Maricá () 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Geography

Maricá is a city of the

Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Area Greater Rio de Janeiro, officially the Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Region (''Grande Rio'', officially ''Região Metropolitana do Rio de Janeiro'', in Portuguese) is a large metropolitan area located in Rio de Janeiro state in Brazil, the sec ...

, located on the coast of the

Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe ...

and 25 miles away from the city of Rio de Janeiro. The municipality contains part of the

Serra da Tiririca State Park The Serra da Tiririca State Park ( pt, Parque Estadual da Serra da Tiririca) is a state park in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It protects an area of rugged terrain on the Atlantic coast with Atlantic Forest vegetation. Location The Serra ...

, created in 1991.

Population

Area

Its area is 362,571 km².

Territorial organization

Maricá is administratively divided into 50 ''bairros'' (neighborhoods) and 4 ''distritos'' (districts).

Transportation

Maricá has an airport, the Maricá Airport. Maricá is served by the

road A road is a linear way for the conveyance of traffic that mostly has an improved surface for use by vehicles (motorized and non-motorized) and pedestrians. Unlike streets, the main function of roads is transportation. There are many types o ...

BR-116 BR-116 is a federal route of highways of Brazil and the longest highway in the country, with of extension. The road connect Fortaleza, Ceará, one of the largest Northeast Brazil metropolises, to the southern city of Jaguarão, Rio Grande do S ...

and RJ-104.

Economy

Maricá has received many royalties from the Brazilian energy company

Petrobras Petróleo Brasileiro S.A., better known by the portmanteau Petrobras (), is a state-owned Brazilian multinational corporation in the petroleum industry headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The company's name translates to Brazilian Petrole ...

, because of the

Campos Basin The Campos Basin is one of 12 coastal sedimentary basins of Brazil. It spans both onshore and offshore parts of the South Atlantic with the onshore part located near Rio de Janeiro. The basin originated in Neocomian stage of the Cretaceous perio ...

and Santos Basin oil field.

References

Conhecendo a Cidade de Maricá

{{DEFAULTSORT:Marica, Rio De Janeiro Municipalities in Rio de Janeiro (state) Populated coastal places in Rio de Janeiro (state)