When we think of Brazil, we think of Rio de Janeiro. But the capital of Brazil is not Rio de Janeiro. It is Brazil. Brazilia is a new city in the center of Brazil. It is 600 miles from the Atlantic Ocean and far away from any other town.
for a long time, Brazilians wanted to have a capital in the center of the country. They wanted people to live in the center and not just by the ocean. In 1957, President Kubitschek decided to build the city. Workers came from all over the country. There were no roads or railroads to the center of the country. Everything came by plane. It took three years to build this city. In 1960, Brasilia became the capital.