Macaé

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Macaé

Total population

246,391

Coordinates-22.37°, -41.79°

Demographic figures from IBGE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Macaé is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro, 180 km northeast of the state capital. It is the birthplace of the 13th president of Brazil, Washington Luís.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Bruno Fratus

Brazilian swimmer

Washington Luís

President of Brazil from 1926 to 1930

R

Ruy de Freitas

Brazilian basketball player (1916–2012)

P

Paulo Henrique Souza de Oliveira

Brazilian association football player (born 1943)

Viriato Figueira

Brazilian composer (1851–1883)

P

Policarpo Ribeiro de Oliveira

Brazilian footballer (1907-1986)

D

Diego Pereira Corrêa

Brazilian footballer and manager

F

Fabio Flor de Azevedo

Brazilian footballer and manager

R

Rafael Coutinho Barcellos dos Santos

Brazilian footballer (1984-2020)

Benedito Lacerda

Brazilian composer (1903–1958)

W

Wagner Corrêa Machado

Brazilian footballer

A

Aérton Perlingeiro

B

Benedito Costa Neto

Brazilian politician

Dimas Fabiano Toledo Junior

Brazilian politician

Feliciano Sodré

Brazilian politician

F

Figueiredo Pimentel

novelist, columnist, diplomat, poet, journalist (1869-1914)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Macaé

O desenvolvimento econômico local no Estado do Rio de Janeiro

Y.-A Fauré · 2003

Reserva ecológica de Macaé de Cima, Nova Friburgo, RJ

Haroldo Cavalcante de Lima · 1994

Modernidade e moradia

Lilian Fessler Vaz · 2001

Ecologia das lagoas costeiras do Parque Nacional da Restinga de Jurubatiba e do município de Macaé (RJ)

Francisco de Assis Esteves · 1998

Escravidão & engenhos

João Oscar · 1985

Levantamento de recolhimento detalhado dos solos que ocupam a parte baixa do núcleo colonial de Macaé

Brazil. Equipe de Pedologia e Fertilidade do Solo · 1968

Tributo de respeito à opinião publica

Macaé, José Carlos Pereira de Almeida Torres Visconde de · 1823

A Maçã

Aline Haluch · 2016

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Jungle flame

Ixora coccinea

Seen 2026-09-16

Bush Thunbergia

Thunbergia erecta

Seen 2026-09-16

Gray-hooded Gull

Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus

Seen 2026-09-13

White-headed Marsh Tyrant

Arundinicola leucocephala

Seen 2026-09-13

Brazilian Tanager

Ramphocelus bresilius

Seen 2026-09-13

Wedge-tailed Grass-Finch

Emberizoides herbicola

Seen 2026-09-13

Wing-banded Hornero

Furnarius figulus

Seen 2026-09-12

Black Vulture

Coragyps atratus

Seen 2026-09-12

Crested Caracara

Caracara plancus

Seen 2026-09-12

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers