The true size of Brazil

Posted by srivayush

28 Comments

  1. Vast-Championship808 on

    Oh another one of these, so impressive. I wish there was some website where everyone could check this, they could call It realsize or something like that

  2. In this superposition Brazil looks smaller than it is. If the westernmost point of Brazil was aligned with the westernmost point of Ireland, Brazil would look way bigger.

  3. fun fact: the northernmost point of Brazil is actually closer to the US than to the southernmost point

  4. As a Brazilian, I was truly impressed by how close everything is in Europe…

    When I visited Norway, I drove from Oslo to Bergen, and the entire trip took ~8 hours.

    For comparison, an 8 hour drive takes you to another state in Brazil.

  5. Prestigious-Back-981 on

    The largest municipality in Brazil by area is Altamira, in Pará, with 159,533.328 km². It is larger than Portugal, which has 92,230 km². By definition, municipalities are the smallest official subdivisions of Brazil and are governed by a mayor, with a city of the same name as their seat.

  6. The northern most point of Brazil is closer to Canada than it is to the southern most point of Brazil. So yeah, it’s pretty frigging huge.