Cruzeiro (Federal District)

Região Administrativa de Cruzeiro Cruzeiro
Cruzeiro
Coordinates	15 ° 47 ′ 27 ″  S , 47 ° 56 ′ 14 ″  W Coordinates: 15 ° 47 ′ 27 ″  S , 47 ° 56 ′ 14 ″  W
Cruzeiro (incl. Sueoeste / Octagonal) on the map of the Federal District
Symbols
coat of arms
Basic data
Country	Brazil
Federal District	Federal District
Administrative region	RA XI
surface	8.9 km²
Residents	63,883
density	7,177.9  Ew. / km²
Telephone code	(+55)  61
Time zone	UTC −3
Website	www.cruzeiro.df.gov.br (Brazilian Portuguese)
politics
Regional administrator	Paulo Henrique Ramos Feitosa
HDI	0.928

Cruzeiro , officially Portuguese Região Administrativa de Cruzeiro ( RA XI ), is an administrative region of the federal capital Brasília with 63,883 inhabitants 7 km west of the city center in the Brazilian federal district . The administrative region borders on SIA , Brasília and Sudoeste / Octogonal . The administrative region includes Cruzeiro Velho, the development of which began in 1958 and where civil servants from the old capital Rio de Janeiro settled, and Cruzeiro Novo which was built in the 1970s. In 2003 Sudoeste and Octogonal were separated as a separate administrative region Sudoeste / Octogonal.

administration

The administrator of the administrative region is Paulo Henrique Ramos Feitosa .

Web links

Commons : Cruzeiro  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Cruzeiro Administrative Region website (Portuguese)