Vassouras

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Vassouras

Total population

33,976

Coordinates-22.41°, -43.66°

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

Overview

Vassouras is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. Its population was 37,083 (2020) and its area is 552 km2 (213 sq mi).

Geography

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

Nearby places in Rio de Janeiro

• Barão de Juparanã
  4.6 mi away
• São Sebastião dos Ferreiros
  6.1 mi away
• Jabuticabeira
  6.3 mi away
• Sacra Família do Tinguá
  6.6 mi away
• Morro Azul do Tinguá
  6.8 mi away
• Mendes
  9.3 mi away · pop. 17,502
• Engenheiro Paulo de Frontin
  9.8 mi away · pop. 12,242
• Sebastião de Lacerda
  9.8 mi away
• Arcádia
  11.2 mi away
• Paes Leme
  11.9 mi away
• Santanesia
  12.3 mi away
• Santanésia
  12.5 mi away

Browse all places in Rio de Janeiro →

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 Vassouras

História de Vassouras

Ignácio Raposo · 1978

História & religião

Encontro Regional de História--Núcleo Rio de Janeiro (8th 1998 Vassouras, Brazil) · 2002

Escravidão no vale do café

Eliseu Vargas · 2015

Região da Baía da Ilha Grande

Seminário de Gestão Participativa em Saúde das Regiões Médio-Paraíba, Centro Sul e Baía da Ilha Grande do Rio de Janeiro (1st 2005 Vassouras, Brazil) · 2007

Região Médio-Paraíba

Seminário de Gestão Participativa em Saúde das Regiões Médio-Paraíba, Centro Sul e Baía da Ilha Grande do Rio de Janeiro (1st 2005 Vassouras, Brazil) · 2007

Dimensões e fronteiras do Estado brasileiro no oitocentos

José Murilo de Carvalho · 2014

História e genealogia fluminense

Francisco Klörs Werneck · 1979

Francisco Alves

Carlos Leal · 2004

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

White Peacock

Anartia jatrophae

Seen 2026-09-16

Eutrypanus dorsalis

Eutrypanus dorsalis

Seen 2026-09-11

Curl-crested Jay

Cyanocorax cristatellus

Seen 2026-09-11

Urera nitida

Urera nitida

Seen 2026-09-11

Automeris illustris

Automeris illustris

Seen 2026-09-10

Megistops taurops

Megistops taurops

Seen 2026-09-08

Bahia Small-headed Skink

Brasiliscincus agilis

Seen 2026-09-08

Crab-eating Fox

Cerdocyon thous

Seen 2026-09-06

Yellow Cururu Toad

Rhinella icterica

Seen 2026-09-04

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

Official Identifiers