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Itatiaia
Itatiaia () 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. With a 2021 population estimate of 32,312, it is the 1,097th-most populous municipality in Brazil. Located in the Mantiqueira Mountains, Mantiqueira mountain range and on the border of the states of Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais, Minais Gerais, it covers an area of . The oldest national park in Brazil, Itatiaia National Park (''Parque Nacional do Itatiaia''), is partially located within Itatiaia. The municipality also contains part of the Pedra Selada State Park, created in 2012. Etymology ''Itatiaia'' is a Guarani language, Guaraní term meaning "pointed stone," formed from the words ''itá'' ("stone") and ''atîaîa'' ("pointed"). History Itatiaia's current territory was originally inhabited by the Tupi people, Tupi, Purí people, Purí, and Coroado indigenous tribes. The first Europeans arrived in the region i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Itatiaia National Park
Itatiaia National Park () was established in 1937 as the first national park in Brazil, and after more than 85 years, the oldest. It is located on the border between the states of Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais. Location The Itatiaia National Park, the oldest national park of Brazil, was created on 14 June 1937 by President Getúlio Vargas as the first of 76 such parks. The park is in the Mantiqueira Mountains. It covers parts of the municipalities of Itatiaia and Resende in Rio de Janeiro state, and Bocaina de Minas and Itamonte in Minas Gerais state. It is mountainous and rocky with altitudes ranging from . The highest point is the Black Needles peak ( Pico das Agulhas Negras). The higher part of the park contains the origins of 12 river basins that supply the Rio Grande (Grand River), a tributary of the Paraná River, and the Paraíba do Sul, the most important river in Rio de Janeiro state. The lower part of the park has lush Atlantic Forest vegetation and wide rivers w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mantiqueira Mountains
The Mantiqueira Mountains (Portuguese: ''Serra da Mantiqueira [literally: Mantiqueira Mountains Chain]'') are a mountain range in Southeastern Brazil, with parts in the states of São Paulo (state), São Paulo, Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro. The name shows the range's great importance as a source of drinking water, and the waters supply a great number of important cities in the southeast of Brazil. From its brooks are formed the Jaguari River (Piracicaba River), Jaguari River, which supplies the northern region of Greater São Paulo; most left-bank tributaries of the Paraíba do Sul River, which crosses a densely populated and highly industrialized region; and the Rio Grande (Paraná River), Grande River, which is the source of the Paraná River, one of the longest and most important in South America and the river with the world's largest Hydroelectricity, hydroelectric output, through a series of power plants way down the river to Argentina and Paraguay. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penedo, Itatiaia
Penedo is a district in the Itatiaia municipality, located in the southern region of Rio de Janeiro state, in Brazil. Founded as a vegan Veganism is the practice of abstaining from the use of animal products and the consumption of animal source foods, and an associated philosophy that rejects the commodity status of animals. A person who practices veganism is known as a ve ... commune by Finnish settlers, it is now a Finland-themed tourist destination. References External links * * Finnish diaspora Itatiaia {{RiodeJaneiro-geo-stub ... [...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] |
Pedra Selada State Park
The Pedra Selada State Park () is a state park in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Location The Pedra Selada State Park lies in the municipalities of Resende and Itatiaia, Rio de Janeiro. It has an area of about . The park provides opportunities for visitors to use the area for recreation, education and research, and contributes to the rural economy in tourism-related businesses. The park is named after the Pedra Selada (Stone Saddle), which is high. A well-marked trail leads to the peak, from which there is a 360o degree view of the surrounding country. Environment File:Topo da Pedra Selada.JPG, Panoramic view from the Pedra Selada Vegetation includes remnants of Atlantic Forest, Araucaria Forests and alpine meadows. The state park forms part of an important ecological corridor with the Itatiaia National Park and other nearby public and private conservation units, which protects the source of rivers feeding some of the main rivers of the southeast – the Paraná and Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bandeirantes
''Bandeirantes'' (; ; singular: ''bandeirante'') were settlers in colonial Brazil who participated in expeditions to expand the colony's borders and subjugate Indigenous peoples in Brazil, indigenous peoples during the early modern period. They played a major role in expanding the colony to the modern-day borders of independent Brazil, beyond the boundaries demarcated by the 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas. ''Bandeirantes'' expeditions also involved the capture and subjugation of indigenous peoples. Most ''bandeirantes'' were based in the region of São Paulo (state), São Paulo, which was part of the Captaincy of São Vicente from 1534 to 1709 and the Captaincy of São Paulo from 1709 to 1821. The city of São Paulo served as the home base for the most famous ''bandeirantes''. Some ''bandeirantes'' were descended from Portuguese colonists who settled in São Paulo, but most were of ''mameluco'' descent with both Portuguese and indigenous ancestry. This was due to miscegenation b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais () is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil, being the fourth largest state by area and the second largest in number of inhabitants with a population of 20,539,989 according to the 2022 Brazilian census, 2022 census. Located in the Southeast Region, Brazil, Southeast Region of the country, it is bordered to south and southwest by São Paulo (state), São Paulo; Mato Grosso do Sul to the west; Goiás and the Federal District (Brazil), Federal District to the northwest; Bahia to the north and northeast; Espírito Santo to the east; and Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro to the southeast. The state's capital and largest city, Belo Horizonte, is a major urban and finance center in Brazil, being the List of largest cities in Brazil#Top 115 most populous cities and state capitals, sixth most populous municipality in the country while its Greater Belo Horizonte, metropolitan area ranks as the List of metropolitan areas in Brazil, third largest in Brazil with just ov ... [...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] |
Angra Dos Reis
Angra dos Reis (; Portuguese language, Portuguese for ''cove'' or ''bay of the Kings'') is a List of municipalities in Rio de Janeiro, municipality located in the southern part of the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro. The city is located by the sea and includes in its territory many offshore islands, the largest being Ilha Grande. The area was first documented by Europeans on January 6, 1502, and has been under continual settlement since 1556. Its population was estimated, on 2021 by IBGE, to be 210,171 inhabitants. History The port municipality fell into decline after 1872, having been bypassed by the advent of railways. It came back into prominence in the 1920s, when a railway extension connected it to the states of Minas Gerais and Goias, as a terminus for the transportation of agriculture production from these same two states. The railway extension, in metre gauge, still exists and is currently operated by the ''Ferrovia Centro-Atlântica'' company. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paraty
Paraty (or Parati, ) is a preserved Portuguese colonial (1500–1822) and Brazilian Imperial (1822–1889) municipality with a population of about 43,000. The name "Paraty" originates from the local Guaianá Indians' indigenous Tupi language, named for an abundant local fish native to the region. Paraty is located on the Costa Verde (Green Coast), a lush green corridor that runs along the coastline of the state of Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil. Paraty has become a tourist destination, known for its historic town center and the coast and mountains in the region. The historic center of the city, as well as four areas of the Atlantic Forest, were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2019 under the title "Paraty and Ilha Grande". Geography The town is located on the Bay of Ilha Grande, which is dotted with many tropical islands. Rising as high as 1,300 meters behind the town are tropical forests, mountains, and waterfalls. It is the southernmost and westernmost city in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Purí People
The Puri (also Puri-Coroado, Coroado, Telikong and Paqui) are an indigenous people of Brazil. The now-extinct Puri languages were thought to have belonged to the Macro-Jê language family, but are now seen as isolated. 675 people identified as Puri in 2010. In the pre-colonial period the Puri occupied territory across the hydrographic basin of the Paraíba do Sul River as well as more limited areas in the basins of the Rio Grande and Doce rivers - territory spreading across what are now four states in the South East of Brazil: Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais and São Paulo. In the colonial period, the Puri were dispossessed of their traditional lands, which covered much of the economic heartland of colonial Brasil. By the 17th century, to escape Colonial oppression, most if not all of the Puri people in what is today São Paulo state had migrated north along the Paraiba do Sul River to settle in villages in the lower basin of the river, around the tributary Pomb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mauá
Mauá () is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in the state of São Paulo (state), São Paulo, in Brazil. It is part of the metropolitan region of São Paulo. The population as of 2020 is 477,552 inhabitants (11th largest city in population number of the state), the density is and the area is . The density is in fact bigger, since one third of the city is occupied by industries and 10% is countryside or forest. Its name comes from the Tupi language and means ''the one that is high''. As it is a municipality, it can also be translated as ''high city''. However, back when the city was a small village, its name was Pilar, then the name was changed in 1934 into Mauá as a homage to Visconde de Mauá, entrepreneur which built the Estrada de Ferro Santos-Jundiaí, Santos–Jundiaí railway that passes through the city. Mauá has the 23rd largest GDP of São Paulo state. It is the birthplace of Brazilian tableware industry. Economy Although there are various types of economic a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
