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Time Zone: East coast: UK-4 (Mar-Sep), UK-2 (Oct?Feb).

Capital City: Brasilia

Major Cities: Belem, Manaus, Recife, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, Sao Paulo.

International Airports: Brasilia International, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo.

Telephone Code: 55

Population: 176 million

Area: 3,287,597 sq miles. 8,514,876 sq kilometres.

Languages: Portuguese.

Climate: Brazil can be divided into four climatic areas: the Amazon basin, the Brazilian plateau, the coastlands within the tropics and the S states. The Amazon basin has no real dry season and temperatures are tropical throughout the year, making this a high humidity region. The Brazilian plateau has a more distinct wet and dry season where temperatures vary accordingly; rainfall occurs mainly between Oct?Apr and the rest of the year is almost dry. The coastlands have a hot tropical climate with differences in rainfall from N to S. The S states outside the tropics have a warm/temperate climate with a distinct cooler season when frost can occur.

Currency: Real (BRL 1 = 100 centavos).

Notes: BRL: 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100.

Coins: BRL: 1. Centavos: 1, 5, 10, 25, 50.

Electricity: 127/220 V AC 60Hz.

Hotel Classification: Brazil does not currently have an official system for grading its hotels. Some properties still use their "old" star rating from the now defunct 1-star up to 5-star system. Where still used we have given this "old" rating here although it should not necessarily be taken at face value. Many properties are unclassified. In these cases our usual arbitrary categories of £ up to £££££ are given based on rack rates, facilities and perceived quality. These equate to the commonly used 1- to 5-star system and serve only to compare relative standards within any given area.

UK Tourist Office: Brazilian Tourist Office

32 Green Street, London W1K 7AT

Tel: 020 7629 6909 Fax: 020 7399 9102

E-mail: tourism@brazil.org.uk

Website: www.brazil.org.uk

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