Itaipu is a Brazilian

district A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municip ...

within the municipality of

Niterói Niterói () is a List of municipalities in Rio de Janeiro, municipality in the state of Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro, in the Southeast Region, Brazil, southeast region of Brazil. It lies across Guanabara Bay, facing the city of Rio de ...

, in

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 America ...

state. It is located at the Oceanic Region of Niterói, which means that its beach is outside the

Guanabara Bay Guanabara Bay (, , ) is an oceanic bay in Southeast Brazil in the state of Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro. On its western shore lie the cities of Rio de Janeiro (city), Rio de Janeiro and Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, Duque de Caxias, a ...

. In the colonial time, Itaipu had a strong economy, based on providing agricultural products to the city of Rio de Janeiro. Remains of that period are the church of São Sebastião de Itaipu and the convent of Santa Teresa (now, the Archeological Museum of Itaipu). But there was an economic decline and a consequent population decline. On the turn of the century 20 to the 21, Itaipu began to grow again, with the implantation of sewerage and the construction of many condominiums. Today, the neighborhood has plenty of wild life, seafood restaurants, inns and historical sites. Typical species are the Ipê, the Sagui and the Urubu. Image:Ipe amarelo.JPG, Ipê Image:Sagui Tufos Pretos (Callithrix penicillata).jpg, Sagui Image:Coragyps.jpg,

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Neighbourhoods of Niterói {{RiodeJaneiro-geo-stub