World Geography

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Brazil is the largest country in both South America and the Latin American region. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population. It is the largest Lusophone country in the world, and the only one in the Americas. 1.1-The Facts of Brazil         Official Language: Portoguesse Regime: Federal Republic Capital City: Brasilia Continent: South America Head of State: Dilma Rousseff Population: 201.032.714 (2013 estimate) The Meaning of Flag: Yellow-Gold, Blue-Sea and Green-Forest Religion: Roman Catholic (nominal) 73.6%, Protestant 15.4%, Spiritualist 1.3%, Bantu/voodoo 0.3%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.2%, none 7.4% (2000 census)  Currency: Real (BRL)

General Information Official Name: Kingdom of Morocco Capital: Rabat Location: Morocco is in Northern Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, between Algeria and Mauritania. Language: Arabic is the official language, but people in certain areas speak a specific berber dialect. French and Spanish are also widely understood. Monetary Unit: Moroccan Dirham (MAD). 1 Dirham is about € 0,09. 1 € = MAD 11,2. Population: 35 million (2013 estimates) Government: Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy * King: Mohammed VI * Prime Minister: Abdelilah Benkirane Independence: From France, March 2, 1956 From Spain, April 7, 1956

Location: Located in Southeast Asia along the coastline of the Pacific Ocean, China is the world's third largest country, after Russia and Canada. Population: 1.3 billion people National Language: The national language is Putonghua (the common speech) or Mandarin, which is one of the five working languages at the United Nations. Most of the 55 minority nationalities have their own languages. Cantonese is one of the local dialects of southern China. As a written language, Chinese has been used for 6,000 years. Area: China (PRC) has a total area...