Administrative regions of the Federal District (Brazil)

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The administrative regions of the Federal District (Portuguese: regiões administrativas do Distrito Federal, RADF or RA) are administrative divisions of the Federal District, Brazil.[1][2] They have similar jurisdiction to municipalities, albeit with a much lesser degree of autonomy.[citation needed] However, administrators are not directly elected, but appointed by the Governor of the Federal District. Moreover, administrative regions have no specific legislative representation apart from the district-wide Legislative Chamber of the Federal District.

Map of the current Administrative Regions

History

The Federal District was first divided into administrative regions by a 1964 federal law.[3] Prior to this, the regions were not officially defined, but the seven oldest seats of government (Gama, Taguatinga, Brazlândia, Sobradinho, Planaltina, Paranoá, and Núcleo Bandeirante) already existed and were often called satellite cities (Portuguese: cidades satélites) to the capital Brasília,[4] located in the Brasília administrative region.

The 1988 Constitution of Brazil divides the country into federated states and these into municipalities with a degree of autonomy, headed by an elected mayor, but explicitly forbids the Federal District to divide into municipalities.[5] It is instead divided into administrative regions headed by a regional administrator who is appointed by the Governor of the Federal District ,[6][7] as opposed to the elected mayors of municipalities.

Regional administrations are tasked with representing the government of the Federal District and coordinating local public services, and carry out most tasks reserved for municipalities, except for matters exclusive to states, which are handled by the governor themself. [5]

List of administrative regions

As of December 2023, there were 35 administrative regions in the Federal District.[8]

More information Number, Administrator ...
Number Administrative region Administrator Foundation[a] Legalization
I Brasília Valdemar Medeiros[9][10] 21 April 1960 10 December 1964[11]
II Gama Joseane Araújo Feitosa[9] 12 October 1960 10 December 1964[11]
III Taguatinga Renato Andrade dos Santos[9] 5 June 1958 10 December 1964[11]
IV Brazlândia Marcelo Gonçalves da Cunha[9] 5 June 1933 10 December 1964[11]
V Sobradinho Gutemberg Tosatte Gomes[9] 13 May 1960 10 December 1964[11]
VI Planaltina Wesley Fonseca Fraga[9] 19 August 1859 10 December 1964[11]
VII Paranoá Wellington Cardoso de Santana[9] 25 October 1957 10 December 1964[11]
VIII Núcleo Bandeirante Cláudio Márcio de Oliveira[9] 19 December 1956 10 December 1964[11]
IX Ceilândia Dilson Resende de Almeida[9] 27 March 1971 25 October 1989[12]
X Guará Artur da Cunha Nogueira[9] 5 May 1969 25 October 1989[12]
XI Cruzeiro Gustavo de Almeida Aires[9] 30 November 1959 25 October 1989[12]
XII Samambaia Marcos Leite de Araújo[9] 25 October 1989 25 October 1989[12]
XIII Santa Maria Marileide Alves da Silva Romão[9] 10 February 1991 4 November 1992[13]
XIV São Sebastião Roberto Medeiros Santos[9] 25 June 1993 25 June 1993[14]
XV Recanto das Emas Carlos Dalvan Soares de Oliveira[9] 28 July 1993 28 July 1993[15]
XVI Lago Sul Rubens Santoro Neto[9] 30 August 1960 10 January 1994[16]
XVII Riacho Fundo Fernando Siqueira Guimarães[9] 13 March 1990 15 December 1993[17]
XVIII Lago Norte Marcelo Ferreira da Silva[9] 10 January 1960 10 January 1994[18]
XIX Candangolândia Pablo de Sousa Valente Lima[9] 3 November 1956 27 January 1994[19]
XX Águas Claras Mário Henrique Furtado Rocha de Sousa[9] 16 December 1992 6 May 2003[20]
XXI Riacho Fundo II Ana Maria da Silva[9] 6 May 1995 6 May 2003[20]
XXII Sudoeste/Octogonal Alcidino Vieira Júnior[9] 10 July 1989 6 May 2003[20]
XXIII Varjão Daniel Damasceno Crepaldi[9] 19 April 1991 6 May 2003[20]
XXIV Park Way Deusdete Soares Benevides[9] 13 March 1961 29 December 2003[21]
XXV SCIA Alceu Prestes de Mattos[9] 25 October 1989 27 January 2004[22]
XXVI Sobradinho II Diego Rodrigues Rafael Matos[9] 11 October 1991 27 January 2004[23]
XXVII Jardim Botânico Aderivaldo Martins Cardoso[9] 13 December 1999 31 August 2004[24]
XXVIII Itapoã Raimundo Risonaldo Paz[9] 3 January 2005 3 January 2005[25]
XXIX SIA Raphael Eugênio Marques[9] 21 April 1969 14 July 2005[26]
XXX Vicente Pires Gilvando Galdino Fernandes[9] 26 May 1989 26 May 2009[27]
XXXI Fercal Fernando Gustavo Lima[9] 11 September 1956 29 January 2012[28]
XXXII Sol Nascente/Pôr do Sol Cláudio Ferreira Domingues[9] 14 August 1999 14 August 2019[29]
XXXIII Arniqueira Telma Rufino[9] 30 September 1999 30 September 2019[30]
XXXIV Arapoanga Sérgio de Araújo[31] 21 December 1992 21 December 2022[32]
XXXV Água Quente Lúcia Gomes da Silva[33] 21 December 1992 21 December 2022[34]
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Notes

  1. [a]
    The founding date of the urban nucleus is a convention.

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