abstract:The country of Brazil occupies roughly half of South America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean. Brazil covers a total area of which includes of land and of water.
According to the Brazilian Institute ofGeography and Statistics, or IBGE, over 286, 500 people immigrated to Brazil in 2010, the most recent year for Census data.
Language, geography and history have combined to isolate Brazil from its Spanish-speaking neighbours on the far side of the Amazon rainforest and the Parana basin, let alone from the wider world.