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This is the standard time zone only on a few small offshore Atlantic islands. The only such island with a permanent population is Fernando de Noronha, with 3,167 inhabitants (2022 census), 0.0016% of Brazil's population. [2]
This is a list of newspapers in Brazil, both national and regional.Newspapers in other languages and themes newspapers are also included. In 2012, Brazil's newspaper circulation increased by 1.8 percent, compared to the previous year.
Brazil observed daylight saving time (DST) (called horário de verão – "summer time" – in Portuguese) in the years of 1931–1933, 1949–1953, 1963–1968 and 1985–2019.
It is operated by Companhia do Metropolitano do Distrito Federal (Metro Company of the Federal District) and was inaugurated in 2001. The system has 29 stations (24 in operation) [23] on two lines, and operates from 06:00 to 23:30, Monday to Friday and from 07:00 to 19:00 on weekends. It serves the southern half of Brasília and the main cities ...
A Voz do Brasil ("The Voice of Brazil") is a governmental radio program in Brazil produced by the Empresa Brasil de Comunicação, the country's public broadcaster.The programme must be aired at any one-hour slot between the time frame of 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM by all Brazilian radio stations every weeknight excluding national holidays and other occasions. [1]
The Federal District Metro (Portuguese: Metrô do Distrito Federal, commonly called Metrô DF) is the rapid transit system of the Federal District, in Brazil.It is operated by Companhia do Metropolitano do Distrito Federal and was opened in 2001. [3]
The Federal District was first divided into administrative regions by a 1964 federal law. [3] Prior to this, the regions were not officially defined, but the seven oldest seats of government (Gama, Taguatinga, Brazlândia, Sobradinho, Planaltina, Paranoá, and Núcleo Bandeirante) already existed and were often called satellite cities (Portuguese: cidades satélites) to the capital Brasília ...
Brasilia's geographically central location fostered a more regionally neutral federal capital. An article of the country's first republican constitution , dated 1891, states that the capital should be moved from Rio de Janeiro to a place close to the country's center.