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Brasilia was constructed in forty-one months as a planned capital

Inaugurated in 1960, Brasilia was built in the interior plateau to replace Rio de Janeiro.

Urban planner Lucio Costa and architect Oscar Niemeyer designed the capital in the shape of an aeroplane or bird from above. The government moved the capital inland to encourage development across Brazil's interior regions and balance coastal population concentration. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site for its modern architecture.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: Inaugurated in 1960, Brasilia was built in the interior plateau to replace Rio de Janeiro. The figure is taken from UNESCO World Heritage Centre, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a world geography fact?: Yes. It sits on the World Geography shelf, one of 1,090 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.