Brazil

List of the largest cities in Brazil
Ananindeua • Anápolis • Aparecida de Goiânia • Aracaju • Barueri • Bauru • Belford Roxo • Belo Horizonte • Belém • Betim • Blumenau • Boa Vista • Brasília • Camaçari • Campina Grande • Campinas • Campo Grande • Campos dos Goitacazes • Canoas • Carapicuíba • Cariacica • Caruaru • Cascavel • Caucaia • Caxias do Sul • Colombo • Contagem • Cuiabá • Curitiba • Diadema • Duque de Caxias • Embu • Feira de Santana • Florianópolis • Fortaleza • Foz do Iguaçu • Franca • Goiânia • Governador Valadares • Gravataí • Guarujá • Guarulhos • Imperatriz • Ipatinga • Itaboraí • Itaquaquecetuba • Jaboatão dos Guararapes • Joinville • João Pessoa • Juazeiro • Juazeiro do Norte • Juiz de Fora • Jundiaí • Limeira • Londrina • Macapá • Maceió • Magé • Manaus • Maringá • Marília • Mauá • Mogi das Cruzes • Montes Claros • Mossoró • Natal • Niterói • Nova Iguaçu • Novo Hamburgo • Olinda • Osasco • Palmas • Paulista • Pelotas • Petrolina • Petrópolis • Piracicaba • Ponta Grossa • Porto Alegre • Porto Velho • Praia Grande • Recife • Ribeirão das Neves • Ribeirão Preto • Rio Branco • Rio de Janeiro • Salvador • Santa Luzia • Santa Maria • Santarém • Santo André • Santos • Serra • Sorocaba • Sumaré • Suzano • São Bernardo do Campo • São Gonçalo • São José do Rio Preto • São José dos Campos • São José dos Pinhais • São João de Meriti • São Luís • São Paulo • São Vicente • Taboão da Serra • Taubaté • Teresina • Uberaba • Uberlândia • Viamão • Vila Velha • Vitória • Vitória da Conquista • Volta Redonda • Várzea Grande

Background of Brazil

Following more than three centuries under Portuguese rule, Brazil gained its independence in 1822, maintaining a monarchical system of government until the abolition of slavery in 1888 and the subsequent proclamation of a republic by the military in 1889. Brazilian coffee exporters politically dominated the country until populist leader Getulio VARGAS rose to power in 1930. By far the largest and most populous country in South America, Brazil underwent more than a half century of populist and military government until 1985, when the military regime peacefully ceded power to civilian rulers. Brazil continues to pursue industrial and agricultural growth and development of its interior. Exploiting vast natural resources and a large labor pool, it is today South America's leading economic power and a regional leader, one of the first in the area to begin an economic recovery. Highly unequal income distribution and crime remain pressing problems.

Disclaimer

This is not the official site of this country. Most of the information in this site were taken from the U.S. Department of State, The Central Intelligence Agency, The United Nations, [1],[2], [3], [4], [5],[6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14],[15], [16], [17], [18], [19], [20], [21], [22], [23], [24],[25], [26], [27], [28], [29], [30],[31], [32], [33], [34], and the [35].

Other sources of information will be mentioned as they are posted.