Sobradinho, Federal District

Sobradinho
Sobradinho
Administrative region
	Região Administrativa de Sobradinho; Administrative Region of Sobradinho
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	Location of Sobradinho in Federal District
	Sobradinho Location of Sobradinho in Brazil
	Coordinates: 15°39′11″S47°47′29″W / 15.65306°S 47.79139°W
Country	Brazil
Region	Central-West
State	Federal District
Founded	May 13, 1960
Government
• Regional administrator	Valter Soares Leite
Area
• Total	28,760 km2 (11,100 sq mi)
Elevation	1,000 m (3,000 ft)
Population (2010)
• Total	85,491
• Density	3.0/km2 (8/sq mi)
Demonym	Sobradinhense
Time zone	UTC-3 (UTC-3)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-2 (UTC-2)
Postal Code (CEP)	73000-000
Area code	+55 61
Website	www.sobradinho.df.gov.br

Last updated July 09, 2024

Sobradinho is an administrative region in the Federal District in Brazil. It is bordered by Fercal to the north, Planaltina to the east, Itapoã to the south, and Lago Norte and Sobradinho II to the west.

History

Sobradinho began with a ranch of that name belonging to the municipality of Formosa, Goiás. According to popular history the name came from the existence of an old cross built long before 1850 along the banks of a stream near the ranch. On one of the arms of the cross were two little nests of a bird called joão de barro (Rufous hornero - Furnarius rufus), one on top of the other, forming a little two-story house—a sobradinho in Portuguese. This phenomenon attracted the attention of passersby who took it as a reference point with the name Cross of Sobradinho or Sobradinho of the Cross. As time went by the local stream was called Sobradinho Stream.

Because of the need to house the migrant families from the Northeast, Goiás, Bahia and other states, Sobradinho was created along the old highway that linked the city of Planaltina, Goiás and the Federal Capital being built (1959). Today that old highway is a four-lane motorway and residents of Sobradinho can be in Brasília in a few minutes time. Sobradinho was founded on May 13, 1960, receiving the status of administrative region, according to Law 4545, of December 10, 1964.

Sobradinho has a population of 85,491 as of 2010.

Etymology

The name comes from a style of building called Sobrado, according to the oldest residents, on the farm that originated the region there was a house of joão-de-barro, a bird known for making its nest out of clay. But this one was built as if it were a townhouse (in Portuguese: Sobrado), with two floors, hence the name.^[3]

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References

↑ "Perfil do administrador" (in Portuguese). Administração Regional de Sobradinho, DF. Retrieved 2015-01-01.
↑ "Pesquisa Distrital por Amostra de Domicílios - 2010/2011" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Codeplan . Retrieved 2012-08-20.
↑ DFTV, Do (2012-09-14). "Casa de joão-de-barro inspirou nome da cidade de Sobradinho". Parceiro do DF (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-06-09.

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[adm-1] "Perfil do administrador" (in Portuguese). Administração Regional de Sobradinho, DF. Retrieved 2015-01-01.

[totalpop-2] "Pesquisa Distrital por Amostra de Domicílios - 2010/2011" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Codeplan . Retrieved 2012-08-20.

[3] DFTV, Do (2012-09-14). "Casa de joão-de-barro inspirou nome da cidade de Sobradinho". Parceiro do DF (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-06-09.

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