Map created by X user
Karol KarpinskiThe map above shows the rather insane electricity situation that exists in Brazil. States either use 127 volts (127v) (similar to the US at 120 volts) or 220 volts (220v) (close to Europe’s 230 volts).

Of course Brazil being Brazil there are exceptions in both cases of cities within a state using different voltage than the state norm.

I was able to find the following list of exceptions:

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Map from @MarcioPochmannThe map above shows Brazil at the centre with the world turned upside-down. Marcio Pochmann who shared the map on X said (translated from Portuguese):

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Map created by reddit user Domeriko648The map above is a not so serious way to explain Brazil to foreigners based on some common regional stereotypes. Now having never been to Brazil I have no idea how accurate these are but the author has provided an handy explainer below:

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Map created by geoglobal_The map above shows the ethnic breakdown of Brazil by municipality. The data comes from the 2022 Brazilian Census.

White is in blue, Mixed Race (called Brown in the census) in green, Indigenous in orange and Black in red.

Here are some of the highlights:

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Map created by bonecave

The map above shows 5 Areas of Brazil With The Same Population of 43 million people each. Basically, a lot of people live on or near the coasts.

Although that said, roughly 43 million people, around the same population as all of Canada, live in the innermost area.

You can see it a bit more clearly in this population density map:

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Map found on reddit

The map above shows a somewhat interesting fact. Brasilia (Brazil’s capital city) has direct flights to each of Brazil’s 26 state capitals.

The reason it’s interesting is the same is not true for the US.

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