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2020-11-17

Historically, Brazil has built its capital in two coastal cities, El Salvador and Rio DE Janeiro. To develop the mainland, In 1956 President Kubicic decided to move the capital to the mainland. In 1957, the construction of the capital was started. In 1960, three years and seven months later, a modern city, Brasilia, was built in the Brazilian interior. On April 21, Brazil's capital moved from Rio to Brasilia.





Brasilia is the seat of Federal district government. Distrito Federal district covers an area of 5,822 square kilometers. It belongs to 10 districts and satellite cities in total, with a total population of about 2 million. The current governor of the Federal District is Joaquim. Joaquim Roriz. In 1998, the GDP was us $21 billion, accounting for 2.73 percent of the country's total. The economy is dominated by services, accounting for about 90 per cent of the output of the Federal district. Industry accounts for 10%, mainly in construction and cement manufacturing.





Brasilia is located on the Central Plateau of Brazil, with an altitude of 1,158 meters and a pleasant climate. The whole year is divided into rainy and dry seasons, with an average annual maximum temperature of 29.3°C and minimum temperature of 17.1°C. The annual rainfall is 1,603 mm. Brasilia is famous for its unique architecture. Its overall construction plan was developed by the master architect Lucio. LÚ CIO COSTA) completed. Viewed from the sky on a brightly lit night, Brasilia is like a giant plane heading east. The city is spread along two vertical axes: a highway axis that runs north and south to the wings and a monument axis that runs east and west to the fuselage. The nose is the three right square, the fuselage is the seat of the government agencies, the wings is a modern three-dimensional highway. On the left is the presidential palace and on the right is the Supreme Court. Opposite the square are the House of Representatives and the House of Representatives. The conference hall of the two houses looks like two large bowls. The bowl of the House of Representatives stands for "democracy" and "freedom of speech". The mouth of the Senate is down, symbolizing "gathering public opinion". The parliament's two 28-story buildings are connected by a passageway in the form of an "H", the Portuguese initials for "man". The parliament building, the Supreme Court of the Federal Republic of Brazil, the Presidential palace and the Crystal Palace of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the Square of Three rights are among the landmarks of Brasilia. On 7 December 1987, UNESCO declared Brasilia a "cultural heritage of mankind".





The tallest building in Brasilia is the 224-meter television tower, 100 meters lower than the Eiffel Tower in Paris. It is the fourth tallest tower in the world and weighs 378 tons. The tower's observation deck is 75 meters away and can accommodate 150 people. Visitors can take a free elevator to the stage. There is a handicraft market around the tower on weekends.





The city's Artificial lake Palano is rotated so that four rivers are used to intercept it, in the form of the character "Ren" (human). The water is rotated so that it is used to adjust the climate. The lake District has a population of about 500,000. The lake shore is 80 kilometers long, with 45 recreation and sports clubs along the shore. Brasilia now has 464 primary schools, 84 secondary schools, 10 universities, 15 theatres, 20 cinemas, 13 museums and 19 art galleries.

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