Guapimirim

Guapimirim
Guapimirim
	Municipality
	Município de Guapimirim
	Dedo de Deus Mountain
	Flag Seal
	Location of Guapimirim in the state of Rio de Janeiro
	Guapimirim Location of Guapimirim in Brazil
	Coordinates: 22°32′13″S 42°48′55″W
Country	Brazil
Region	Southeast
State	Rio de Janeiro
Government
• Prefeito	Zelito Tringuelê (PDT)
Area
• Total	356.566 km2 (137.671 sq mi)
Elevation	48 m (157 ft)
Population (2020 [1])
• Total	61,388
Time zone	UTC-3 (UTC-3)
Website

Guapimirim (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɡwɐpimiˈɾĩ], from Tupi 'little spring', guapi 'spring', mirim 'little'), is a city in the Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Area, and a municipality located in Rio de Janeiro state, Southeast Region, Brazil.

Geography

The population of Guapimirim was 61,388 in 2020, and its area is 361 square kilometres (139 sq mi).[2]

The municipality contains part of the Central Rio de Janeiro Atlantic Forest Mosaic, created in 2006.[3] It held 24% of the 4,920-hectare (12,200-acre) Paraíso Ecological Station, created in 1987 and now integrated into the Três Picos State Park.[4] It contains 4% of the 46,350-hectare (114,500-acre) Três Picos State Park, created in 2002.[5] It contains part of the 19,508-hectare (48,210-acre) Bacia do Rio Macacu Environmental Protection Area, created in 2002.[6] The municipality contains the 15,582-hectare (38,500-acre) Guapi-Guapiaçú Environmental Protection Area, created in 2004.[7] It contains 42% of the 1,936-hectare (4,780-acre) Guanabara Ecological Station, created in 2006.[8]

IBGE 2020
IBGE - "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-06-11. Retrieved 2007-02-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
Costa, Cláudia; Lamas, Ivana; Fernandes, Rosan (December 2010), Planejamento Estratégico do Mosaico Central Fluminense (PDF) (in Portuguese), Reserva da Biosfera da Mata Atlântica, p. 13, retrieved 2016-10-02
ESEC do Paraíso (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-10-03
PES dos Três Picos (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-10-03
APA da Bacia do Rio Macacu (in Portuguese), INEA: Instituto estadual do ambiente, retrieved 2016-10-07
- Pedreira, Bernadete da Conceição C.G.; Cardoso Fidalgo, Elaine Cristina; Camardelli Uzeda, Mariella; Alves da Costa, Michell Douglas (December 2011), "Áreas Prioritárias para Recuperação na Região da Bacia Hidrográfica do Rio Guapi-Macacu, RJ" (PDF), Boletim de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento (in Portuguese), ISSN 1678-0892, retrieved 2016-10-10
ESEC da Guanabara (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-10-05

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