Silva Jardim () is a

municipality 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 ...

located in the Brazilian state of

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the Rio de Janeiro (state), state of the same name, Brazil's List of Brazilian states by population, third-most populous state, and the List of largest citi ...

. Its population was 21,774 (2020) and its area is 938 km².

Conservation

The municipality contains the

Poço das Antas Biological Reserve Poço das Antas Biological Reserve ( pt, Reserva Biológica Poço das Antas) is a biological reserve located in Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil. The reserve, which covers in the Atlantic Forest biome, was created on 11 March 1974. It is administe ...

, a strictly protected conservation unit created in 1974 from a former experimental agricultural station. It contains 7.5% of the Três Picos State Park, created in 2002. It contains part of the Central Rio de Janeiro Atlantic Forest Mosaic of conservation units, created in 2006.

References

Municipalities in Rio de Janeiro (state) {{RiodeJaneiro-geo-stub

Conservation

See also

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