SSC
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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Question
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The capital was moved from Brasilia to Rio de Janeiro to discourage deforestation.
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The capital was moved from Rio de Janeiro to Sau Paulo to discourage crime.
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The capital was moved from Rio de Janeiro to Brasilia to encourage human settlement and economic opportunities in the interior of Brazil.
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The capital was moved from Sau Paulo to Rio de Janeiro to encourage economic growth.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Brasilia was planned from scratch as an ideal city and built on an empty plateau. Niemeyer was the architect and Lucio Costa the urban planner. The idea was, in Niemeyer’s words, “to build a new capital to bring progress to the interior of Brazil".
Detailed explanation-2: -The current capital of Brazil, since its construction in 1960, is Brasilia. Rio de Janeiro was the country’s capital between 1763 and 1960. The city of Salvador served as the seat for the Portuguese colonial administration in Brazil for its first two centuries and is usually called the “first capital of Brazil."
Detailed explanation-3: -Brazil: Rio de Janeiro to Brasilia Rio de Janeiro was its capital for ages. But the city was crowded, government buildings were far apart and traffic was heavy. So the government decided to create a new city specifically developed to be the capital.