what is the capital of brazil in south america
Brazil Brazil (/brəˈzɪl/ ( listen); Portuguese: Brasil [bɾaˈziw][10]), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: República Federativa do Brasil,  listen (help·info)[11]), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At 8.5 million square kilometers (3.2 million square miles)[12] 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. It is the largest country to have Portuguese as an official language and the only one in the Americas.[13][14] Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Brazil has a coastline of 7,491 kilometers (4,655 mi).[15] It borders all other South American countries except Ecuador and Chile and covers 47.3% of the continent's land area.[16] Its Amazon River basin includes a vast tropical forest, home to diverse wildlife, a variety of ecological systems, and extensive natural resources spanning numerous protected habitats.[15] This unique environmental heritage makes Brazil one of 17 megadiverse countries, and is the subject of significant global interest and debate regarding deforestation and environmental protection.