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Let’s Observe

Some Facts about South America

• The largest country in South America

is Brazil, while the smallest country is

Suriname.

• All of South America speaks Spanish

except Brazil which speaks

Portuguese.

• Portuguese is Brazil’s rst language as

it was controlled by Portugal in 1500,

while the rest of South America was

controlled by Spain.

• South America has a population of

over 422 million people.

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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