# 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. 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 (Portuguese: cidades satélites) 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

There are a total of 35 administrative regions in the Federal District:
| Number | Administrative region | Administrator | Foundation | Legalization |
| I | Brasília | Valdemar Medeiros | 21 April 1960 | 10 December 1964 (administrative region) |
| II | Gama | Joseane Araújo Feitosa | 12 October 1960 | 10 December 1964 (administrative region) |
| III | Taguatinga | Renato Andrade dos Santos | 5 June 1958 | 10 December 1964 (administrative region) |
| IV | Brazlândia | Marcelo Gonçalves da Cunha | 5 June 1933 | 10 December 1964 (administrative region) |
| V | Sobradinho | Gutemberg Tosatte Gomes | 13 May 1960 | 10 December 1964 (administrative region) |
| VI | Planaltina | Wesley Fonseca Fraga | 19 August 1859 | 10 December 1964 (administrative region) |
| VII | Paranoá | Wellington Cardoso de Santana | 25 October 1957 | 10 December 1964 (administrative region) |
| VIII | Núcleo Bandeirante | Cláudio Márcio de Oliveira | 19 December 1956 | 10 December 1964 (administrative region) |
| IX | Ceilândia | Dilson Resende de Almeida | 27 March 1971 | 25 October 1989 (administrative region) |
| X | Guará | Artur da Cunha Nogueira | 5 May 1969 | 25 October 1989 (administrative region) |
| XI | Cruzeiro | Gustavo de Almeida Aires | 30 November 1959 | 25 October 1989 (administrative region) |
| XII | Samambaia | Marcos Leite de Araújo | 25 October 1989 | 25 October 1989 (administrative region) |
| XIII | Santa Maria | Marileide Alves da Silva Romão | 10 February 1991 | 4 November 1992 (administrative region) |
| XIV | São Sebastião | Roberto Medeiros Santos | 25 June 1993 | 25 June 1993 (administrative region) |
| XV | Recanto das Emas | Carlos Dalvan Soares de Oliveira | 28 July 1993 | 28 July 1993 (administrative region) |
| XVI | Lago Sul | Rubens Santoro Neto | 30 August 1960 | 10 January 1994 (administrative region) |
| XVII | Riacho Fundo | Fernando Siqueira Guimarães | 13 March 1990 | 15 December 1993 (administrative region) |
| XVIII | Lago Norte | Marcelo Ferreira da Silva | 10 January 1960 | 10 January 1994 (administrative region) |
| XIX | Candangolândia | Pablo de Sousa Valente Lima | 3 November 1956 | 27 January 1994 (administrative region) |
| XX | Águas Claras | Mário Henrique Furtado Rocha de Sousa | 16 December 1992 | 6 May 2003 (administrative region) |
| XXI | Riacho Fundo II | Ana Maria da Silva | 6 May 1995 | 6 May 2003 (administrative region) |
| XXII | Sudoeste/Octogonal | Alcidino Vieira Júnior | 10 July 1989 | 6 May 2003 (administrative region) |
| XXIII | Varjão | Daniel Damasceno Crepaldi | 19 April 1991 | 6 May 2003 (administrative region) |
| XXIV | Park Way | Deusdete Soares Benevides | 13 March 1961 | 29 December 2003 (administrative region) |
| XXV | SCIA | Alceu Prestes de Mattos | 25 October 1989 | 27 January 2004 (administrative region) |
| XXVI | Sobradinho II | Diego Rodrigues Rafael Matos | 11 October 1991 | 27 January 2004 (administrative region) |
| XXVII | Jardim Botânico | Aderivaldo Martins Cardoso | 13 December 1999 | 31 August 2004 (administrative region) |
| XXVIII | Itapoã | Raimundo Risonaldo Paz | 3 January 2005 | 3 January 2005 (administrative region) |
| XXIX | SIA | Raphael Eugênio Marques | 21 April 1969 | 14 July 2005 (administrative region) |
| XXX | Vicente Pires | Gilvando Galdino Fernandes | 26 May 1989 | 26 May 2009 (administrative region) |
| XXXI | Fercal | Fernando Gustavo Lima | 11 September 1956 | 29 January 2012 (administrative region) |
| XXXII | Sol Nascente/Pôr do Sol | Cláudio Ferreira Domingues | 14 August 1999 | 14 August 2019 (administrative region) |
| XXXIII | Arniqueira | Telma Rufino | 30 September 1999 | 30 September 2019 (administrative region) |
| XXXIV | Arapoanga | Sérgio de Araújo | 21 December 1992 | 21 December 2022 (administrative region) |
| XXXV | Água Quente | Lúcia Gomes da Silva | 21 December 1992 | 21 December 2022 (administrative region) |