Administrative regions of the Federal District (Brazil)

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 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 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]

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

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

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