Sobradinho is an administrative region in the Federal District in Brazil.

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″S 47°47′29″W
Country	Brazil
Region	Central-West
State	Federal District
Founded	May 13, 1960
Government
• Regional administrator	Valter Soares Leite[1]
Area
• Total	28,760 km2 (11,100 sq mi)
Elevation	1,000 m (3,000 ft)
Population  (2010)[2]
• Total	85,491
• Density	3.0/km2 (8/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Sobradinhense
Time zone	UTC-3 (UTC-3)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-2 (UTC-2)
Postal Code (CEP)	73000-000
Area code(s)	+55 61
Website	www.sobradinho.df.gov.br

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.

See also

• List of administrative regions of the Federal District

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sobradinho, Federal District.

• Regional Administration of Sobradinho website
• Government of the Federal District website