Local Services in Brazil

Life in Brazil may be very different from what you’ve been used to but slow down, act Brasilian and you’ll probably get to enjoy it!

Electricity: 127/220V 60HzHz and three types of plugs -- European plug with two circular metal pins; American-style plug with two parallel flat blades above a circular grounding pin or Japanese-style plug with two parallel flat blades

Telephone services: Good working system

International country code: 55

Internet services: Under-developed and expensive in rural areas

Internet Country Code: .br

Radio Stations: AM 1,365, FM 296, shortwave 161 (of which 91 are collocated with AM stations) (1999)p>

Television Stations: 138 (1997)

Public Transport: Developed and complex bus systems in the major cities