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Overview
- Capital:
- Brasilia
- 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%.