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Federal District topographic map
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Federal District
From the first republican constitution there was already a device that foresaw the move of the federal capital from Rio de Janeiro, at that time in the former Federal District (1889-1960), to the interior of the country. In 1891 the Exploration Commission of the Central Highlands of Brazil was appointed, led by astronomer Luiz Cruls and composed of doctors, geologists and botanists, who made a study on topography, climate, geology, flora, fauna and other material resources of the region of the Central Highlands The area was known as Quadrilateral Cruls and was presented in 1894 to the Republican Government.
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Name: Federal District topographic map, elevation, terrain.
Location: Federal District, Central-West Region, Brazil (-16.05056 -48.28579 -15.50018 -47.30839)
Average elevation: 983 m
Minimum elevation: 584 m
Maximum elevation: 1,349 m
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