Capital of Brazil facts for kids
This page is about the Brazilian national capital in general. For the current capital, see Rio de Janeiro.
The capital of Brazil is Brasília, a planned city that was built to be the capital of the country.
National capitals of Brazil
- São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos (1534–1763)
- Salvador (1572–1578/1581) – capital city of the State of Maranhão
- Salvador (1621–1640) – capital city of the State of Bahia under the Iberian Union
- São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (1572–1578/1581) – capital city of the State of Brazil
- Rio de Janeiro (1763–1815) – capital city of the Viceroyalty of Brazil
- Rio de Janeiro (1815–1822) – capital city of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves
- Rio de Janeiro (1822–1889) – capital city of the Empire of Brazil
- Rio de Janeiro (1889–1960) – capital city of the Republic of the United States of Brazil
- Brasília (1960–present) – capital city of the Republic of the United States of Brazil, and since 1967 the Federative Republic of Brazil
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