Varjão

Região Administrativa de Varjao Varjao
Varjão
Coordinates	15 ° 42 '36 "  S , 47 ° 52' 40"  W Coordinates: 15 ° 42 '36 "  S , 47 ° 52' 40"  W
Basic data
Country	Brazil
Federal District	Federal District
Administrative region	RA XXIII
surface	1.5 km²
Residents	5371 (PDAD / 2010)
density	3,580.7  Ew. / km²
Telephone code	(+55)  61
Time zone	UTC −3
Website	www.varjao.df.gov.br (Brazilian Portuguese)
politics
Regional administrator	José Maria Martins dos Santos

Varjão , officially Portuguese Região Administrativa de Varjão , is the administrative region RA XXIII and a place with 5,371 inhabitants 11 km north of the center of Brasilia in the Brazilian federal district . The administrative region borders on Lago Norte and Plano Piloto . Before the construction of Brasilia, the area belonged to the Fazenda Brejo ou Torto and was in the area of Planaltina (Goiás) . The first irregular buildings were built in the 1970s and 1980s. The name of the place originally called Vila Varjão goes back to a bean plantation in the area. On May 6, 2003, Varjão, which until then belonged to the administrative region of Lago Norte, became a separate administrative region. The crime rate in Varjão is high.

administration

The administrator of the administrative region is José Maria Martins dos Santos.

Web links

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

• Varjão Administrative Region website (Portuguese)