Niterói

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Niterói

Total population

481,749

Coordinates-22.89°, -43.11°

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

Overview

Niterói is a municipality in the state of Rio de Janeiro, in the southeast region of Brazil. It lies across Guanabara Bay, facing the city of Rio de Janeiro and forming part of the Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Area. It was the capital of Rio de Janeiro, as marked by its golden mural crown, from 1834 to 1894 and again from 1903 to 1975. It has an estimated population of 515,317 inhabitants (2020) and an area of 129.375 km2 (49.952 sq mi), making it the fifth most populous city in the state. It has the highest Human Development Index in the state and the seventh highest among Brazil's municipalities in 2010. Individually, it is the municipality with the second highest average monthly household income per capita in Brazil and appears in 13th place among the municipalities of the country according to social indicators related to education. The city has the nicknames of Cidade Sorriso.

Geography

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

Nearby places in Rio de Janeiro

• Região Praias da Baía
  1.4 mi away
• Região Norte
  1.8 mi away
• Pendotiba
  4.6 mi away
• Sete Pontes
  4.7 mi away
• Região Oceânica
  5.6 mi away
• São Gonçalo
  7 mi away · pop. 896,744
• Região Leste
  8 mi away
• Itaipuaçu
  8.3 mi away
• Itaipuaçú
  10.3 mi away
• Ipiiba
  11.2 mi away
• Inoã
  11.9 mi away
• Guia de Pacobaíba
  13.3 mi away

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Geography & sun

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

Public attention

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Books about Niterói

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