Overview - Brazil 
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Overview
Capital: | Brasilia |
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Area: | 8,511,965 km² |
Population: | 188,078,227 (2006 estimate) |
Language(s): | Portuguese (official), Spanish, English, French. |
Religion(s): | Roman Catholic - 73.6%, Protestant - 15.4%, Spiritualist - 1.3%, Bantu/voodoo - 0.3%, others 9.4%. |
Ethnic Group(s): | White - 53.7%, mulatto - 38.5%, black - 6.2%, others - 1.6%. |
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