Brasilia
(
Portuguese pronunciation:
[b?a?zili?]
) 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
. Brasilia hosts 119 foreign
embassies
.
[1]
As the naitional caipital, Brasilia 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 Economica 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 Paranoa.
The ceety wis planned an developit in 1956 wi
Lucio 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 Brasilia are kent as
brasilienses
or
candangos
(the latter referrin tae thae no born in the ceety, but migratit thare when the ceety wis establisht).
Brasilia 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 Brasilia, 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 Brasilia 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, Brasilia, in a broader sense.
Brasilia 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.
Preses
Juscelino Kubitschek
ordered the construction o Brasilia, fulfillin an airticle o the kintra's constitution datin back tae 1891 statin that the caipital shoud be moved frae
Rio de Janeiro
tae a place close tae the centre o the kintra. The plan wis oreeginally conceived in 1827 bi
Jose Bonifacio
, an advisor tae Emperor Dom Pedro I. He presentit a plan tae the General Assembly for a new ceety cried Brasilia, wi the idea o movin the caipital wastward frae the hivily populatit sootheastren corridor. The bill wis no enactit acause Emperor Dom Pedro I dissolved the Assembly.
[5]
Lucio Costa
wan a contest an wis the main urban planner in 1957, wi 5550 fowk competin.
Oscar Niemeyer
, a close friend, wis the chief airchitect o maist public biggins an
Roberto Burle Marx
wis the
landscape designer
. Brasilia wis biggit in 41 month, frae 1956 tae 21 Aprile 1960, when it wis offeecially inauguratit. Frae 1763 tae 1960,
Rio de Janeiro
wis the caipital o Brazil. At this time, resoorces tendit tae be centred in Brazil's sootheast region near Rio de Janeiro. Brasilia's geographically central location fostered a mair regionally neutral federal caipital. The idea o locatin the caipital in the centre o Brazil wis first suggestit in 1891, but no defined till 1922.
Frae the beginnin, the growthe o Brasilia exceedit expectations. Till the 1980s, the govrenor o the Distrito Federal wis appointit bi the Federal Govrenment, an the laws o Brasilia wur issued bi the Brazilian Federal Senate. Wi the Constitution o 1988 Brasilia gained the richt tae elect its Govrenor, an a Destrict Assembly (Camara Legislativa) wis electit tae exercise legislative pouer.
Accordin tae legend,
Italian
saunt
Don Bosco
in 1883 haed a dream in which he describit a futuristic ceety that roughly fittit Brasilia's location.
[6]
In Brasilia the day, thare are mony references tae this educator who foondit the
Salesian
order, an ane kirk in the ceety bears his name.
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