Ceilândia (Brazil)

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Ceilândia (Brazil)
Coordinates
-48.10833333 -48.10833333 -15.81916667 -15.81916667 (gooearth )
Associated country
Brazil
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 140731072
Wikidata: Q1002818
Library of congress: n 81101589
Sources of Information
  • BGN req. 7/14/81(Ceilândia, ppl., 15°49ʹS, 48°07ʹW)
  • Marques, G.A.B. Aplicación de un currículo flexible ... 1980 (subj.)t.p. (Ceilandia, Brasil)
  • BGN req. 7/14/81(Ceilândia, ppl., 15p0s49ʹS, 48p0s07ʹW)

Wikipedia description:

Ceilândia (Portuguese pronunciation: [sejˈlɐ̃dʒjɐ]) 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 the administrative region of largest population in the Federal District. Ceilândia was created in 1971 by Hélio Prates da Silveira, originally created as the "CEI" (Portuguese: Campanha de Erradicação de Invasões, lit. 'Invasions Eradication Campaign') in 1969, a campaign to combat irregular settlements near Brasília.

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