Local time
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Brasília
15.78° S, 47.92° W
- Population
- 3,716,996
- Population from Natural Earth (POP_MAX). The source does not state which year the figure belongs to, so no year is shown.
- Population rank
- 5 of 251
- Rank by Natural Earth population among the 251 cities of Brazil in Terratlasia that have a population figure. Terratlasia does not list every city of Brazil, so this is not a national ranking.
- Founded
- 1960
- Year of founding from Wikidata (P571). Only the year is known, not the day; a city whose sources give more than one year shows no row.
- Elevation
- 1,171 m
- Elevation above sea level from Wikidata (P2044), rounded to the metre. A city whose sources give two different elevations shows no row.
- Area
- 5,802 km²
- Total area from Wikidata (P2046). Where two statements differ by less than half a percent the smaller is shown; a larger disagreement (land area against total area, say) shows no row.
- Administrative unit
- Federal District
- The administrative unit Wikidata files this city under (P131), one level below the state. The state itself is shown on its own row and is not repeated here; a city filed under more than three units shows no row at all.
- Named after
- Brazil
- Wikidata · P138 · checked 2026-09-20
- Time zone
- America/Sao_Paulo
Traveler brief
Only what this atlas can source — no hours, prices, visas or safety advice.
Practical bearings for Brasília, from the same records as the rest of this page.
No places in Brasília have been recorded yet. The map and the country page still carry its context.
Overview
Name
A Latinized form of Brazil’s name, "Brasília" was bestowed on the new capital in 1960.
Source: CIA World Factbook · 2026-02-01 · text generated from this source, approved by a person
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