| NAME: |
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| LOCATION: |
Central & South America |
| GOVERNMENT: |
Constitutional Republic |
| OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: |
Spanish is the official language. Portunol/Brazilero a Portuguese-Spanish mix is also spoken on the Brazilian frontier. |
| MAJOR RELIGION(S): |
Roman Catholic 66% (less than half of the adult population attends church regularly), Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, nonprofessing or other 31%. |
| MAJOR ETHNIC GROUPS: |
White 88%, mestizo 8%, black 4%, Amerindian (practically nonexistent). |
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