While in part the city was built because there was the need for a neutral federal capital, the main reason was to promote the development of Brazil's hinterland and better integrate the entire territory of Brazil. Brasilia is approximately at the geographical center of the Brazilian territory, and the idea of promoting the inland areas was present even in the 1891 Constitution.
Brasília is situated in the Brazilian Federal District, Distrito Federal. The city is designed in the shape of an airplane, with housing and offices situated on giant superblocks, giving it a non-pedestrian scale. Since the city was designed around the advent of motor transport, there is a notable lack of sidewalks among the city's major buildings.
Population: 1,969,868.
