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Brasília (IPA: [bɾaˈziliɐ]) is the capital of Brazil. It is coterminous with the Distrito Feeral (Federal District) and borders the states of Goiás and Minas Gerais. The city and the district are located in the Central-West region of the country, along a plateau known as Planalto Central. It has a population of about 2,455,903 as of the 2007 IBGE census, making it the fourth largest city in Brazil. It is listed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

Trivia about brasilia

  • One of the newer large cities in the world, it's located in the central plateau of Brazil
  • The layout of this, the capital, resembles a jet airliner
  • Lucio Costa designed this South American city for 500,000 people; today the population is over 2 million
  • Between 1960 & 1980 the population of this city went from under 150,000 to more than 1,000,000
  • 1950's president Juscelino Kubitschek is known as the "Father Of" this city
  • Israel Pinheiro was the first mayor of this South American capital that was dedicated in 1960
  • This capital was created because Rio de Janeiro was overcrowded & isolated from the rest of the country
  • Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira was the leader of the 1950s movement to build this capital
  • This new South American capital was dedicated on April 21, 1960
  • This South American capital didn't exist 60 years ago

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