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Federal District of Brazil Distrito Federal do Brasil | |||||||||
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Federation unit of Brazil | |||||||||
1891–1960 | |||||||||
Location of the state of Rio de Janeiro (light yellow) and the now-defunct Federal District (red) in Brazil. | |||||||||
Capital | Rio de Janeiro | ||||||||
Area | |||||||||
• Coordinates | 22°55′S 43°28′W / 22.917°S 43.467°W | ||||||||
• Type | Presidential republic | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
• Constitution of 1891 | 24 February 1891 | ||||||||
3 October 1930 | |||||||||
18 September 1946 | |||||||||
• Creation of Brasília | 21 April 1960 | ||||||||
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The Federal District (Portuguese: Distrito Federal) was an administrative division of Brazil created by the Brazilian Constitution of 1891. During the Empire of Brazil the administrative unit that corresponded to this territory was designated the Neutral Municipality (Município Neutro). It was a legal entity under public law until 1960, in the territory corresponding to the current municipality of Rio de Janeiro.
With the transfer of the capital to the recently created city of Brasília, the new Federal District was created in the Brazilian Highlands in 1960. From 1960 to 1975 the same territory existed as the State of Guanabara, which in turn was incorporated into the municipality of Rio de Janeiro.