| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:historical_period 
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                                | gptkbp:area | approximately 8,500,000 km² 
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                                | gptkbp:capital | gptkb:Rio_de_Janeiro gptkb:Salvador
 
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                                | gptkbp:coatOfArms | gptkb:Coat_of_arms_of_Colonial_Brazil 
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                                | gptkbp:colonizedBy | gptkb:Portugal 
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                                | gptkbp:currency | real 
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                                | gptkbp:dissolved | gptkb:Brazilian_independence 
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                                | gptkbp:endDate | 1822 
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                                | gptkbp:flag | gptkb:Flag_of_Colonial_Brazil 
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                                | gptkbp:governedBy | gptkb:King gptkb:Governor_General_of_Canada
 
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                                | gptkbp:locatedIn | gptkb:South_America 
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                                | gptkbp:mainExports | gptkb:café gptkb:gold
 gptkb:sugar
 gptkb:tobacco
 gptkb:cotton
 dye wood
 
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                                | gptkbp:notableBattle | gptkb:Quilombo_dos_Palmares gptkb:Revolt_of_Vila_Rica
 gptkb:Tailors'_Conspiracy
 gptkb:War_of_the_Emboabas
 gptkb:War_of_the_Mascates
 
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                                | gptkbp:notableCity | gptkb:São_Paulo gptkb:Belém
 gptkb:Recife
 gptkb:Olinda
 gptkb:São_Luís
 gptkb:Vila_Rica_(Ouro_Preto)
 
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                                | gptkbp:notableEvent | gptkb:Inconfidência_Mineira Dutch occupation of Northeast Brazil
 abolition of indigenous slavery (1755)
 arrival of the Portuguese royal family (1808)
 introduction of African slavery
 
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                                | gptkbp:notablePerson | gptkb:Zumbi_dos_Palmares gptkb:Marquês_de_Pombal
 gptkb:Tiradentes
 gptkb:Mem_de_Sá
 gptkb:D._João_VI
 gptkb:D._Pedro_I
 gptkb:Tomé_de_Souza
 
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                                | gptkbp:officialLanguage | Portuguese 
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                                | gptkbp:partOf | Portuguese Empire 
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                                | gptkbp:population | approximately 3.4 million (1800) 
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                                | gptkbp:predecessor | gptkb:Pre-Columbian_Brazil 
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                                | gptkbp:religion | gptkb:Roman_Catholicism 
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                                | gptkbp:startDate | 1500 
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                                | gptkbp:successor | gptkb:Empire_of_Brazil 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Proclamation_of_Brazilian_independence 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 5 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Colonial Brazil 
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