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 population 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 Invasões (Squatters Eradication Center).

Two important locals of Ceilandia are The Water Tank, in Ceilândia Centro, and the Casa do Cantador do Brasil - local where singers of northeast of Brazil presents shows (Oscar Niemeyer's work).