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Capital: Brasilia
Area: 8,511,965 sq km / 3,285,618 sq ml
Language: Portuguese, 120 Indian languages
Currency: Real
Population: 182,032,604
Life expectancy: 64 (men), 69 (women)
Literacy rate: 83%
Religions: 89% Roman Catholic, Indian faiths
Physical features: Amazon basin covers the northern half of the country with a network of rivers, fertile in the south, mainly tropical climate
Imports: Mineral fuels, machinery, chemicals, wheat, foodstuffs, fertilizers, cast iron, coal
Exports: Steel products, transport equipment, coffee, iron ore, aluminium, iron, tin, sugar, beef, textiles
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