Enthralling Fun Facts about Brazil, Spotlight on Sugarloaf Mountain

June 27, 2019
DUNIA Mag
Posted in Travel & Places

Brazil is an eastern South American country bordered by Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela. As you can see, Brazil shares borders with 10 different countries!

Brazil has a population of 208,846,892 (July 2018 est.), making it the largest country in South America.

Brasil nationals are known as Brazilians.

Brasilia is the political capital, and Portuguese is the main language of Brazil.

Salvador, Brazil (Image: Creative Commons Zero (CC0))

Brazil is the 5th largest nation in the world in terms of total area (i.e. land and water).

The 5 largest cities in Brazil in terms of population are Fortaleza (2.5 million), Brasilia (2.8 million), Salvador (2.9 million), Rio de Janeiro (6.4 million), and San Paulo (11.8 million). This is according to AboutBrazil.com based on 2014 population estimates.

Sao Paulo. Image by Julio Boaro

Sao Paulo is Brazil’s commercial capital city.

In 2017 according to Brazil’s Ministry of Tourism, Brazil received over 6.5 million international tourists, mostly from Argentina, USA and Chile.

Some of the more spectacular destinations for visitors are found in Rio de Janeiro which is one of Brazil’s most popular cities.

The Sugarloaf Mountain ranks among the area’s top attractions.

Sugarloaf Mountain is a peak situated in Rio de Janeiro, from the mouth of Guanabara Bay on a peninsula that sticks out into the Atlantic Ocean. Photography by Paulo Gomes.

This mesmerizing conical work of nature is made of granite and peaks at 396 meters.

Sugar Loaf Mountain Cable Car, Rio De Janeiro. Photography by piviso.com

Cable cars that transport visitors to the summit of Sugarloaf Mountain for a once-in-a lifetime experience and back cost around 20 US Dollars.

Guanabara Bay in Rio. Image: Creative Commons Zero (CC0)

Rio de Janeiro means River of January.

The beautiful, calm Guanabara bay on which the Sugarloaf Mountain partly sits opens into the Atlantic ocean and is the deepest natural bay in the world.