The State University of Northern Rio de Janeiro ( pt, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense "Darcy Ribeiro", UENF) is a public

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located in the city of

Campos dos Goytacazes Campos dos Goytacazes () is a municipality located in the northern region of Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, with a population of 471,737 inhabitants. Location Campos dos Goytacazes has an area of 4,032 km2 (1,557 sq mi), which makes it t ...

in the State of

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. The university was planned by anthropologist Professor

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. The university was designed mainly by the renowned architecture

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. It was established on February 27, 1991.

References

External links

Official website
in

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