Travel to Brazil

Brazilians are generally descended from three ethnic groups: Amerindians, Africans and Europeans.

Brazil was the last country in the Americas to abolish slavery, in 1888.

Brazil is the fifth-largest country in the world by land area and sixth-largest by population.

Brazil's border touches all countries on the South American continent except Chile and Ecuador.

Brazil's name comes from the pau-brasil, Portuguese for Brazil tree, the country's national tree and a natural resource that played an important role in the economic development of the nation.

Relatively recently discovered evidence suggests human settlement in Brazil began more than 30,000 years ago.