By around 1749, near the Córrego Cortado, appeared a small settlement, formed by pioneers and drovers who sought to establish allotments in the Captaincy of Goiás, this was the first landing of the white man in the land of the future city of Taguatinga previously occupied by indigenous macro-Ge linguistic branch, as acroás, the xacriabás, the xavantes, the kayapos, the javaés, etc.

On the banks of the same stream was installed the farmhouse Taguatinga, owned by Gabriel da Cruz Miranda.

The consolidation of the city took place much later, almost two centuries after this period, mainly generated by large populations attracted by the construction of Brasília.

Some cities that were formerly part of the administrative region of Taguatinga are: Ceilândia, Samambaia, Águas Claras and Vicente Pires.

The city was the 12th region with the most expensive launches in Brazil in 2012, according to the "Anuário do Mercado Imobiliário Brasileiro da Lopes", with eight developments, 1,192 units and 639 million reais in "Overall Sales Value".

[5] Comparatively, the DF was the fourth largest national market in 2012, with launches totaling a VGV of 3.3 billion reais.

[8] The name was announced by the then governor of the Federal District, Ibanês Rocha, on the day of the renowned soccer star's burial.

[9] Although it was admired by a large part of the population, the name didn't please everyone, generating movements on social networks that proposed other icons truly related to the Federal District, such as Renato Russo, or simply calling it the Taguatinga Tunnel.