It was to avoid hurricanes.

To avoid the culp'd eta

@@boethius1812 wrong, Brasilia was built to facillitate the admnistration of our country and internalize our population

@@boethius1812 não há furações no Brasil

@@boethius1812 there's no hurricanes in Brazil

ANOTHER state capital.

Belo Horizonte means Beautiful Horizon indeed

This city was built to be the capital city of Minas Gerais State. Brazil also built the cities of Palmas, Goiânia and Campo Grande within its interior. But Brasília is the most fascinating to me.

The northeast of Brazil is truly a fascinating region of the country. It is the most populous region with a semi-arid climate in the world. I'm from there and most of Brazil's culture was born in the northeast.

​​@@covardeceh4135 *Oh sure. Because a guy with a profile name of "mateus" must be some "arab foreigner pretending shit".* Dude, just shut up. That guy is not a fake foreigner, he is just a Brazilian northeastern. You'd be surprised by how much they value and sing praises to their own Region. (great people, though, love them all) 😊 Edit: also, you might've misread his comment. He didn't say Northeast is "the most populous Region of Brazil". He said that it is the most populous *on an arid climate region* in the entire world, as in there's no other arid region in the world as populated as the Northeast. _Granted, okay, THAT ONE might going a little too far,_ but he never stated Northeast was the most populous Region of Brazil. DUH! Everyone unquestionably knows that's down here on the Southeast, even foreigners know that! _(I think...)_

one more note: there are some places where there is no major mountain range between the coast and interior, but these places are basically the amazon rainforest and northeastern brazil, where the climate is very arid and prone to droughts. the other exception to this is the far south, almost in uruguay, and if you disconsider the capital city porto alegre i'd say it has the population rather evenly distributed

good info

I came to make similar points, as well as that the soil in the inland cerrado was very different than most crops were used to and a lot of work had to be done to make it into the booming agribusiness. Also the Serra do Mar means the inland rivers like the Paraná run down through Argentina so no inland water highways to this region unlike the Mississippi. Vital good points. That being said having lived in Goiás it is much hotter and less hospitable than many coastal cities, even if landslides are less common. The September/October heat is brutal. Also breezes coming off the sea help. There’s much less wind inland, at least where I lived.

Spot on

I'm glad somebody pointed that out. I just noticed it on Brazil's Elevation Map.

There's only two Guianas, the other is called Suriname

@@brunonczmaus it is also known as Dutch Guiana.

That's correct, but since they only make up around

​@@Cuyi1990One of the 4 Guyanas is Brazilian. It is called Amapá.

There are 5 Guyana: Spanish (in Venezuela), English, Dutch (Suriname), French, and Portuguese (in Brazil - Amapá).

Well, ANOTHER state capital!

I lived for more than a year in Goiânia and it has seen a LOT of migration. A big factor has been the growth of agriculture in the cerrado following better understandings of how to treat the soil to be more fertile for crops like sugar, soy and corn.

Kind of. Both São Paulo and Salvador are actually over 500 years old.

@@Fusso São Paulo is actually 469 years old and Salvador is 474 years old.

REALMENTE AQUI ONDE MORO TEM 35 anos

didn't know that so it's huge

Yup! Without Alaska (and Hawaii), Brazil is larger by total area.

The Northern point of Brazil is closer to Canada than to the southernmost point.

@@robertb6889 Cool

Just waaaaaay fewer people.

Australia is way more extreme. You have places like Brasilia and Goiania in the middle of the country which are quite large (together like 1/6 the population of all of Australia for just the 2 cities). There is plenty of water inland and rain for half the year, very unlike the outback. Goiania got more cm of rain than Seattle Washington, mostly from November through May.

@@robertb6889 Australia is quite arid, only 20% of the 26 million live away from coastel regions. It's not completely empty, you'll find townships spread right across, except mostly in Western Australia, then there is the city of Alice Springs pretty much in the center, not far from Uluru. Water is scarce in Australia, but that is just part of living here. It's not really desert here, it's arid, there is water, but it's limited. We do though have large artesian reservoirs underground in the center which supports many places.

Brazil must be inspired in Australia, NZ, Canada, Swiss etc, must care about the inner issues first.

This is pretty good assessment. The mountain range that streatches near coast of the southern and southeast region was a significant challenge in the beginning. The lack of navigable rivers also added another layer that descouraged expansion into the interior. Finally the overall prosperity of costal and near costal cities also worked as a lured in the overall internal migrantion. The establishment of cities like Brasilia did contribuited with a rapid expansion of settlements into the interior, but the vast majority still lives in driving distance of the coast.

Brazil actually severely lacks rail due to those mountains, and that meant agricultural produce inland was very hard to get to market too. Those mountains are a big factor, as are the waterways or lack thereof. One more factor - the red soil in the cerrado needed a lot of research and treatment to become as fertile as it is today, which has flipped the economic equation and resulted in a lot of migration inland too.

@@robertb6889 Your response to my comment has actually made me question how all the agricultural produce does get exported, I know a lot will be consumed domestically, but when I made my comment it was under the impression that mining operations did have freight only rail links to the big cities, but you're right that because the agricultural cultivation of more and more land only happened in more recent decades there won't be infrastructure to get the produce to the coast. I can only think all this produce has to go by road, and I was absolutely shocked that Brasília isn't connected to the major cities of Belo Horizonte, Rio, and São Paulo by anything more than a two lane highway for most of its distance despite the city only being built in the 1960s, I know most people fly but I just found this odd in a country that when I was the country was growing economically, although this has been hit massively since global economic slowdown and China not demanding so much raw material that a lot of this boom was from. I also thought that the red soil was very fertile, though with the intense short bursts of rainfall in the tropics this would wash nutrients from the soil, so until irrigation schemes were set up large scale agriculture, with maybe the exception of animal grazing, was probably a problem. Maybe I'm wrong on this but it does have me thinking. Lastly, thinking about the need for expansion into the interior, I wonder, was never a priority because unlike the US there was never an incentive or even possibility of getting to the Pacific Coast. Having looked on Wikipedia at the map of population density in the country, even though I know it just wasn't particularly adhered to I do wonder if the Treaty of Torsedillas did have some effect. I do notice that the areas of the south that are not in the tropics and thus not so inhospitable, were populated by me immigration from countries like Germany. I remember being in the south of Chile an area where the Chilean government also encouraged immigration from Germany and the Balkans, as did Argentina just across the border on the other side of the Andes. I just think that there was enough work and opportunity, and community, for say the Italian migration to Brazil in the coastal cities that there was no point travelling to the interior where it would be difficult, near impossible to settle and make a better life. Comparing Brazil to the US, I guess that the push westward in the US was helped by the fact that the Great Lakes system in the north and the Mississippi have natural transportation routes circumnavigating the barrier that was the Appalachians allowing the exportation of goods and building an economic base that supported the population it has today. Even then the East Coast cities in the US are also a lot more populated than the interior so it isn't that different. (apologies for the long response, you got me thinking)

He is completely wrong in his assumptions. This video is such a bad take.

I'm Brazilian and I agree with you in many aspects. The video considered São Paulo as part of the coast, I believe, due to the great proximity that the city of São Paulo has to the coast even though it is not on the coast and the city of Santos is part of the megalopolis São Paulo, which is a junction of the various cities around it. Brazil really does not have the advantage of having ports further inland on its large rivers such as the Amazon, São Francisco or the Paraná River. The Amazon River is located in an area with a small population and a geography that limits human occupation; the only major port is Manaus. The São Francisco River runs through a semi-arid area for most of its course, despite being born in a wetter area to the south, and in the semi-arid areas there are no large cities. The Paraná River is far inland and rivers such as the Tietê that connects São Paulo to Paraná and the Iguaçu River that connects Curitiba to Paraná flow precisely in the interior, where the Paraná River follows its course through other countries such as Argentina and Paraguay, which makes it more difficult for Brazil to monopolize trade there.

Rubber boom over 100 years ago, and while slow it can be accessed relatively inexpensively via the Amazon.

River access helps a lot, same concept with Paris

During the dictatorship the government incentives the occupation for national security, Manaus is a free fiscal zone, all settlers that came to Amazon region was given land titles that's the origen of the deforestation.

It´s a pretty randon normal city. There are smaller cities in the same state and other state capital cities in other states as well. It´s not empity as international popular belife would have it.

Manaus and Belém do Pará, and anothers.

POATAN PEREIRA IS THE GREAT LEADER OF THE BRAZILIAN INDIGENOUS CLAN. EUROPAEANS DOESN'T KNOW S**T ABOUT THAT.

Im northeastern Brazilian and I didnt knew it. Amazing and good to see you here nordestino bro.

@@Beupeunever heard about it, good to know

А Порту-Аллегри,Куритиба и Гуарульюс? Какой нафиг Кампинас.

@@user-nx2ln5mo9i Porto Alegre and Curitiba are capitals of the states of Rio Grande do Sul and Paraná respectively. And Guarulhos is a city that is part of the metropolitan region of São Paulo and is home to the largest airport in the country. Campinas is not well known for being a city that is not the capital of any state, but its metropolitan region is rich and its GDP, oddly enough, is ahead of Porto Alegre and Curitiba. Campinas is second only to the capital of my state, which is Belo Horizonte, an incredible city as well and the third most populous in Brazil, Brasília, which is the federal capital of my country, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo.

@@user-nx2ln5mo9i Campinas is very close to the city of São Paulo and is part of the state that has the same name as the capital, São Paulo. The two are very close and there is Jundiaí between them. Campinas and Jundiaí are very rich. There are other rich cities also close to São Paulo such as São José dos Campos, Sorocaba, Piracicaba, Santos, which is on the coast and has the largest port in Latin America, etc...

@@user-nx2ln5mo9i Do you know Belo Horizonte?

Here here...great podcast. Greetings from Pennsylvania

Unfortunately they're not very friendly to the civilized Brazil. They're skeptical when they see citizens.

They have iPhone, I don't

@@xesex1000what the fuck are you talking about

Eh, they are pretty overrated. Never evem managed to develop good fishing culture and had a really undeveloped society compared to the Incas and North American indigenous.

@@braziliantsar não é bem assim, a geografia impediu muitas coisa

The metropolitan area of Porto Alegre is bigger than Curitiba.

@@christianobrandao5107 Curitiba is the biggest city in the southern region of Brazil. Check updated data please.

As a Brazilian, I like to start my phrases as a Brazilian.

The fertility rate in Brazil is now below 1,8 and decreasing, which is very low and insufficient for a huge country like this. In the 1950s and 1960s, Brazilian women used to have 5 children on average, but this has decresed consistently over the next few decades.

Even Rio lost population.

É que o resto não foi contabilizado, pois vazou do Brasil e está morando no Exterior, segundo o Ministério das Relações Exteriores= O Itamaraty !!!

@@MarioSergioPassos Provavelmente tem mais que 203, mas menos que 209. As projeções foram feitas em 2010, antes da pandemia e da crise.

@@solomasculino6793 it's The cause of aislationism. The idea that You has failed in your country and You don't have another Country where You can emigrate to. That's why in 2080, brazilian population would ve 180 million

The fact that Manuas is as big as it in, while being literally surrounded by the world’s largest rainforest always blows my mind. Heck, the city of São Paulo has a larger population than the entire country that colonized it.

The government f*cks us a lot, that's why we got such a big population in only 500 years, i am a male and even i got pregnant and gave birth. @@dadcelo

It's not

cope @@MagicMike_101

​​@@MagicMike_101 It is I think he ment stockholm which has just over a million residents

I am Brazilian and like to start my phrases as I am Brazilian.

@@MagicMike_101 I just wanted to show that I appreciated the content. He made an excellent video about the history of my country.

One of the major differences between the USA and Brazil are the latter's lack of navigable rivers near major cities (there's nothing like the Mississippi basin in Brazil since the Amazon is too far away from almost anybody) and deep sea ports with lots of peninsulas, naturally protected bays and islands, most of Brazil's coasts are too smooth and shallow.

As a Brazilian, I like to start my phrases as a Brazilian.

​@@BN.ja05Yep, good point indeed. The closest we have are a few bays and medium-semi large lakes, and the transport those have are underveloped.

THIS, this pissed me off so much

because of the violence in big cities

Gostaria de ceder a Israel uma área aqui no Brasil equivalente ao que israel possui hoje .

Yes, unlike in Brazil (and most countries with access to the oceans) most of Colombia's population is found on the Andes mountain ranges, on plateaus like its capital city or high altitude valleys like it's 2nd and 3rd largest cities, during the Spanish Empire times most europeans died of tropical diseases, many transmitted through mosquitoes, thus the Spanish made their major settlements on the interior where mosquitoes and other pests weren't found. Today out of the 6 cities in Colombia with more than 1 million people, only 1 is located directly on the coast, whilst the rest are located either on coastal plains far from the sea or even more inland on the mountains.

It's also the case for Peru so maybe Geoff can elaborate on that as well 😉

Almost all of all coastlines is uninhabited -- because people are concentrated in cities at spots on coastlines. I would be very surprised if it turned out that the coastline to interior ratio is higher than the ratio of inhabited to uninhabited area anywhere.. I.e. I suspect that the distinction being made here is entirely bogus.

LATAM must be united like EU!

@@KristianAponte I suspect over 90% of the population of Chile lives within 50 miles of the coast too... I wouldn't mind a video from Geoff explaining that for us.

​@@jbucata🤣

Minas gerais foi uma exceção por causa do ouro e pedras preciosas, gerou uma migração europeia e interna mto grande para o interior.

The inland highlands have serious rainfall. I lived in Goiania which gets more rain than Seattle by a good measure. It’s only there part of the year but with good water management it allows multiple growing seasons. The bigger issue historically was poor soil for most cash crops which has changed with better understanding of how to treat that soil, as well as poor transport. Brazil put in a lot of effort in agricultural science and now much of the cerrado can be cultivated (though at high impact to biodiversity as it has many endemic species and the least protected land of any biome in Brazil by percent of land mass.)

And the fact that it was built in the 60s meant it’s infrastructure was suited more towards a car based way of life means that it’s heavily based around using your car, unlike public transit

Exactally!

Wait, whaaatt?? @@robertb6889 Goiania has no rain for several months... It rains only between november and like March, I guess. Not a single cloud in the sky for the rest of the year. If you pay a visit to southern Brazil you can see what is a reeeall rainy land. I do live here and we had almost no sunlight this entire year. Thinking of moving away. There's no point in living near a beach if there's no sun.

I lived in Goiania for 6 years, what a f*ng hot place. First thing I had to do is to install air conditioning in my home and my car. But I like there. Lots of friendly and drunk girls.

Brazil also tends to move capitals to larger cities when they grow. Most every one I know of is the largest city in its state, and several have moved.

Isso mesmo. Está errada a informação dele.

In truth no. There are cities in the interior of Brazil that are much hotter than coastal cities, or sometimes even the same. Cuiabá, for example, is as hot as Rio de Janeiro, the difference is that it is drier. Goiânia and Belo Horizonte are hotter than São Paulo, and Brasília is only colder than Goiânia and Belo Horizonte because of the higher altitude. Manaus is in the center of the Amazon and is absurdly hot.

@@danielgoncalvessantosbaldi8806 Você confirmou o ponto dele e não percebeu.

​@@danielgoncalvessantosbaldi8806 ele está correto sou de uma cidade na serra da Mantiqueira (100 Miles ) e no inverno as temperaturas são NEGATIVAS Mesmo no vale entre a serra e são Paulo ou a serra e o litoral mais a norte de são Paulo apesar de alcançar temperaturas como 30 C° ainda assim a sensação térmica é mais agradável que as metrópoles ou o litoral

It's not

I think India has more arable land if I'm not mistaken

I don't think this is for Jeff to get more money, he won't get any say in your many ads are put on his videos, this is purely for KZfaq to make more money, possibly by hoping people change to KZfaq Premium, so you have a choice to pay, put up with them, or just not watch KZfaq anymore, sad as that sounds.

Lol that’s hardly a deficiency considering Brazil has an enormous coastline that can and has been developed throughout the years. The real bad deal is being landlocked like Bolivia or Lesotho.

Vídeo da cidade kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kNKYachnyby2Yas.htmlsi=N4KyD3h-69S1HRV0

The European empires were much more technological than the indigenous people, i'm not surprised they got it under control for so long.

300 anoss!!!! 300!!!!!!!!!!!

@@danielabenettisantana412 no really but the portuguese colinist the descendants of them run the country even till these very days so in simple words they never left

@@Sebastian-ke1fe os portugueses atuais não fazem parte da história do Brasil!!! Não existem portugueses no Brasil!!!! Os portugueses são estrangeiros no Brasil!!! Para um português entrar no Brasil tem que pedir AUTORIZAÇÃO aos brasileiros!!!!! Boa tarde do Brasil. 👍🏻💃🏻

​@@Sebastian-ke1feDe fato. A maioria é descendente de portugueses, mesmo os que negam quando faz análise genética é positivo.

They made a new measurement and the Amazon River is the longest in the world as well as being the largest in the world as well.

Nile is the longest,Amazon is the thickiest The Amazon River literally looks like a sea at some points,you can't see the other margin

It's not

​@@MagicMike_101what? 😂 Why so negative