Paranoá 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 A federal district is a specific administrative division in one of various federations. These districts may be under the direct jurisdiction of a federation's national government, as in the case of federal territory (e.g., India, Malaysia), or the ...

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

. It is located to the east of Paranoá Lake, being bordered by Lago Norte, Itapoã and Planaltina to the north, São Sebastião and Jardim Botânico to the south. It shares a border with

Lago Sul Lago Sul (; lit. South Lake) is an administrative region in the Federal District in Brazil. It is located on the south side of the eastern shore of Lake Paranoá, opposite of Brasília and Lago Norte. The Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek Internati ...

and

Brasília Brasília ( ; ) is the capital city, capital of Brazil and Federal District (Brazil), Federal District. Located in the Brazilian highlands in the country's Central-West Region, Brazil, Central-West region, it was founded by President Juscelino ...

through Paranoá Lake. Paranoá was founded on October 25, 1957, receiving the status of administrative region, according to Law 4545, of December 10, 1964. As of the 2010 census, it has a population of 46,527.

Etymology

The name Paranoá comes from Paranoá Lake, which the region is located near.

Sports

Venues

* Estádio JK Paranoá

Clubs

* Paranoá Esporte Clube * Capital CF

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