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Map of Brazil and its surrounding countries in South America, with the capital city Brasilia marked near the center of Brazil. Neighboring countries and major bodies of water, including the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, are labeled.
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Statue of the Goddess of Justice holding a sword, seated in front of the modern Supreme Federal Tribunal building in Brasilia, Brazil. The National Congress buildings in Brasilia, Brazil, designed by Oscar Niemeyer, featuring a pair of tall towers flanked by a white dome and a bowl-shaped structure. Brasília: Itamaraty Palace Bronze statues of evangelists line the walkway in front of the Cathedral of Brasilia, whose white, crown-shaped structure rises against a blue sky in Brazil. Cathedral of Brasília Museu do Índio, Brasília Brasília: Lake Paranoá Map of Brazil showing population density by region, with darker shades of orange and red indicating higher densities concentrated along the eastern and southeastern coasts. Major cities such as Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte, Salvador, and Porto Alegre are marked, with the sparsely populated Amazon region in the north and west shown in light colors.
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Statue of the Goddess of Justice holding a sword, seated in front of the modern Supreme Federal Tribunal building in Brasilia, Brazil.
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Brasília: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Alex Shoumatoff, The Capital of Hope (1980, reprinted 1990), discusses the development of Brasília. James Holston, The Modernist City: An Anthropological Critique of Brasília (1989), examines the intentions of Brasília’s planning and development and compares them with the reality of the city’s social structures. “Interview: Oscar Niemeyer Talks to Edouard Bailby,” UNESCO Courier, 45:4–7 (June 1992), is also useful.

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Media added. Aug 12, 2026
Modified link of Web site: UNESCO World Heritage Convention - Brasilia. Feb 06, 2025
Population data updated. Dec 31, 2024
Add new Web site: BBC - Culture - Brasilia: Building a city from scratch. Apr 12, 2024
Add new Web site: Brown University Library - Modern Latin America - Bras�lia. Sep 16, 2022
Add new Web site: The Getty Conservation Institute - Brasilia: Preservation of a Modernist City. Nov 08, 2019
Added a description of 21st-century developments. Sep 21, 2018
Add new Web site: Maps of World - Brasilia, Brazil. Dec 28, 2012
Add new Web site: Lonely Planet - Bras�lia. Dec 28, 2012
Add new Web site: UNESCO World Heritage Convention - Brasilia. Dec 28, 2012
Population data updated. Jun 20, 2012
Media added. Feb 07, 2012
Added image from the Museu do Índios. Mar 10, 2011
Media added. Oct 13, 2009
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Geography - Geography of Brasilia. Jul 30, 2008
Article revised and updated. Mar 09, 2007
Population data updated. Aug 02, 2006
Article revised. Jan 12, 2000
Article added to new online database. Mar 23, 1999
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