Brasília
caipital ceety o Brazil / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Brasília (Portuguese pronunciation: [bɾaˈziliɐ]) is the caipital o Brazil. The name is commonly spelled Brasilia in Inglis. The ceety an its Destrict are locatit in the Central-Wast region o the kintra, alang a plateau kent as Planalto Central. It haes a population o aboot 2,557,000 (3,599,000 in the metropolitan aurie) as o the 2008 IBGE estimate, makin it the fowert lairgest ceety in Brazil. Housomeivver, as a metropolitan aurie, it ranks lawer at saxt. It is leetit as a Warld Heritage Steid bi UNESCO. Brasília hosts 119 foreign embassies.[1]
Brasília | |
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Federal caipital | |
Frae upper left: Naitional Congress o Brazil, Juscelino Kubitschek brig, Monumental Axis, Palácio da Alvorada an Cathedral o Brasília. | |
Eik-name(s): Caipital Federal, BSB, Capital da Esperança | |
Motto(s): | |
Location o Brasília athin the Federal Destrict | |
Coordinates: 15°47′56″S 47°52′00″W | |
Kintra | Brazil |
Region | Central-Wast |
State | Federal Destrict |
Foondit | 21 Aprile 1960 |
Area | |
• Federal caipital | 5802 km2 (2240.164 sq mi) |
Elevation | 1172 m (3,845 ft) |
Population (2010) | |
• Federal caipital | 2,562,963 (4t) |
• Density | 441.565/km2 (1144/sq mi) |
• Metro | 3,716,996 (6t) |
Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−2 (BRST) |
Postal Code | 70000-000 |
Area code(s) | +55 61 |
Website | www.brasilia.df.gov.br |
Teep | Cultural |
Criteria | i, iv |
Designatit | 1987 (11t session) |
Reference no. | 445 |
State Party | Brazil |
Region | Latin America and the Caribbean |
As the naitional caipital, Brasília is the seat o aw three branches o the Brazilian govrenment. The ceety an aa hosts the heidquarters o mony Brazilian companies sic as the Banco do Brasil, Caixa Econômica Federal, Correios an Brasil Telecom. The ceety is a warld reference for urban plannin. Plannin policies sic as the locatin o residential biggins aroond expansive urban auries, as well as biggin the ceety aroond lairge avenues an dividin it intae sectors, hae sparked a debate an reflection on life in big ceeties in the 20t century. The ceety's planned design includit specific auries for amaist awthing, includin accommodation, Hotel Sectors North an Sooth. New auries are nou bein developit for hotels, sic as the Hotels an Tourism Sector North, on the shore o Lake Paranoá.
The ceety wis planned an developit in 1956 wi Lúcio Costa as the principal urban planner an Oscar Niemeyer as the principal architect. On Aprile 22, 1960, it formally became Brazil's naitional caipital. Viewed frae abuin, the main portion o the ceety resembles an airplane or a butterflee.[2][3] The ceety is commonly referred tae as Caipital Federal, or simply BSB.[4] Residents o Brasília are kent as brasilienses or candangos (the latter referrin tae thae no born in the ceety, but migratit thare when the ceety wis establisht).
Brasília haes a sui generis status in Brazil, as it is no a municipality lik nearly aw ceeties in Brazil. Awtho thare is nae legal definition for Brasília, the term is amaist aaways uised synonymously wi the Brazilian Federal Destrict, an sicweys constitutes an indivisible Federative Unit, analogous tae a state. In the region, housomeivver, the wird Brasília aften refers anerlie tae the First Administrative Region athin the Distrito Federal (Federal Destrict), " whaur the maist important government biggins are locatit. This is in contrast wi the surroondin "satellite ceeties," which nivertheless are an aa pairt o the Federal Destrict, an as sic, Brasília, in a broader sense.
Brasília Internaitional Airport is a major airline hub for the rest o the kintra, connectin the caipital tae aw major Brazilian ceeties an mony internaitional destinations. It is the third maist important airport o Brazil, in terms o passengers an aircraft movements.