Casimiro de Abreu () (formerly known as Barra de São João ) is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
located in the
Brazilian state
The federative units of Brazil ( pt, unidades federativas do Brasil) are subnational entities with a certain degree of autonomy (self-government, self-regulation and self-collection) and endowed with their own government and constitution, which ...
of
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b ...
. Its population was 45,041 (2020) and its area is 461 km².
The city was called Indaiaçu until it was rebaptized in 1925 to homage the poet
Casimiro de Abreu, who was born in their coastal district ''Barra de São João''.
The municipality contains part of the
Central Rio de Janeiro Atlantic Forest Mosaic, created in 2006.
It holds part of the
União Biological Reserve
União Biological Reserve ( pt, Reserva biológica União ) is a strictly protected biological reserve in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
It is home to a population of endangered golden lion tamarin.
Location
The União Biological Reserve c ...
, home to a population of endangered
golden lion tamarin
The golden lion tamarin (''Leontopithecus rosalia'', pt, mico-leão-dourado , ), also known as the golden marmoset, is a small New World monkey of the family Callitrichidae. Native to the Atlantic coastal forests of Brazil, the golden lion tam ...
.
It contains of the
Macaé de Cima Environmental Protection Area, created in 2001.
References
Populated coastal places in Rio de Janeiro (state)
Municipalities in Rio de Janeiro (state)
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