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Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At 8.5 million square kilometers and with over 208 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area and the sixth most populous. The capital is Brasília, and the most populated city is São Paulo. The federation is composed of the union of the 26 states, the Federal District, and the 5,570 municipalities. It is the largest country to have Portuguese as an official language and the only one in the Americas; it is also one of the most multicultural and ethnically diverse nations, due to over a century of mass immigra...
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  • 1. Ruins of Sao Miguel das Missoes Sao Miguel Das Missoes
    São Miguel das Missões is a municipality in Rio Grande do Sul state, southern Brazil. Important 17th century Spanish Jesuit mission ruins are located in the municipality. San Miguel Mission is within Sant'Angelo Microregion, and the Riograndense Northwest Mesoregion. The city covers 1,246 square kilometres and had a population of 7,682 resident.
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  • 5. Triple Frontier Foz Do Iguacu
    The Triple Frontier is a tri-border area along the junction of Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil, where the Iguazú and Paraná rivers converge. Near the confluence are the cities of Ciudad del Este ; Puerto Iguazú and Foz do Iguaçu . This area is near Iguazú Falls and the Itaipú hydroelectric plant.
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  • 9. Railway Station Paranapiacaba
    The São Paulo Railway Company was a privately owned British railway company in Brazil, which operated the 1,600 mm gauge railway from the seaport at Santos via São Paulo to Jundiaí. The company was nationalised in 1946 and became the Estrada de Ferro Santos-Jundiaí. The São Paulo Railway consists of three parts: The 20 km long adhesion railway at the coast from Santos to Piassaguera near Cubatão The 8 km long steep grade from Piassaguera to Paranapiacaba The adhesion railway on the plateau from Paranapiacaba via São Paulo to JundiaíThree different systems have been used to climbs the steep grade between Piassaguera and Paranapiacaba: A four section cable railway with stationary steam engines, in use from 1867 till 1970, called Serra Velha, transl.: Old Mountain A five section cable...
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  • 15. Basilica Santuario Nossa Senhora da Conceicao do Bom Sucesso Caconde
    The Basilica Shrine of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception , also known as the Basilica Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Conception, is a temple and seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of São João da Boa Vista. It is under the jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in the municipality of Caconde, in the northwest region of the state of São Paulo. It is the second oldest parish of the Diocese of Boa Vista and is dedicated to Our Lady of Good Success, having been created on March 19, 1775, by order of Manuel da Resurreição, third bishop of São Paulo. The church of Caconde has undergone several reforms. Its elevation to sanctuary dates from December 7, 2004, by decree of the diocesan Bishop David Pimentel Dias, bishop of São João da Boa Vista. And since October 26, 2006, he now has a perpet...
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