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In 1621, an administrative reorganization took place, and the Governorate General of Brazil became known as the State of Brazil (Estado do Brasil), keeping Salvador as its capital city. With this administrative remodeling, the unity of the colony was once again interrupted, as a portion of territory in the northern part of modern Brazil became ...
During the Bolsonaro government, Brazil reached 33 million people suffering from hunger, a number that less than 2 years earlier was 19.1 million, [94] also during his government, Brazil became the second country with the most deaths from COVID-19, more than 670,000 deaths with more than 30 million infections were reported. [95]
Brazil Second oldest city in Brazil. [10] 1532: Cananéia: São Paulo: Brazil: 1533 Cartagena de Indias: Bolívar: Colombia 1534 Porto Seguro: Bahia: Brazil: Known as the first place on the Americas to be discovered by the portuguese in 1500 by Pedro Álvares Cabral. The first church was erected in 1503 1534 Otavalo: Imbabura: Ecuador: 1534 ...
The current capital of Brazil, since its construction in 1960, is Brasília. Rio de Janeiro was the country's capital between 1763 and 1960. The city of Salvador served as the seat for the Portuguese colonial administration in Brazil for its first two centuries and is usually called the "first capital of Brazil." [1]
In 1960, the city of São Paulo became the largest Brazilian city and primary economic center in the country, surpassing Rio de Janeiro, due to the larger number of migrants to São Paulo. In this period, São Paulo's policy was dominated by the rivalry between Janismo and Ademarismo , the two greatest political leaders in São Paulo, Ademar de ...
The Captaincies of Brazil (Portuguese: Capitanias do Brasil) were captaincies of the Portuguese Empire, [Note 1] administrative divisions and hereditary fiefs of Portugal in the colony of Terra de Santa Cruz, [Note 2] later called Brazil, on the Atlantic coast of northeastern South America.
The history of the city of São Paulo runs parallel to the history of Brazil, throughout approximately 470 years of its existence, in relation to the country's more than five hundred years. During the first three centuries since its foundation, São Paulo stood out in several moments as the scenario of important events of rupture in the country ...
Its most populous city is São Paulo, followed by Rio de Janeiro. Brazil has the most Portuguese speakers in the world and is the only country in the Americas where Portuguese is an official language. [11] [12] Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Brazil has a coastline of 7,491 kilometers (4,655 mi). [13]