Brazil (Capital:Brasília)

15th BRICS Agriculture Ministers' Meeting held in Brazil.

Political Features:

• It is the largest country in South America and the fifth largest nation in the world.
• Faces Atlantic Ocean and shares inland borders with every South American country except Chile and Ecuador

Geographical Features:

• Both the Equator and the Tropic of Capricorn pass through it.
• Major River:  Amazon has the world’s largest river system and the world’s largest remaining virgin rainforest. 
• Climate: Humid tropical and subtropical climate except for a drier area in the Northeast.
• Mining: World's top producer of niobium and second-largest producer of iron ore, manganese, tantalite, and bauxite, and the