast is served. Population Population: 174,468,575 note: Brazil took an intercensal count in August 1996 which reported a population of 157,079,573; that figure was about 5% lower than projections by the US Census Bureau, which is close to the implied underenumeration of 4.6% for the 1991 census; estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2001 est.) |
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