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Magé
Magé () is a List of municipalities in Rio de Janeiro, municipality located in the States of Brazil, Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro. ''Magepe-Mirim'' () was established in 1566 by Portuguese colonists. It is considered to be a calm place, especially compared to nearby Rio de Janeiro, Rio. Politics In the 5 October 2008 municipal elections, Núbia Cozzolino was re-elected mayor with 51% of the vote but had her mandate revoked in 2009 after being impeached on various corruption charges. She was succeeded by her deputy Rozan Gomes who was also impeached resulting in a by-election. On 31 July 2011, Nestor Vidal of PMDB won with 68.62% of the vote. Geography Magé borders Petrópolis to the north, Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, Duque de Caxias to west, Guapimirim to the east and Guanabara Bay to the south. The climate is tropical climate, tropical throughout the municipality, except in areas near the Serra dos Órgãos with a subtropical highland climate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Rio De Janeiro Atlantic Forest Mosaic
The Central Rio de Janeiro Atlantic Forest Mosaic () is a Protected area mosaic (Brazil), protected area mosaic in the state of Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The mosaic is inland, to the east of the city of Rio de Janeiro. History A project to create three new protected area mosaics in the Serra do Mar Ecological Corridor began in December 2005, coordinated by the National Council of the Atlantic Forest Biosphere Reserve. These were the Bocaina Mosaic, Central Rio de Janeiro Atlantic Forest Mosaic and Mantiqueira Mosaic. Funding was provided by Conservation International, the Fund for the Global Environment Facility, the Government of Japan, the MacArthur Foundation and the World Bank. The Central Coastal Atlantic Forest Mosaic was recognized by the Ministry of the Environment on 11 December 2006. There were originally 22 conservation units in the mosaic. Others were added, and as of 2010 there were 29 units, with a total area of . The strategic plan was developed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renato Cozzolino
Renato Cozzolino Harb (born 21 February 1991) is a Brazilian politician serving as mayor of Magé since 2021. From 2015 to 2019, he was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro The Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro ( or ''ALERJ'') is the unicameral legislature of the state of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. It has 70 state deputies elected by proportional representation. After the 1834 Additional Act, the Provincial As .... References 1991 births Living people Progressistas politicians Members of the Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro Mayors of places in Brazil 21st-century mayors 21st-century Brazilian politicians {{Brazil-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garrincha
Manuel Francisco dos Santos (28 October 1933 – 20 January 1983), nicknamed Mané Garrincha, best known as simply Garrincha (, "little bird"), was a Brazilian professional association football, footballer who played as a Midfielder#Winger, right winger. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, and by many, one of the greatest Dribbling#Association football, dribblers ever. Garrincha played a vital role in Brazil's 1958 FIFA World Cup, 1958 and 1962 FIFA World Cup, 1962 World Cup victories. In 1962, when Pelé was injured, Garrincha led Brazil to a World Cup victory with a dominating performance throughout the tournament. He also became the first player to win the FIFA World Cup awards#Golden Ball, Golden Ball (Player of the tournament), FIFA World Cup awards#Golden Boot, Golden Boot (Leading Goalscorer) and the FIFA World Cup, World Cup in the same tournament. He was also named in the FIFA World Cup awards#All-Star Team, World Cup All-Star Teams of both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rio De Janeiro (state)
Rio de Janeiro () is one of the States of Brazil, 27 federative units of Brazil. It has the second largest economy of Brazil, with the largest being that of the state of São Paulo (state), São Paulo. The state, which has 8.2% of the Brazilian population, is responsible for 9.2% of the Brazilian Gross domestic product, GDP. The state of Rio de Janeiro is located within the Brazilian geopolitical region classified as the Southeast Region, Brazil, Southeast (assigned by Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, IBGE). Rio de Janeiro shares borders with all the other states in the same Southeast macroregion: Minas Gerais (North, N and Ordinal directions, NW), Espírito Santo (Ordinal direction, NE) and São Paulo (state), São Paulo (Ordinal directions, SW). It is bounded on the east and south by the South Atlantic Ocean. Rio de Janeiro has an area of . Its capital is the city of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, which was the capital of the Portuguese Colonial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pau Grande
Pau Grande is a village from the Vila Inhomirim of the municipality of Magé, in Rio de Janeiro. The name "Pau Grande" means "big log" or "big stick" in Portuguese. Pau Grande is located by the Range of the Organs. The district is famous for being the homeland of the international football legend Mané Garrincha. History By 1848, the land where Pau Grande lays used to belong to four siblings. The district's name comes from one large tree that grew close to the gate of one of the siblings' cottage. On August 11, 1848, three of the owners sold their lands to the ex state minister Aureliano de Souze e Oliveira Coutinho. The fourth part was only sold in 1854. Later the complete land was sold to the Commander Francisco Pinto da Fonseca. Prior to his death in 1865, the Commander divided the land among his sons, Francisco Pinto da Fonseca Teles and Jacinto Bernardino Pinto da Fonseca. The later received the Pau Grande farm. In 1868, Jacinto Bernardino sold the farm to the American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duque De Caxias, Rio De Janeiro
Duque de Caxias (; "Duke of Caxias") is a city on Guanabara Bay and part of Greater Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro metropolitan area, southeastern Brazil. It is bordered by Rio de Janeiro (city), Rio de Janeiro city to the south. Its population was 808,161 (2022) and its area is 465 km2, making it the second most populous suburb of Rio de Janeiro city. The city is the third most populous in Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Area, and also the third most populous city in Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro state. The current mayor is Washington Reis. It is named after Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias, who was born there in 1803. The city is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Duque de Caxias. Its important industries are chemicals and oil refining. Duque de Caxias Futebol Clube is the local association football, football team of the city. The club plays their home matches at Estádio Romário de Souza Faria, which has a maximum capacity of 10,000 people. Está ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suruí Environmental Protection Area
The Suruí Environmental Protection Area () is a municipal Environmental protection area in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Location The Suruí Environmental Protection Area (APA) is in the municipality of Magé, Rio de Janeiro. It is named after the Suruí River. The APA was defined with an area of . The region is one of forests, rivers and waterfalls, and is popular as an informal tourist destination. The APA includes remnants of Atlantic Forest, well-preserved mangroves and historical monuments. It contains the Colégio Estadual Agrícola Almirante Ernani do Amaral Peixoto, a state agricultural college. History The Suruí Environmental Protection Area was created by municipal decree 2.300 of 22 May 2007. It was explicitly created by the municipal environment secretariat so as to obtain the benefits of compensation for environmental damage by the Complexo Petroquímico do Rio de Janeiro (Comperj – Petrochemical Complex of the State of Rio de Janeiro). The APA has the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Municipalities In Rio De Janeiro
This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Rio de Janeiro (RJ), located in the Southeast Region of Brazil. Rio de Janeiro is divided into 92 municipalities, which were, until 2017, grouped into 18 microregions, which were grouped into 6 mesoregions. List See also *Geography of Brazil *List of cities in Brazil * Gallery of flags of municipalities of Rio de Janeiro Notes References {{Municipalities of Brazil Rio de Janeiro Municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ... * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rio De Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is the capital of the Rio de Janeiro (state), state of Rio de Janeiro. It is the List of cities in Brazil by population, second-most-populous city in Brazil (after São Paulo) and the Largest cities in the Americas, sixth-most-populous city in the Americas. Founded in 1565 by the Portuguese people, Portuguese, the city was initially the seat of the Captaincy of Rio de Janeiro, a domain of the Portuguese Empire. In 1763, it became the capital of the State of Brazil, a List of states of the Portuguese Empire, state of the Portuguese Empire. In 1808, when the Transfer of the Portuguese Court to Brazil, Portuguese Royal Court moved to Brazil, Rio de Janeiro became the seat of the court of Queen Maria I of Portugal. She subsequently, under the leadership of her son the prince regent John VI of Portugal, raised Brazil to the dignity of a kingdom, within the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves, United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil, and Algar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipalities In Rio De Janeiro (state)
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 governing body of a given municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district. The English word is derived from French , which in turn derives from the Latin , based on the word for social contract (), referring originally to the Latin communities that supplied Rome with troops in exchange for their own incorporation into the Roman state (granting Roman citizenship to the inhabitants) while permitting the communities to retain their own local governments (a limited autonomy). A municipality can be any political jurisdiction, from a sovereign state such as the Principality of Monaco, to a small village such as West Hampton Dunes, New York. The territory over which a munici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazilian Institute Of Geography And Statistics
The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (; IBGE) is the agency responsible for official collection of statistical, geographic, cartographic, geodetic and environmental information in Brazil. IBGE performs a decennial national census; questionnaires account for information such as age, household income, literacy, education, occupation and hygiene levels. IBGE is a public institute created in 1936 under the name ''National Institute of Statistics''. Its founder and chief proponent was statistician Mário Augusto Teixeira de Freitas. The current name dates from 1938. Its headquarters are located in Rio de Janeiro, and its current president is Marcio Pochmann, replacing Eduardo Rios Neto. It was made a federal agency by Decree-Law No. 161 on February 13, 1967, and is linked to the Ministry of the Economy, inside the Secretariat of Planning, Budget and Management. Structure IBGE has a network of national research and dissemination components, comprising: * 27 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BR-493 (Brazil Highway)
This is a list of the federal highways in Brazil. The current numbering system has existed since 1964, with changes in 1973. Brazilian federal road names are composed of the ISO 3166 code "BR", a dash and three numbers. State highways in the country are classified as YY-XXX, where YY is the abbreviation of the state where the highway is located and XXX is a number. The first digit in the number determines which of the five categories the National Road System divides it into. Radial highways BR-0X0 – start at the DF-001 in the Federal District and head towards the extremes of the country. Radial highways are identified by the first digit "0", and the other two vary between 10 and 90, always in multiples of ten, each one heading in a different direction clockwise from the DF-001. The direction of the distance starts from the DF-001, with the kilometre zero of each state being at the point of the highway closest to the federal capital. There are nine federal radial highways, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
