For Rotary Exchange Students from Brazil!

1. Brazil

2. General Information
• Area: 8.511.876 Km2
• Population: 190.732.964 (Censo 2010)
• Currency: Real (R$)
• Language: Portuguese
• Type of Government: Presidencial
• Current President: Dilma Rousseff

3. Where is Brazil?
• Located in South America
• 5th Biggest Country in the world

4. Geoeconomic Regions
North => Amazon Forest, Biggest
Sweet Water Reserve of the World.
Northeast => Amazing Coast,
Tropical Fruits, Specific type of
Climate, Rich Cultural Aspects.
Center-West => Pantanal & Brasilia
Southeast => Economic Center,
Strong in Agriculture and Industry,
Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro.
South => Foz do Iguacu Falls,
European Culture is Strong, Coldest
Region.

5. North
• Amazon Forest, Biggest Sweet Water Reserve
of the World.

6. North

8. Northeast
• Amazing Coast, Tropical Fruits, Specific type of
Climate (cerrado & caatinga).

10. Centre-West
• Pantanal & Brasilia

11. Centre-West

13. Southeast
•Economic Center, Strong in Agriculture and
Industry, Coffee.

16. South
•Foz do Iguacu Falls, European Culture is
Strong, Coldest Region.

18. Cuisine

19. Cuisine

20. Cuisine

21. Cuisine

22. Festivities

23. Festivities

24. Festivities

25. Festivities

26. In the world Brazil is…
• Biggest coffee producer (2.8 million ton)
• Biggest Orange Juice producer (1.3 million ton)
• Biggest Etanol producer (29 Billion liter)
• Biggest Sugar producer (37 million ton)
• 12th Biggest petrol producer
• Global Leader in deep water petrol extraction
• Reference in AIDS combat
• Election system known as being the best in terms
of speed and is highly computerized

27. In the world Brazil is…
• Reference in Banking system (computerized)
• 6th Biggest Economy (2,4 trillion) (GDP 2011)
• The Country with biggest biodiversity (Amazon
Forest)
• One of the nations of the G4 (Germany, Brazil,
India & Japan)
• The Country of the upcoming World Cup
• The Country of the upcoming Olympics &
Paralympics

28. Sao Paulo (State)
• Area: 248 209 Km2 (Similar to the UK’s )
• Population: 41 253 160 ( Similar to Spain’s)
• GNP: £380 Billion (Similar to Turkey’s)
• Sao Paulo (city) is the Biggest City in Latin
America & 6th Largest City by population

29. District 4590
• Area: 20 000 Km2
• 66 Cities
• 8% Sao Paulo’s State Area
• 72 Rotary Clubs
• President: Paulo Celso Motta