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[bruh-zil-yuh, brah-zeel-yuh]

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a city in and the capital of Brazil, on the central plateau.

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/ brəˈzɪljə, brəziˈliːa /

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the capital of Brazil (since 1960), on the central plateau: the former capital was Rio de Janeiro. Pop: 3 341 000 (2005 est)

Brasilia

Capital of Brazil, located in its central highlands.

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One of the newest cities in the world, Brasilia was inaugurated in 1960 to replace Rio de Janeiro as Brazil's capital. The Brazilian government moved the capital in an effort to promote development in central Brazil. In less than thirty years, its population had grown to over a million inhabitants.

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A woman in Brazil has been jailed for 14 years after writing an offensive message in lipstick on a statue during riots in Brasilia.

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A week after Lula's inauguration, on 8 January 2023, thousands of Bolsonaro supporters stormed government buildings in the capital, Brasilia, in what federal investigators say was an attempted coup.

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On 8 January 2023, his supporters stormed government buildings in the capital Brasilia.

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Asked when he would return to the capital, doctors had said that if everything went well, they expected Lula to be back in Brasilia "next week".

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But beyond these universally recognized neighborhoods, they also looked at real-life places including the retrofuturistic Brasilia, the brutalist architecture at an Armenian airport and the works of architects like Kenzo Tange and Tadao Ando for inspiration.

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