World Atlas 2010 (4th edition)

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SOUTH AMERICA

Represa de Furnas

Rio

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ATLANTIC

OCEAN

Tropic of Capricorn

ZIL

Cachoeiro de

Itapemirim

Franca

Belo Horizonte

Campinas

Campos

Divinópolis

Governador

Valadares

Nova Iguaçu

Ribeirão Preto

Rio de Janeiro

São Paulo

Sorocaba Taubaté

Uberaba

Uberlândia

Vitória

Volta Redonda

Juiz de Fora

Santos

Lagoa dos Patos is the largest lagoon in Brazil and the second

largest in South America. The lagoon is 180 miles (290 km) long

and up to 40 miles (64 km) wide, with an area of more than

3900 sq miles (10,100 sq km).

The population of greater Sao Paulo is close to 22,000,000,

over twice the entire population of Portugal, the country

that originally colonized Brazil in the 16th century.

The famous statue of Cristo Redentor (Christ the Redeemer),

built on top of the 2300 ft (700 m) Corcovado Mountain in 1931,

stands 100 ft (30 m) tall and weighs 700 tons (tonnes).