Rio Bonito (, ) 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 60,573 (2020) and its area is 462 km².
The municipality contains part of the
Central Rio de Janeiro Atlantic Forest Mosaic of conservation units, created in 2006.
References
Site GuiaRB - The Rio Bonito Site
Municipalities in Rio de Janeiro (state)
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