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Name: Federative Republic of Brazil
Location : South America
Time : Brazil spans several time zones from IST (-) 7 1/2 to (-) 10 1/2 hrs
Capital : Brasilia
Language : Portuguese (official and most widely spoken language) note: less common languages include Spanish (border areas and schools), German, Italian, Japanese, English, and a large number of minor Amerindian languages
Area : 8,547,403 sq kms
Population : 203,429,773 (July 2011 est.)
National Day : 07 Sep (Independence Day)
Currency : Brazil Real 1(BRL 1 = INR 28.02.
Climate : Varies from arid scrubland in the interior to the impassable tropical rainforests of the northerly Amazon jungle and the tropical eastern coastal beaches. The south is more temperate. Rainy seasons occur from January to April in the north, April to July in the northeast and November to March in the Rio/São Paulo area.
Holidays : YEAR 2013: 1 Jan New Year's Day. 20 Jan Founding of Rio de Janeiro. 25 Jan Founding of São Paulo. 9 Feb Carnival. 29 Mar Good Friday. 21 Apr Tiradentes. 1 May Labour Day. 30 May Corpus Christi. 7 Sep Independence Day. 12 Oct Our Lady of Aparecida. 2 Nov All Souls' Day. 15 Nov Republic Day. 24 Dec Christmas Eve. 25 Dec Christmas Day. 31 Dec New Year's Eve.
Airline Name : Varig (RG)
International Airports : Galeao(GIG) (Rio De Janeiro), Guarulhos (Sao Paulo) (VCP) , Brasilia International (BSB)