Samambaia (Federal District)

Região Administrativa de Samambaia Samambaia
Samambaia
Coordinates	15 ° 53 ′  S , 48 ° 5 ′  W Coordinates: 15 ° 53 ′  S , 48 ° 5 ′  W
Samambaia on the Federal District map
Symbols
coat of arms
founding	10/25/1989
Basic data
Country	Brazil
Federal District	Federal District
Administrative region	RA XII
surface	102.6 km²
Residents	220,806 (PDAD / 2013)
density	2,152.1  Ew. / km²
Telephone code	(++ 55)  61
Time zone	UTC −3
Website	www.samambaia.df.gov.br (Brazilian Portuguese)
politics
Regional administrator	Claudeci Xavier de Miranda
Culture
Patron saint	Nossa Senhora Aparecida
City festival	October 12th
HDI	0.781 (2000)

Samambaia , officially Portuguese Região Administrativa de Samambaia , is the administrative region RA XII and a satellite city with 220,806 inhabitants in the southwest of Brasilia in the Brazilian federal district . The administrative region borders on Santo Antônio do Descoberto , Ceilândia , Taguatinga , Riacho Fundo , Riacho Fundo II and Recanto das Emas . The name of the satellite city goes back to the stream of the same name in the west of the city.

history

The establishment of the planned city was preceded by the elimination of illegal settlements such as the Invasão da Boca da Mata and Asa Branca. On October 25, 1989, Samambaia was spun off from Taguatinga as a separate administrative region.

traffic

Samambaia is connected to Brasilia by the three metro stations 102/202 Sul, 112/212 Sul and 122 Sul.

administration

The administrator of the administrative region is Claudeci Xavier de Miranda.

Web links

Commons : Samambaia (Distrito Federal)  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Samambaia Administrative Region website (Portuguese)