Brazil is the largest country in Latin America . It spreads across almost half (47.3%) of South America , and occupies a total area of 8,547,403.5 km2. It is the fifth largest country in the world after Canada , the Russian Federation , China and the United States . Except for a small number of islands, Brazil is a single and continuous land mass. The Equator passes through the northern region, near Macapá, and the Tropic of Capricorn cuts through the south of the country, near São Paulo . Brazil 's east to west extension (4,319.4 km) is almost equivalent to its north to south distance (4,394.7 km). The country borders French Guiana , Suriname , Guiana , Venezuela and Colombia , to the north; Uruguay and Argentina , to the south; and Paraguay , Bolivia and Peru , to the west. Ecuador and Chile are the only two countries on the South American continent that do not border Brazil . The Atlantic Ocean extends along the country's entire eastern coast, providing 7,367 km of coastline.

Language
The official language is Portuguese; however, the accent and the intonation are very different from what one hears in Portugal and other former Portuguese colonies. Some people say that Brazilians speak “Brazilian”, just like Americans can say they speak “American”, and not English. And there are also many Brazilians who are descendants of immigrants and who speak German and Italian, especially in cities in southern Brazil .

Brazil – a country that greets visitors with a huge smile

The mix of races has made Brazil a culturally rich and at the same time unique country. This miscegenation began with the Indian, the African and the Portuguese, but in a short time, immigrants from around the world began to arrive: Europeans, Asians, Jews and Arabs. The result was a happy people, open to everything new, a people only found in Brazil .