Administrative regions of the Federal District (Brazil)

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

There are a total of 35 administrative regions in the Federal District:^[8]

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]

See also

• Brazil portal

• Administrative region (Brazil)
• Geography of Brazil
• List of cities in Brazil

Notes

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