Brazil is located towards the south and west of South America.
Organization: it is a federal republic with 26 states and a federal district.
Official language: Portuguese
Surface Area: 8.514.877 km2
Population: over 202 million inhabitants, according to CIA World Factbook.
Capital city: Brasilia
Government: it is a federal, democratic, social and sovereign republic, headed by a Constitutional President.
President: Dilma Rousseff
Independence Day: 7 September – Independence of Brazil
Brasilia, the World Forum on Human Rights’ host city
Brasília is Brazil’s federal capital and it is located in the country’s Midwestern region. It was conceived by President Juscelino Kubitschek, designed by architects Lúcio Costa and Oscar Niemeyer and inaugurated on April 21, 1960.
The city is the headquarters of the principal bodies of Brazil’s executive, legislative and judicial powers, and hosts 124 foreign embassies. It is in Brasilia where the president lives and works, where the Congress, the Senate and the Supreme Court are.
The urban design of Brazil’s federal capital is known as Pilot Plan (Plano Piloto), which is divided into numbered blocks as well as sectors for pre -determined activities, as the Hotels, Banking, Entertainment, Self-Governing Bodies and Embassies Sectors (Setor Hoteleiro, Bancário, de Diversões, de Autarquias e de Embaixadas).
Since 1987, Brasilia joined UNESCO’s World Heritage Site’s list, being recognized for its architectural and urban set.
Due to its political importance and its strategic location, the city gathers migrants from all parts of Brazil, thus forming a population of over 2.5 million inhabitants with diverse and plural identity.
Want to know more about the city? Here are some links that will help you:
Conheça Brasília– http://www.conhecabrasilia.com.br/_english/index.html
Brasília Convention – http://brasiliaconvention.com.br/
Fundação Athos Bulcão – http://www.fundathos.org.br/galeriavirtual
CONGRESS VENUE
Centro de Eventos e Convenções Brasil 21 (Convention Centre)
Sector Hotelero Sur, Cuadra 06, Lote 01, Conjunto A
Brasilia, Brazil
Phone: +55 61 3039-8880
http://convencoesbrasil21.com.br