Map of the current Administrative Regions

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 act in a similar manner to municipalities, having a degree of autonomy from the federal government. However, administrators are appointed by the Governor of the Federal District, instead of being elected by citizens.

History

The Federal District was first divided into administrative regions by a 1964 federal law.^[3] Before 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] which was included in the Plano Piloto 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 decentralized administrative regions headed by a regional administrator appointed by the Governor of the Federal District ,^[6][7] as opposed to the elected mayors of municipalities.

The 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][9]

Number	Administrative region	Administrator	Foundation date	Date of Incorporation
I	Plano Piloto	Valdemar Medeiros[10]	21 April 1960	19 September 1956 (city) 16 September 1997 (administrative region)
II	Gama	Joseane Araújo Feitosa[11][12]	12 October 1960	19 January 1967 (city) 25 October 1989[13] (administrative region)
III	Taguatinga	Renato Andrade dos Santos[14]	5 June 1958	19 January 1967 (city) 25 October 1989[13] (administrative region)
IV	Brazlândia	Marcelo Gonçalves da Cunha[15]	13 May 1933	10 December 1964 (city) 25 October 1989[13] (administrative region)
V	Sobradinho	Gutemberg Tosatte Gomes[16]	13 May 1960	19 January 1967 (city) 25 October 1989[13] (administrative region)
VI	Planaltina	Wesley Fonseca Fraga[15]	19 August 1859	10 December 1964 (city) 25 October 1989[13] (administrative region)
VII	Paranoá	Wellington Cardoso de Santana[15]	25 October 1957	10 December 1964[17]
VIII	Núcleo Bandeirante	Cláudio Márcio de Oliveira[14]	19 December 1956	19 January 1967 (city) 25 October 1989[13] (administrative region)
IX	Ceilândia	Dilson Resende de Almeida[14]	27 March 1971	27 July 1975 (part of Taguatinga)[18] 25 October 1989[13] (administrative region)
X	Guará	Artur da Cunha Nogueira[15]	5 May 1969	29 August 1973 (merged with SIA)
XI	Cruzeiro	Gustavo de Almeida Aires[19]	30 November 1959	25 October 1989
XII	Samambaia	Marcos Leite de Araújo[19]	25 October 1989
XIII	Santa Maria	Marileide Alves da Silva Romão[19]	10 February 1993
XIV	São Sebastião	Roberto Medeiros Santos[14]	25 June 1993
XV	Recanto das Emas	Carlos Dalvan Soares de Oliveira[14]	28 July 1993
XVI	Lago Sul	Rubens Santoro Neto[14]	30 August 1960	10 January 1994
XVII	Riacho Fundo	Fernando Siqueira Guimarães[14]	13 March 1990	15 December 1993[20]
XVIII	Lago Norte	Marcelo Ferreira da Silva[14]	10 January 1960	10 January 1994
XIX	Candangolândia	Pablo de Sousa Valente Lima[14]	3 November 1956	27 January 1994
XX	Águas Claras	Mário Henrique Furtado Rocha de Sousa[21][22]	6 May 2003
XXI	Riacho Fundo II	Ana Maria da Silva[19]	6 May 1995	6 May 2003
XXII	Sudoeste/Octogonal	Alcidino Vieira Júnior[19]	6 May 2003
XXIII	Varjão	Daniel Damasceno Crepaldi[19]	6 May 2003
XXIV	Park Way	Deusdete Soares Benevides[19]	13 March 1961	29 December 2003
XXV	SCIA	Alceu Prestes de Mattos[15]	27 January 2004
XXVI	Sobradinho II	Diego Rodrigues Rafael Matos[15]	11 October 1991	27 January 2004
XXVII	Jardim Botânico	Aderivaldo Martins Cardoso[15]	1 September 2004
XXVIII	Itapoã	Raimundo Risonaldo Paz[15]	7 July 2005	3 January 2005
XXIX	SIA	Raphael Eugênio Marques[15]	29 August 1973 (part of Guará) 14 July 2005 (administrative region)
XXX	Vicente Pires	Gilvando Galdino Fernandes[19]	26 May 2009
XXXI	Fercal	Fernando Gustavo Lima[19]	11 September 1956	29 January 2012
XXXII	Sol Nascente/Pôr do Sol	Cláudio Ferreira Domingues[15]	14 August 2019
XXXIII	Arniqueira	Telma Rufino[15]	1 October 2019	30 September 2019
XXXIV	Arapoanga[23]	Sérgio de Araújo[24]	21 December 2022
XXXV	Agua Quente[23]	Lúcia Gomes da Silva[25]	21 December 2022

See also

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

References