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Oct 2, 2024 · Brasilia, city, capital of Brazil. Located in the Federal District within Goias state on the central plateau of Brazil, it lies between the headwaters of the Tocantins, Parana, and Sao Francisco rivers. Because of its unique city plan and architecture, it was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1987.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Aug 21, 2020 · “Brasília is now the fourth-largest city in the country and the home to more than 2.5 million people, yet fewer than 10 percent are residents of the Pilot Plan area. The others live outside in ...
- Stefanie Waldek
Region. Latin America and the Caribbean. Brasília (/ brəˈzɪliə / brə-ZIL-ee-ə, [5][6] Brazilian Portuguese: [bɾaˈzili.ɐ, bɾaˈziljɐ] ⓘ) is the federal capital of Brazil and seat of government of the Federal District, located in the Brazilian highlands in the country's Central-West region. It was founded by President Juscelino ...
Sep 19, 2019 · On 21 April 1960, Brasilia was officially proclaimed a city, and the nation’s capital. Government officials and foreign ambassadors visiting the city created its first traffic jam. At the time ...
May 8, 2020 · Brasilia, in this sense, has great potential to help Brazilians understand what is missing in their cities when everyone starts to leave their enclosures. Norma Evenson wrote an article in which ...
- Victor Delaqua
Economic Consequences. “Fifty years’ progress in five” was the rallying cry of President Juscelino Kubitschek’s plans to modernize and industrialize Brazil, of which the construction of Brasília was a centerpiece. Yet that slogan was soon reworked by the president’s critics to read, “Fifty years’ inflation in five.”.
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Brasilia promised to promote a sense of equality and connection between the north and south, the coast and the interior. Kubitschek’s presidency and the construction of Brasilia represent a distinct moment in Brazilian history when the national spirit was lifted and the international public mesmerized by a gargantuan project in city-planning without parallel in modern civilization.
