Maricá, Rio de Janeiro
22°55′08″S 42°49′08″W / 22.91889°S 42.81889°W / -22.91889; -42.81889
Municipality in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Location in the Rio de Janeiro state.
(2022)
Maricá (Portuguese pronunciation: [maɾiˈka]) is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro.
Geography
Maricá is a city of the Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Area, located on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean and 25 miles away from the city of Rio de Janeiro.
The municipality contains part of the 2,400 hectares (5,900 acres) Serra da Tiririca State Park, created in 1991.[2]
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 46,545 | — |
| 2000 | 76,737 | +64.9% |
| 2010 | 127,461 | +66.1% |
| 2022 | 197,277 | +54.8% |
| sources: citypopulation.de and https://ftp.ibge.gov.br/Censos/Censo_Demografico_2022/Previa_da_Populacao/POP2022_Municipios.pdf and https://censo2022.ibge.gov.br/panorama/ | ||
Area
Its area is 362,571 km2.[3]
Territorial organization
Maricá is administratively divided into 50 bairros (neighborhoods) and 4 distritos (districts).[4]
| 1º Distrito: Centro |
|---|
| Araçatiba |
| Barra de Maricá |
| Camburi |
| Caxito |
| Centro |
| Condado de Maricá |
| Flamengo |
| Itapeba |
| Jacaroá |
| Lagarto |
| Marquês de Maricá |
| Mumbuca |
| Parque Nanci |
| Pilar |
| Pindobas |
| Ponta Grossa |
| Restinga de Maricá |
| Retiro |
| São José do Imbassaí |
| Silvado |
| Ubatiba |
| Zacarias |
| 2º Distrito: Ponta Negra |
|---|
| Balneário Bambuí |
| Bananal |
| Caju |
| Cordeirinho |
| Espraiado |
| Guaratiba |
| Jaconé |
| Jardim Interlagos |
| Manoel Ribeiro |
| Pindobal |
| Ponta Negra |
| Vale da Figueira |
| 3º Distrito: Inoã |
|---|
| Calaboca |
| Cassorotiba |
| Chácaras de Inoã |
| Inoã |
| Santa Paula |
| Spar |
| 4º Distrito: Itaipuaçu |
|---|
| Barroco |
| Cajueiros |
| Itaocaia Valley |
| Jardim Atlântico Central |
| Jardim Atlântico Leste |
| Jardim Atlântico Oeste |
| Morada das Águias |
| Praia de Itaipuaçu |
| Recanto de Itaipuaçu |
| Rincão Mimoso |
Transportation
Maricá has an airport, the Maricá Airport. Maricá is served by the roads BR-116 and RJ-104.
Economy
Maricá has received many royalties from the Brazilian energy company Petrobras, because of the Campos Basin and Santos Basin oil field. [citation needed]
Climate
| Climate data for Maricá, Rio de Janeiro (1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 31.1 (88.0) | 31.6 (88.9) | 30.3 (86.5) | 28.9 (84.0) | 26.8 (80.2) | 26.2 (79.2) | 25.7 (78.3) | 26.0 (78.8) | 26.3 (79.3) | 27.2 (81.0) | 28.5 (83.3) | 29.9 (85.8) | 28.2 (82.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.5 (79.7) | 27.0 (80.6) | 25.9 (78.6) | 24.2 (75.6) | 21.9 (71.4) | 20.7 (69.3) | 20.5 (68.9) | 20.9 (69.6) | 21.9 (71.4) | 23.0 (73.4) | 24.3 (75.7) | 25.6 (78.1) | 23.5 (74.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22.4 (72.3) | 22.5 (72.5) | 21.8 (71.2) | 20.3 (68.5) | 17.9 (64.2) | 16.3 (61.3) | 15.8 (60.4) | 16.2 (61.2) | 17.5 (63.5) | 19.1 (66.4) | 20.4 (68.7) | 21.6 (70.9) | 19.3 (66.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 147.4 (5.80) | 103.4 (4.07) | 134.2 (5.28) | 80.5 (3.17) | 105.7 (4.16) | 78.9 (3.11) | 83.8 (3.30) | 66.7 (2.63) | 88.5 (3.48) | 105.9 (4.17) | 136.3 (5.37) | 146.2 (5.76) | 1,277.5 (50.30) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 10 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 94 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 79.9 | 77.2 | 80.4 | 82.6 | 82.3 | 81.9 | 80.6 | 79.5 | 80.0 | 81.4 | 80.8 | 81.1 | 80.6 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 208.5 | 221.2 | 204.8 | 206.9 | 184.5 | 194.0 | 193.3 | 200.5 | 160.6 | 168.4 | 166.5 | 189.2 | 2,298.4 |
| Source: Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia[5] | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ [1]
- ^ Parque Estadual da Serra da Tiririca (in Portuguese), UERJ: Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, retrieved 2017-02-07
- ^ IBGE - "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-01-09. Retrieved 2007-01-09.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Lei Complementar Nº 207 de 16 de junho de 2010" (PDF). Jornal Oficial de Maricá. Retrieved 2022-06-09.
- ^ "Normais Climatológicas Do Brasil 1981–2010" (in Portuguese). Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
- Conhecendo a Cidade de Maricá - [2]
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| Santa Maria Madalena | |
| Três Rios |
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| Macacu-Caceribu | |
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| Serrana | |
| Vassouras |
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| Itaperuna | |
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| Santo Antônio de Pádua |
Norte Fluminense
| Campos dos Goytacazes | |
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| Macaé |
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| Baía da Ilha Grande | |
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| Barra do Piraí | |
| Vale do Paraíba Fluminense |
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