Brasília

Brazil

Brasília is the capital city of Brazil and the Federal District. Located in the Brazilian Highlands in the country's Central-West region, it was founded by President Juscelino Kubitschek on 21 April 1960, to replace Rio de Janeiro as the national capital. Brasília is Brazil's third-most populous city after São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, with a population of 2.8 million. Among major Latin American cities, it has the highest GDP per capita.

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Country: Brazil
Population: 3,716,996
Latitude: 15.78° S
Longitude: 47.92° O

Which way is Brasília from…

From Paris, Brasília lies at 229° to the south-west, 8,725 km as the crow flies.

Paris	229° south-west	8,725 km
London	227° south-west	8,793 km
New York	151° south-east	6,835 km
Madrid	226° south-west	7,738 km
Rome	238° south-west	8,906 km
Montreal	153° south-east	7,288 km
Saint-Denis, Réunion	250° west	10,716 km

Bearings as the crow flies (great circle), measured from north. From somewhere else, the bearing changes: that’s the whole game.

Oùcécap’s take

Brasília is not due south of New York but south-east, at 151°, 6,835 km away. From London, it lies south-west, at 227°, 8,793 km away. From Saint-Denis on Réunion, a flat map would have you aim due west, at 273°; the compass says 250°, west but further south. A landmark for Brazil’s capital: it shares the latitude of Lusaka and La Paz.