Brazlândia () is the second oldest
administrative region
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in the
Federal District
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in
Brazil
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. It is bordered by
Sobradinho II to the northeast,
Brasília
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to the east, and
Taguatinga and
Ceilândia
Ceilândia () is an administrative region in the Federal District in Brazil. It is bordered by Brazlândia to the north, Taguatinga to the east, and Samambaia and Sol Nascente/Por do Sol to the south. With about 398,374 inhabitants, it is th ...
to the south. Brazlândia was founded on
June 5
Events Pre-1600
* 830 – Theodora is crowned Byzantine empress and marries then emperor Theophilos in the Hagia Sophia. She is credited with restoring orthodoxy and the icons.
* 1086 – Tutush, brother of Seljuk sultan Malik Sh ...
,
1933
Events
January
* January 11 – Australian aviator Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand.
* January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independen ...
, receiving the status of administrative region, according to Law 4545, of December 10, 1964. Its current administrator is Devanir Gonçalves de Oliveira. It has a population of approximately 55,000 people.
Geography
Brazlandia has a
tropical savanna climate
Tropical savanna climate or tropical wet and dry climate is a tropical climate sub-type that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification categories ''Aw'' (for a dry "winter") and ''As'' (for a dry "summer"). The driest month has less than ...
(''Aw'', according to the
Köppen climate classification
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). In general, the temperature ranges from 14 °C to 30 °C and is rarely lower than 10 °C or higher than 30 °C. Most of the year the climate is warm and pleasant, and this continues between August and October, with an average daily maximum temperature of over 22 °C. The hottest month of the year is October, with a maximum of 29 °C and a minimum of 18 °C on average.
Transportation
The main access road to Brazlândia is the Expresso São José 27, and the main highways that access the administrative region are the Estrada Parque do Contorno - EPCT (DF-001), DF-170, DF-180, DF-206, DF-220 and DF-240, BR-251, as well as the Federal Highway BR-080 which connects to the Belém-Brasília highway, shortening access to the north and south of the country by approximately 300 km. In other words, Brazlândia is a hub for the country's North and South National Integration Hubs.
See also
*
List of administrative regions of the Federal District
References
External links
Regional Administration of Brazlândia websiteGovernment of the Federal District website
Administrative regions in the Federal District (Brazil)
Populated places established in 1964
1964 establishments in Brazil
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