Greater Rio de Janeiro

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Satellite image of the metropolitan area, with the capital from the center below, Baixada Fluminense on the north-west and Niteroi and Sao Goncalo east of the Guanabara Bay Rio deJaneiro LE2002059 lrg.jpg
Satellite image of the metropolitan area, with the capital from the center below, Baixada Fluminense on the north-west and Niterói and São Gonçalo east of the Guanabara Bay
Cities of the Greater Rio de Janeiro in Red, in the state of Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro Regiao Metropolitana 2014 modified.svg
Cities of the Greater Rio de Janeiro in Red, in the state of Rio de Janeiro.

Greater Rio de Janeiro , officially the Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Region (Grande Rio, officially Região Metropolitana do Rio de Janeiro, in Portuguese) is a large metropolitan area located in Rio de Janeiro state in Brazil, the second largest in Brazil and third largest in South America. It consists of 22 municipalities, including the state capital, Rio de Janeiro.

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The metropolitan area of Rio de Janeiro is known as a historical, cultural and economic centre of Brazil, with a total population of 12 million inhabitants. The region was first officially defined on July 1, 1974, less than 1 year before the fusion of Guanabara into Rio de Janeiro. Several municipalities show a high level of conurbation, with Rio de Janeiro–Baixada Fluminense and Niterói–São Gonçalo being the most clear examples. It was changed several times to include or remove different cities in different moments of the history, in the years 1993, 2001, 2002, 2009, 2013 and 2018.

The water supply plans of the region are coordinated, and transportation in the area is heavily interconnected with urban intermunicipal buses to all municipalities in the area, trains over the capital to some Baixada Fluminense municipalities, ferry boats to some of the Guanabara Bay municipalities and major inter-city freeways such as the Rio–Niterói Bridge, Red Line, President Dutra freeway and the Niterói-Manilha freeway (pt). Most transportation methods are integrated with the capital inner-transportation system of buses, trains, metro, freeways and expressways.

Cities by population (2022)

1,000,000+

400,000 – 999,999

100,000 – 399,999

0 - 100,000

Statistics

Municipalities

The 22 municipalities of the area are: [4]

MunicipalityArea (km²)Population (2000 Census)Population (2010 Census) [5] Population (2022 Census) [6] Population density 2022 (/km²)
Belford Roxo 79.791434,474469,261483,0876,054.40
Cachoeiras de Macacu 955.80648,54354,27356,94359.58
Duque de Caxias 464.573775,456855,046808,1521,739.56
Guapimirim 356.56637,95251,48751,696144.98
Itaboraí 430.375187,479218,090224,267521.10
Itaguaí 273.41482,003109,091116,841427.34
Japeri 82.45483,27895,39196,2891,167.79
Magé 385.700205,830228,150228,127591.46
Maricá 362.57176,73712,761197,300544.17
Mesquita 41.490no data168,403167,1284,028.15
Nilópolis 19.157153,712157,483146,7747,661.64
Niterói 129.375459,451487,327481,7583,723.73
Nova Iguaçu 520.807920,599797,212785,8221,508.85
Paracambi 179.37440,47547,12441,375230.66
Petrópolis 795.798286,537295,917278,881350.44
Queimados 75.701121,993137,938140,5231,856.29
Rio Bonito 462.15649,69155,55156,276121.77
Rio de Janeiro 1,221.0005,857,9046,323,0376,211,4235,087.16
São Gonçalo 249.143891,1191,013,901896,7443,599.31
São João de Meriti 34.838449,476459,356440,96212,657.50
Seropédica 283.79465,26078,18380,596283.99
Tanguá 145.50326,05730,73131,086213.65
Metropolitan Rio Janeiro7,549.38610,670,04012,603,93612,022,0501,592.45

Notes and references

  1. ↑ "IBGE | Portal do IBGE | IBGE".
  2. ↑ https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/
  3. ↑ "Fundação CEPERJ - Centro Estadual de Estatísticas Pesquisas e Formação de Servidores Públicos do Rio de Janeiro". Archived from the original on June 15, 2018. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
  4. ↑ https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/
  5. ↑ http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/populacao/censo2010/tabelas_pdf/total_populacao_rio_de_janeiro.pdf IBGE Census 2010
  6. ↑ Censo do IBGE 2022: consulte a população atualizada por cidade

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