Riacho Fundo

Riacho Fundo is an administrative region in the Federal District in Brazil. Riacho Fundo was founded on March 13, 1990, receiving the status of administrative region, according to Law 620, of December 15, 1993.

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Type: Town with 44,500 residents
Description: administrative region in the Federal District in Brazil
Also known as: “RA XVII”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Baptists.

Baptists

Church

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Baptists are a Protestant tradition of Christianity distinguished by baptizing only believers and doing so by total immersion. Modern Baptist churches generally subscribe to the doctrines of soul competency, sola fide, sola scriptura and congregationalist ecclesiastical polity.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Riacho Fundo II and Núcleo Bandeirante.

Riacho Fundo II

Town

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Riacho Fundo II is an administrative region in the Federal District in Brazil. Riacho Fundo II was founded on May 6, 1995, receiving the status of administrative region, according to Law 3153, of May 6, 2003. Riacho Fundo II is situated 4½ km southwest of Riacho Fundo.

Núcleo Bandeirante

Town

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Núcleo Bandeirante is an administrative region in the Federal District in Brazil. It is located to the west of Paranoá Lake, being bordered by Arniqueira, Park Way, and Guará to the north, Candangolândia to the east, and Park Way and Riacho Fundo to the south. Núcleo Bandeirante is situated 5 km east of Riacho Fundo.

Park Way

Town

Park Way is an administrative region in the Federal District in Brazil. It is located southwest of Paranoá Lake. Consisting of two separated portions, it is bordered clockwise by Águas Claras, Guará, Núcleo Bandeirante, and Arniqueira in its northern half; and Núcleo Bandeirante, Candangolândia, Lago Sul, Jardim Botânico, Santa Maria, Gama, Riacho Fundo and Riacho Fundo II in its southern half. Park Way is situated 6 km east of Riacho Fundo.

Riacho Fundo

Categories: administrative region of the Federal District and locality
Location: Brasília, Federal District, Brazil, South America
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Latitude

-15.88331° or 15° 52′ 60″ south

Longitude

-48.01748° or 48° 1′ 3″ west

Population

44,500

Elevation

1,091 metres (3,579 feet)

Open location code

58PH4X8M+M2

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1327083996

OpenStreetMap feature

place=town

GeoNames ID

6698114

Wikidata ID

Q2041340

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Esperanto to Turkish—“Riacho Fundo” goes by many names.

Esperanto: “Riacho Fundo”
French: “Riacho Fundo”
German: “Riacho Fundo”
Italian: “Riacho Fundo”
Portuguese: “Riacho Fundo”
Spanish: “Riacho Fundo”
Turkish: “Riacho Fundo”
“Riacho Fundo”

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