The Brazilian Federal District is set apart for Braslia, the capital of BrazilBrazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest and most populous country [i] ...
. It is located inside the state of Gois.
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1960 April 21 — In BrazilBrazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest and most populous country [i] ...
, the country's capital (Federal District) is shifted from Rio de JaneiroRio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro pron. [i] IPA [i] ) is the name of both a state [i] ...
to BrasíliaBrasília Braslia is the capital [i] of Brazil [i] with a population of 2,282,049 cation
...
. The Estado da Guanabara (State of Guanabara) is founded to succeed Rio de JaneiroRio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro pron. [i] IPA [i] ) is the name of both a state [i] ...
as the Brazilian Federal District.
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Distrito Federal
|- |colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Flag of the Federal District |- | align=center colspan=2 |
|- |colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | See other Brazilian StatesStates of Brazil Brazil is divided into 26 estados and one district, the Distrito Federal [i]...
|- |- | style="white-space: nowrap;" | CapitalCapital In politics [i], a capital is the principal city [i] or town [i] associated with a country's government [i] ...
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | BrasiliaBrasília Braslia is the capital [i] of Brazil [i] with a population of 2,282,049 cation ...
|- | style="white-space: nowrap;" | AreaArea Area is a physical quantity [i] expressing the size of a part of a surface [i]. ...
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | 5 802 km² |- | style="white-space: nowrap;" | PopulationPopulation In sociology [i] and biology [i], a population is the collection of people [i], or organism [i] ...
- Total - Density | style="white-space: nowrap;" | 2 051 146 353.5 inh./km² |- | style="white-space: nowrap;" | Governor | style="white-space: nowrap;" | Maria de Lourdes Abadia |- | style="white-space: nowrap;" | Demonym | style="white-space: nowrap;" | Brasiliense |- | style="white-space: nowrap;" | HDIHuman Development Index The UN [i] Human Development Index is a comparative measure of poverty [i], literacy [i], ...
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | 0.844 – high |- | style="white-space: nowrap;" | TimezoneTime zone A time zone is a region of the Earth [i] that has adopted the same standard time [i], usually referred t ...
The Brazilian Federal District is set apart for BrasíliaBrasília Braslia is the capital [i] of Brazil [i] with a population of 2,282,049 cation ...
, the capital of BrazilBrazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest and most populous country [i] ...
. It is located inside the state of GoiásGoiás Gois |- | align=center colspan=2 | ...
.
History
The government was transferred to Distrito Federal in April 21 1960, which was then split off from Goiás. Before the transfer, the Brazilian Federal District used to be the municipality of Rio de Janeiro. After the transfer, the municipality of Rio de Janeiro became the Estado da Guanabara , which existed from 1960 until 1975 when the State of Guanabara and the State of Rio de Janeiro merged, to be named the state of Rio de JaneiroRio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro pron. [i] IPA [i] ) is the name of both a state [i] ...
.
Originally, the majority of the population consisted of local workers who built the capital from nothing and federal government employees who were transferred to the new capital, Brasília. The capital is a thoroughly planned city with designated areas for residence, business, schools etc. No streets have names, but are identified instead by letters and numbers arranged in a geographical system. Originally built for up to one million inhabitants, the city has recently grown way past this number. Due to its complex organization, the growth of the city itself has been slow. This has forced many to settle in neighboring cities around Brasília, which now house a significant percentage of the population of the Distrito Federal.
Flag
The white color symbolizes peace, while the green and yellow colors in the middle refer to the national colors of Brazil. The four yellow arrows symbolize the native people of Brazil, their pointing into the four cardinal directions of the compass stands for the power emanating from the center. The yellow arrows also form a cross, which symbolizes the Southern CrossCrux Crux, being Latin [i] for cross [i], commonly known as the Southern Cross , is the smallest [i] ...
carried by Pedro Álvares CabralPedro Álvares Cabral Pedro lvares Cabral, pron [i]. ...
. With their feathers they form a lozenge in the middle, another reference to the national flag of Brazil.
The flag was created by the poet and herald Guilherme de Almeida, and was adopted by decree no. 1090 from August 25 1969.
See also
List of cities in BrazilList of cities in Brazil This article is about the municipalities of Brazil [i]. ...
