The
Federal District (; ) is one of 27
federative units of
Brazil. Located in the Central Plateau of the
Brazilian Highlands, the Federal District is divided into
31 administrative regions, and contains the Brazilian
capital city,
Brasília, which is also the
seat of
government of the Federal District. The capital — the seat of the three branches of the federal government of Brazil (
legislative,
executive and the
judiciary) — is the main attraction of this dry area, whose
climate has only two seasons. During the
dry season (winter), the
humidity can reach critical levels, mainly in the peak hours of the hottest days. The artificial
Paranoá Lake, with almost and of water, was built to minimize the severe dry, climatic conditions of winter in the
Cerrado vegetation.