Recanto das Emas

Região Administrativa de Recanto das Emas Recanto das Emas
Recanto das Emas
Coordinates	15 ° 54 ′  S , 48 ° 4 ′  W Coordinates: 15 ° 54 ′  S , 48 ° 4 ′  W
Recanto das Emas on the Federal District map
founding	07/29/1993
Basic data
Country	Brazil
Federal District	Federal District
Administrative region	RA XV
surface	101.2 km²
Residents	160,000
density	1,580.7  Ew. / km²
Telephone code	(+55)  61
Time zone	UTC −3
Website	www.recanto.df.gov.br (Brazilian Portuguese)
politics
Regional administrator	Sebastião Stênio Pinho

Recanto das Emas , officially Portuguese Região Administrativa de Recanto das Emas , is the administrative region RA XV with 160,000 inhabitants 27 km southwest of Brasilia in the Brazilian federal district . The administrative region borders on Samambaia , Gama , Riacho Fundo II and Santo Antônio do Descoberto (GO) . Recanto das Emas was founded on July 28, 1993. The place name is derived from the typical Cerrado plant Canela de Ema ( Vellozia squamata ) that occurs here frequently .

Canela de Ema, a plant found in Recanto das Emas

administration

The administrator of the administrative region is Sebastião Stênio Pinho.

Web links

Commons : Recanto das Emas (Distrito Federal)  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Recanto das Emas administrative region website (Portuguese)