The administrative regions of the Federal District (, RADF or RA) are administrative divisions of the Federal District, Brazil. They have similar jurisdiction to municipalities, albeit with a much lesser degree of autonomy. 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. History The Federal District was first divided into administrative regions by a 1964 federal law. 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 () to the capital Brasília, 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. It is instead divided into administrative regions headed by a regional administrator who is appointed by the Governor of the Federal District , 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.

List of administrative regions As of December 2023, there were 35 administrative regions in the Federal District.

Number Administrative region Administrator Foundation Legalization I Brasília Valdemar Medeiros II Gama Joseane Araújo Feitosa III Taguatinga Renato Andrade dos Santos IV Brazlândia Marcelo Gonçalves da Cunha V Sobradinho Gutemberg Tosatte Gomes VI Planaltina Wesley Fonseca Fraga VII Paranoá Wellington Cardoso de Santana VIII Núcleo Bandeirante Cláudio Márcio de Oliveira IX Ceilândia Dilson Resende de Almeida X Guará Artur da Cunha Nogueira XI Cruzeiro Gustavo de Almeida Aires XII Samambaia Marcos Leite de Araújo XIII Santa Maria Marileide Alves da Silva Romão XIV São Sebastião Roberto Medeiros Santos XV Recanto das Emas Carlos Dalvan Soares de Oliveira XVI Lago Sul Rubens Santoro Neto XVII Riacho Fundo Fernando Siqueira Guimarães XVIII Lago Norte Marcelo Ferreira da Silva XIX Candangolândia Pablo de Sousa Valente Lima XX Águas Claras Mário Henrique Furtado Rocha de Sousa XXI Riacho Fundo II Ana Maria da Silva XXII Sudoeste/Octogonal Alcidino Vieira Júnior XXIII Varjão Daniel Damasceno Crepaldi XXIV Park Way Deusdete Soares Benevides XXV SCIA Alceu Prestes de Mattos XXVI Sobradinho II Diego Rodrigues Rafael Matos XXVII Jardim Botânico Aderivaldo Martins Cardoso XXVIII Itapoã Raimundo Risonaldo Paz XXIX SIA Raphael Eugênio Marques XXX Vicente Pires Gilvando Galdino Fernandes XXXI Fercal Fernando Gustavo Lima XXXII Sol Nascente/Pôr do Sol Cláudio Ferreira Domingues XXXIII Arniqueira Telma Rufino XXXIV Arapoanga Sérgio de Araújo XXXV Água Quente Lúcia Gomes da Silva

See also

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

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