Federal District
Distrito Federal | |
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Motto(s): VENTVRIS VENTIS "To the coming winds" | |
Coordinates: 15°47′42″S 47°45′28″W / 15.79500°S 47.75778°W | |
Country | Brazil |
Seat of government | Brasília |
Government | |
• Governor | Rodrigo Rollemberg (PSB) |
• Vice Governor | Renato Santana (PSD) |
• Senators | Cristovam Buarque (PPS) José Reguffe (I) Hélio José (PROS) |
Area | |
• Total | 5,802 km2 (2,240 sq mi) |
• Rank | 27th |
Population (February 2017)[1] | |
• Total | 3,013,144 |
• Rank | 20th |
• Density | 520/km2 (1,300/sq mi) |
• Rank | 1st |
Demonym | Brasiliense |
GDP | |
• Year | 2015 estimate |
• Total | US$116 billions(PPP) US$65 billions (8th) |
• Per capita | US$38.549 (PPP)[2] US$21,779 (1st) |
HDI | |
• Year | 2014 |
• Category | 0.839 [3] – very high (1st) |
Time zone | UTC−03:00 (BRT) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−02:00 (BRST) |
Postal code | 70000-000 to 73690-000 |
ISO 3166 code | BR-DF |
Website | df.gov.br |
The Federal District (Portuguese: Distrito Federal [d͡ʒisˈtɾitu fedeˈɾaw] (listen)) is a part of Brazil, which is used to shelter Brasília, the federal capital. It is in the centre of the country.
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