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Federal District
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federal district of Brazil, a federative unit in the Central-West Region of Brazil
A Federal District is a special type of region in Brazil, similar to a state but with a different legal status, located in the Central-West part of the country. It matters because it serves as the seat of Brazil's federal government and represents a distinct administrative division within Brazil's federal system.
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- Type
- Government
- Founded
- 1960
- Location
- Brasília, Brazil
- Status
- Active
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- federative unit of Brazil
- Part of
- Central-West Region
- Demonym
- brasiliense
- Country
- Brazil
- Located in
- Brazil
- Continent
- South America
- Capital
- Brasília
- Population
- 2817381
- Area
- 5760.8
- Elevation
- 1124
- Head of government
- Rodrigo Rollemberg
- Shares border with
- Minas Gerais
- Highest point
- Pico do Roncador
- Official website
- www.df.gov.br
- Image
- Brasilia aerea torredetveixomonumental.jpg
- Licence plate code
- DF
- Motto
- Ventvris Ventis
- Coat of arms
- coat of arms of the Federal District
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- Commons category
- Distrito Federal (Brazil)
- topic's main category
- Category:Federal District (Brazil)
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Distrito Federal (Brazil)
- Commons gallery
- Distrito Federal (Brazil)
- inception
- 1960-04-21
- category of associated people
- Category:People from the Federal District (Brazil)
- short name
- DF
- literacy rate
- 98.8
- Human Development Index
- 0.822
- electorate
- 2138774
- different from
- Brasília
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Encyclopedic overview
The Federal District (Portuguese: Distrito Federal [dʒisˈtɾitu fedeˈɾaw] ) is one of 27 federative units of Brazil. Located in the Center-West Region, it is the smallest Brazilian federal unit and the only one that has no municipalities, being divided into 35 administrative regions. The federal capital of Brazil, Brasília, which is also the seat of government of the Federal District, is located in its territory. The Federal District shares a small border with Minas Gerais and is otherwise surrounded by the state of Goiás.
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