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BRAZIL

BRAZILCésar Wedemann

November 22th, 2010Technische Universität Berlin

BRAZIL

21/04/23 César Wedemann 2

www.youtube.com/visitbrasil

BRAZIL• Geography• Demography• History• Nation at a Glance• Educational System• Economy• Energy

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BRAZILAbout the flag


Forests

Ores

Sky

“Orderand

Progress”

BRAZILGeography – Location of Brazil


Source: Google Maps

BRAZILGeography – Location of Brazil


BRAZIL

Argentina

Uruguay

Chile

Peru

Bolivia

Paraguay

Ecuador

Colombia

VenezuelaGuiana

French GuianaSuriname

BRAZILGeography – Size of Brazil


Brazil’s area:8.514.876 km2

Germany’s area:349.223 km2

Brazil = 24x Germany

Source: IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics)

BRAZILGeography – The five regions


NorthNorth

NortheastNortheast

MidwestMidwest

SoutheastSoutheast

SouthSouth

BRAZILGeography – The states


SãoPaulo

MinasGerais

Rio de Janeiro

Rio Grande do Sul

Amazonas

BahiaDistritoFederal

BRAZILGeography – Climate and Natural Resources


CLIMATE: Tropical (equatorial, tropical, semiarid, high altitude tropical, temperate and subtropical)

TERRAIN: Diverse (hills, mountains, plains, plateaus and savannahs)

NATURAL RESOURCES: Bauxite, gold, iron, manganese, nickel, platinum, aluminum, uranium, oil and opal (PI). Brazil has been self-sufficient in oil since Apr. 2006

LAND USE: Arable: 5% Permanent crops: 1% Permanent pastures: 22% Forests and woodland: 58%Other: 14%

Source: Brasil.gov.br andIBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics)


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BRAZILDemography - Urban structure


1) Berlin

2) Hamburg

São Paulo = 3.2 Berlin

Inhabitants in total (2010): 185 712 713 (2.3 Germany)

City Region Population

São Paulo São Paulo Southeast 11 037 593

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Southeast 6 186 710

Salvador Bahia Northeast 2 998 056

Brasília Distrito Federal Midwest 2 606 885

Fortaleza Ceará Northeast 2 505 552

Belo Horizonte Minas Gerais Southeast 2 452 617

Curitiba Paraná South 1 851 215

Manaus Amazonas North 1 738 641

Recife Pernambuco Northeast 1 561 659

Belém Pará North 1 437 600

State

Source: IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics), 2009

BRAZILDemography - General Information- Area: 8 514 876 km2

(47% of South America, 91% compared to USA and 2385% compared to Germany)

- Pop. density: 185 712 713 / 8 514 876 km2 = 21.8 people / km2

(73% compared to USA and 9% compared to Germany)


Source: Census.gov, DEStatis.de,

BRAZILDemography - General Information- Age pyramid:


Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Internation Data Base


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BRAZILHistory- Brazil was “discovered” on April 22th, 1500 by Pedro Álvares

Cabral.

- Until 1530, Portugal had very little interest in Brazil

- Brazil was a Portuguese colony until September 7th, 1822.


1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000

Discoveryof Brazil

Independenceof Brazil

EXPLORATION!

End ofmonarchy (1889)

Republic


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BRAZIL- Current President:

Luís Inácio Lula da Silva(01/01/2003 – 31/12/2006 and

01/01/2007 – 31/12/2010)

- Next President:Dilma Roussef

(01/01/2011 – ...)(Elected on October 31st, 2010)

Nation at a Glance


BRAZIL- Elections:

Canvote

Canvote

Nation at a Glance


AGE16 18 70

Cannotvote Have to vote

Source: TSE (Electoral Court)

BRAZILNation at a Glance- Political stability- Good relationship with the big nations in the world


He’s theman!

April, 2009

BRAZILNation at a Glance- Official name: República Federativa do Brasil

(Federal Republic of Brazil)

- Official website: www.brasil.gov.br(available in Portuguese, English and Spanish)

- Official religion: none(74% are Catholic and 15% are Protestant)

- Official language: “Brazilian” Portuguese


Source: Brasil.gov.br


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BRAZILEducational System


AGE171460

Basic Education Elementary School(1st grade)

High School (2nd grade)

Higher Education (University)

Source: MEC (Ministry of Education)

BRAZILEducational System - Best Universities


University of São PauloWorld Ranking: 175

University of CampinasWorld Ranking: 177

Source: THE (Times Higher Education)


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BRAZILEconomy- Brazil is member of big conglomerates, such as

> G20> Mercosul> BRIC


BRAZILEconomy- Brazil is the third largest agricultural exporter in the world;

(1st: USA | 2nd: EU)

- Great and healthy financial system


Source: Estadão (Brazilian Newspaper) and m&m online

One of 10 biggest banks in the world

Brazil’s stock exchange

New Brazilian brands in the list of top 500 financial institutions

BRAZILEconomy- Monetary unit: Real, since 1994 – 1€ = R$ 2.35 (12/11/2010)


Source: BCB (Central Bank of Brazil)

BRAZILEconomy


1st 2nd 4th 8th3rd 4th 107th 113th 70th19th

Source: Presentation about Germany, GPM

BRAZILEconomy


GDP percapita

Source: Ipeadata / * LCA estimates


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BRAZILEnergy- Brazil has the biggest watershed in world


12% of the world's fresh

water is in Brazil

Source: PortalBrasil.net

BRAZILEnergy- Brazil is the 10th largest energy consumer in the

world;

- The Brazilian energy matrix is based on renewable sources such as hydroelectric power and ethanol;

- Self-sufficient in oil (it is able to producewhat it consumes);


BRAZILEnergy- Most of the energy used in Brazil is generated by

hydropower plants;

- Nuclear energy represents just 3% of Brazilian energy matrix.


BRAZILThank you for your attention!


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