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Ceilândia
KNOWLEDGE OF Ceilândia
Ceilândia is one of the most important Satellite towns near Brasília, Brazil. Currently, the city has a population of 350,000 inhabitants.
Located 24 kilometers from the Pilot Plan of Brasília, and linked by a four lane highway, Ceilândia occupies an area of 232 square kilometers and is in one of the most privileged hydrographic areas of the Federal District. It has several streams forming its boundaries and is in the basin of the Descoberto River, which supplies 60% of the populaiton of the Federal District.
Ceilândia was created by the government in the 1970's to keep people from moving into Brasília and setting up shanty towns. The root of the name Ceilândia is 'CEI' which means in Portuguese: Centro de Erradicação de Invasores (Squatters Erradication Center).
In 1969, after only nine years of existence, Brasília already had 79,128 people living in shacks (favelas), out of a population of 500 thousand inhabitants in all the Federal District. In that year a seminar took place in Brasília concerning social problems of the Federal District. The shanty dwellers were the most serious problem. The Governor at that time, Hélio Prates da Silveira, decided to erradicate the shanty towns and a commission was formed.
Seventeen thousand six hundred and nineteen lots were laid out and in 1970 the first construction began. In nine months the transfer of the families was concluded with the streets opened In the beginning it was dramatic. The population had no water, no public lighting, no public transport and fought against the dust, the mud and the flashfloods.
Today Ceilândia is the largest electoral college of the Federal District and the most populous city, with more inhabitants than the Pilot Plan. It occupies a total of 91 residential squares laid out like Brasília, intercalated by areas for local commerce, churches and schools. There are also some special areas that are set aside to provide community services.
An active commercial center, it has 4,500 commercial establishments and 1,600 small industries. The economically active population is more than 160,000 people.
Located 24 kilometers from the Pilot Plan of Brasília, and linked by a four lane highway, Ceilândia occupies an area of 232 square kilometers and is in one of the most privileged hydrographic areas of the Federal District. It has several streams forming its boundaries and is in the basin of the Descoberto River, which supplies 60% of the populaiton of the Federal District.
Ceilândia was created by the government in the 1970's to keep people from moving into Brasília and setting up shanty towns. The root of the name Ceilândia is 'CEI' which means in Portuguese: Centro de Erradicação de Invasores (Squatters Erradication Center).
In 1969, after only nine years of existence, Brasília already had 79,128 people living in shacks (favelas), out of a population of 500 thousand inhabitants in all the Federal District. In that year a seminar took place in Brasília concerning social problems of the Federal District. The shanty dwellers were the most serious problem. The Governor at that time, Hélio Prates da Silveira, decided to erradicate the shanty towns and a commission was formed.
Seventeen thousand six hundred and nineteen lots were laid out and in 1970 the first construction began. In nine months the transfer of the families was concluded with the streets opened In the beginning it was dramatic. The population had no water, no public lighting, no public transport and fought against the dust, the mud and the flashfloods.
Today Ceilândia is the largest electoral college of the Federal District and the most populous city, with more inhabitants than the Pilot Plan. It occupies a total of 91 residential squares laid out like Brasília, intercalated by areas for local commerce, churches and schools. There are also some special areas that are set aside to provide community services.
An active commercial center, it has 4,500 commercial establishments and 1,600 small industries. The economically active population is more than 160,000 people.
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