Seropédica
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Seropédica | |
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Município de Seropédica | |
Coordinates: 22°44′38″S 43°42′28″W / 22.74389°S 43.70778°W | |
Country | Brazil |
Region | Southeast |
State | Rio de Janeiro |
Government | |
• Prefeito | Lucas Dutra |
Area | |
• Total | 283.794 km2 (109.573 sq mi) |
Elevation | 2 m (7 ft) |
Population (2020 [1]) | |
• Total | 83,092 |
Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
Website | [2] |
Seropédica (Silk Farm, Portuguese pronunciation: [seɾoˈpɛdʒikɐ]) is a municipality located in Greater Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 75 km from the state capital of Rio de Janeiro. Its population was 83,092 (2020) and its area is 284 km².[2]
Mayor[edit]
- Lucas Dutra
Education[edit]
The municipality is home of the main campus of the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ) and an Embrapa research institute focused on agroecology.
Sports[edit]
- Annual Student Games
Neighborhoods[edit]
- Águas Lindas
- Canto do Rio
- Campo Lindo
- Dom Bosco
- Jardim das Acácias
- Parque Jacimar
- Piranema
- INCRA
- Ecologia
- Fazenda Caxias
- Centro de Seropédica
- Boa Esperança
- Multirão
- Boa Fé
- Santa Sofia
- Jardim Maracanã
- Vera Cruz
- Vila Sônia
- Belvedere
- São Miguel
- Nossa Senhora de Nazaré
Notability[edit]
The bacterium Herbaspirillum seropedicae is named after Seropédica, as it was isolated in the locality.[3]