Planaltina
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- For the city in Goiás state with a similar name see Planaltina de Goiás
Planaltina is one of the administrative districts of the Federal District of Brazil, with an area of 1,534 kmª and an approximate population of 150 thousand inhabitants. It is located in the east of the Federal District, approximately 43 kilometers from Brasília.
Originally a municipality of the state of Goiás, it had part of its territory integrated into the new Federal District, when the capital was transferred from Rio de Janeiro to Brasília in 1960. To serve as the seat of the remaining municipality of Goiás a small city was built , which also has the name Planaltina, but was popularly known as Brasilinha. Planaltina, D.F., is therefore the oldest urban area of the Federal District. In recent years it has grown haphazardly with many new housing areas being built to accommodate landless and homeless migrants who arrive daily looking for work in Brasília.
In the outskirts, at a distance of about 6 km. from the city, is the mystical community of Vale do Amanhecer, which has its own school and services for a population of over 5,000 people.
