World Map Capital Of Brazil
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World map capital of brazil. A proposal was made on where a new capital city would be built. Click the map and drag to move the map around. In the early 1800s napoleon s aggressive push across portugal and spain caused forced portugal s king to flee to brazil. Get the list of all country names and capitals in alphabetical order.
About brazil the country is situated in the east central part of south america bordering the atlantic ocean in east and north east. At 8 5 million square kilometers 3 2 million square miles and with over 211 million people brazil is the world s fifth largest country by areaand the sixth most populous. The name of the proposed capital was supposed to be brasilia. Agência brasil victor soares.
The total area is 8 51 million square kilometers. Brazil accounts for nearly half of south america and is the largest country on the african. Brazil official language is and the most commonly spoken language. The city of salvador served as the seat for the portuguese colonial administration in brazil for its first two centuries and is usually called the first capital of brazil.
1 maps site maps of india india s no. Satellite view showing brasília since april 1960 the capital of brazil located on the central plateau of brazil in the federal district distrito federal in the brazilian state of goiás. 1 maps site. Maps of india india s no.
The capital of brazil is brasilia. Brazil show labels. Favorite share more directions sponsored topics. Its capital is brasília and its most populous cityis são paulo.
The new capital was planned to be built in a more centrally located region of inland brazil. The reason for such a proposal was to put the capital in a less developed region away from the areas of high population density. When he arrived king dom joao vi established this huge slice of south america as the capital of his new somewhat mobile empire. Position your mouse over the map and use your mouse wheel to zoom in or out.
The federation is composed of the union of the 26 statesand the federal district. 192 million people live in brazil. Brazil covers an area of 8 514 877 square kilometers. The city is the seat of all three branches of the brazilian government.
Brazil occupies an area of 8 514 877 km 3 287 597 sq mi making it the fifth largest country in the world and also the largest country in south america and in the southern hemisphere. Metropolitan cathedral in brasília. In 1821 he returned to portugal leaving his son pedro i in charge but when king dom joao attempted once again to treat brazil as his own personal taxable colony his son said no declared immediate independence from portugal and. It is bordered by french guiana suriname guyana and venezuela in north by colombia in north west by peru bolivia and paraguay in west by argentina in south west and.
This early proposal was never. For much of brazil s history there was talk of moving brazil s capital city further inland away from the coast. Reset map these ads will not print. You can customize the map before you print.