Nilópolis

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Nilópolis

Total population

146,774

Coordinates-22.81°, -43.41°

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

Overview

Nilópolis is a municipality in Brazil, located in the Rio de Janeiro state's southwestern region, bordering São João de Meriti, Mesquita and Rio de Janeiro. It is the smallest municipality in Rio de Janeiro state, with a total area of 19.39 km2. The population of 162,693 inhabitants living in an area of 9 km2 and the remaining area corresponds to the Gericinó's Natural Park. Officially, the population density exceeds 8,120 inhabitants/km2, but if calculated just 9 km2 occupied, it becomes the most densely populated city in Brazil with more than 17.400 inhabitants/km2. Currently, São João de Meriti has the highest population density, with 12,897 inhabitants/km2.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Rosalia de Souza

Brazilian singer

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Alcides de Souza Faria Júnior

Brazilian association football player

Bruno Veiga

Brazilian footballer

Oswaldo Fadda

Brazilian martial artist (1921-2005)

Raíssa de Oliveira

Carnival Celebrity

Thiago Mendonça

Brazilian actor

Wagner dos Santos Carneiro

Brazilian politician

W

William Barbio

Brazilian footballer

R

Rodolfo de Almeida Guimarães

Brazilian association football player

Gerson Santos Putin

Brazilian footballer Of Vasco Da Gama

Letícia Izidoro Lima da Silva

Brazilian association football player

M

Marlon da Silva de Moura

association football player

Ras Bernardo

Brazilian singer

Leonardo Rodrigues

J

Jorge Lucio Ferreira Miranda

Brazilian politician

F

Farid Abrão David

Brazilian politician

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

Nearby places in Rio de Janeiro

• Coelho da Rocha
  3 mi away
• Jardim Marambaia
  11.2 mi away
• Campos Elyseos
  12.1 mi away
• Engenheiro Pedreira
  15.1 mi away
• Imbariê
  15.9 mi away
• Guia de Pacobaíba
  16.9 mi away
• Xerém
  17.3 mi away
• Inhomirim
  20 mi away
• Paes Leme
  20.2 mi away
• Suruí
  21.1 mi away
• Arcádia
  21.7 mi away
• Sete Pontes
  22.5 mi away

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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 Nilópolis

Search results from Open Library.

Official Identifiers