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Brazil (Portuguese Brasil), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese República Federativa do Brasil) listen&_160;(help·info), is a country in South America.^[9] It is the fifth largest country by geographical area, occuping nearly half of South America,^[10] the fifth most populous country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world.^[9][11] Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Brazil has a coastline of over 7,491&_160;kilometers (4,655&_160;mi).^[9] It is bordered on the north by Venezuela, Suriname, Guyana and the overseas department of French Guiana; on the northwest by Colombia; on the west by Bolivia and Peru; on the southwest by Argentina and Paraguay and on the south by Uruguay. Numerous archipelagos are part of the Brazilian territory, such as Fernando de Noronha, Rocas Atoll, Saint Peter and Paul Rocks, and Trindade and Martim Vaz.^[9]

Brazil was a colony of Portugal from the landing of Pedro Álvares Cabral in 1500 until its independence in 1822.^[12] Initially independent as the Brazilian Empire, the country has been a republic since 1889, although the bicameral legislature; now called Congress, dates back to 1824, when the first constitution was ratified.^[12] Its current Constitution defines Brazil as a Federal Republic.^[13] The Federation is formed by the union of the Federal District, the 26 States, and the 5,564 Municipalities.^[13][14]

Brazil is the world's tenth largest economy at market exchange rates and the ninth largest in purchasing power.^[15] Economic reforms have given the country new international projection.^[16] It is a founding member of the United Nations and the Union of South American Nations. A Roman catholic, Portuguese-speaking, and multiethnic society,^[11] Brazil is also home to a diversity of wildlife, natural environments, and extensive natural resources in a variety of protected habitats.^[9]

Most native peoples who live and lived within Brazil's current borders are thought to descend from the first wave of migrants from North Asia (Siberia) that crossed the Bering Land Bridge at the end of the last Ice Age around 9000&_160;BC. In 1500&_160;AD, the territory of modern Brazil had an estimated total population of nearly 3 million Amerindians divided in 2,000&_160;nations and tribes.

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