| | Geographic Coordinates: | 10 00 S, 55 00 W | | Location: | Eastern South America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean | | Area: | total: 8,511,965 sq km
land: 8,456,510 sq km
water: 55,455 sq km
note: includes Arquipelago de Fernando de Noronha, Atol das Rocas, Ilha da Trindade, Ilhas Martin Vaz, and Penedos de Sao Pedro e Sao Paulo | | Area - comparative: | slightly smaller than the US | | Land boundaries: | total: 16,885 km
border countries: Argentina 1,261 km, Bolivia 3,423 km, Colombia 1,644 km, French Guiana 730.4 km, Guyana 1,606 km, Paraguay 1,365 km, Peru 2,995 km, Suriname 593 km, Uruguay 1,068 km, Venezuela 2,200 km | | Coastline: | 7,491 km | | Terrain: | mostly flat to rolling lowlands in north; some plains, hills, mountains, and narrow coastal belt | | Elevation extremes: | lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Pico da Neblina 3,014 m | | Capital: | 26 states (estados, singular - estado) and 1 federal district* (distrito federal); Acre, Alagoas, Amapa, Amazonas, Bahia, Ceara, Distrito Federal*, Espirito Santo, Goias, Maranhao, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Para, Paraiba, Parana, Pernambuco, Piaui, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul, Rondonia, Roraima, Santa Catarina, Sao Paulo, Sergipe, Tocantins |
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