For along 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 form all over the country. There were no reads or railroads to the center of the country. Everything came by plane. It took three years to build this city. In1960, Brasilia became the capital.