Núcleo Bandeirante is an
administrative region
Administrative divisions (also administrative units, administrative regions, subnational entities, or constituent states, as well as many similar generic terms) are geographical areas into which a particular independent sovereign state is divi ...
in the
Federal District
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in
Brazil
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. It is located to the west of
Paranoá Lake, being bordered by
Arniqueira,
Park Way, and
Guará to the north,
Candangolândia
Candangolândia () is an administrative region in the Federal District in Brazil. It is bordered by Brasília to the north, Lago Sul to the east, Park Way and Núcleo Bandeirante to the south, and Guará to the west. Its population is 16,196 a ...
to the east, and
Park Way and
Riacho Fundo to the south. Núcleo Bandeirante was founded on December 19, 1956, receiving the status of administrative region, according to Law 4545, of December 10, 1964.
Geography
Núcleo Bandeirante is located in the
Brazilian Highlands
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, at an altitude of .
Climate
Government
As with other administrative regions, the government of Núcleo Bandeirante is the Regional Administration. In a different fashion to municipalities, the Administrative Regions are administered by Regional Administrations, which are led by an administrator. Each administration is responsible for providing services to their respective regions, such as power, water, sanitation, and road infrastructure. The current administrator for Núcleo Bandeirante is Cláudio Márcio de Oliveira.
See also
*
List of administrative regions of the Federal District
References
External links
Regional Administration of Núcleo Bandeirante websiteGovernment of the Federal District website
Administrative regions in the Federal District (Brazil)
Populated places established in 1956
1956 establishments in Brazil
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