Paranoá | |
Settlement Type: | Administrative region |
Official Name: | Região Administrativa de Paranoá Administrative Region of Paranoá |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name: | Brazil |
Subdivision Name1: | Central-West |
Subdivision Name2: | Federal District |
Leader Title: | Regional administrator |
Leader Name: | Sévulo José Filho[1] |
Established Title: | Founded |
Area Total Km2: | 853.33 |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 46527 |
Timezone: | UTC-3 |
Utc Offset: | -3 |
Timezone Dst: | UTC-2 |
Utc Offset Dst: | -2 |
Coordinates: | -15.7686°N -47.7797°W |
Area Code: | +55 61 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal Code (CEP) |
Postal Code: | 71570-000 |
Website: | www.paranoa.df.gov.br |
Paranoá is an administrative region in the Federal District in Brazil. 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 and Brasília 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 a 2010 census, it has a population of 46,527.
The name Paranoá comes from Paranoá Lake, which the region is located near.