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108 Sul station

metro station in Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 30, 2026
Entity authorityQ10275536 ↗
Source-derived summary

108 Sul is a Federal District Metro station on the Orange and Green lines. It was opened on 12 April 2008 and added to the already operating section of the line, from Central to Terminal Samambaia and Ceilândia Sul. It is located between 106 Sul Cine Brasília and 110 Sul, in Brasília's South Wing.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “108 Sul station” is metro station in Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through station, metro and Brasilia, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2008—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, station, metro and Brasilia is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “metro station in Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 30, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q10275536. Authority coordinates are -15.819, -47.904. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2008.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
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Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “108 Sul station”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow 108 Sul station primary sources, 108 Sul station archive and station research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “108 Sul station”?
  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “108 Sul station” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.