Maricá
Maricá, Rio de Janeiro
Municipality in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Maricá | |
|---|---|
| Município de Maricá | |
Panoramic view | |
Location in the Rio de Janeiro state. | |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Fabiano Horta (2017-2020) (PT) |
| Area | |
| • Municipality | 362 km2 (140 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 6 m (20 ft) |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Municipality | 223,938 [1] |
| • Density | 661.3/km2 (1,713/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,795,015 |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
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Maricá (Portuguese pronunciation: [maɾiˈka]) is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro.
Maricá is a city of the Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Area, located on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean and 25 miles away from the city of Rio de Janeiro.
The municipality contains part of the 2,400 hectares (5,900 acres) Serra da Tiririca State Park, created in 1991.[2]
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 46,545 | — |
| 2000 | 76,737 | +64.9% |
| 2010 | 127,461 | +66.1% |
| 2022 | 197,277 | +54.8% |
| sources: citypopulation.de and https://ftp.ibge.gov.br/Censos/Censo_Demografico_2022/Previa_da_Populacao/POP2022_Municipios.pdf and https://censo2022.ibge.gov.br/panorama/ | ||
Area
Its area is 362,571 km2.[3]
Maricá is administratively divided into 50 bairros (neighborhoods) and 4 distritos (districts).[4]
| 1º Distrito: Centro |
|---|
| Araçatiba |
| Barra de Maricá |
| Camburi |
| Caxito |
| Centro |
| Condado de Maricá |
| Flamengo |
| Itapeba |
| Jacaroá |
| Lagarto |
| Marquês de Maricá |
| Mumbuca |
| Parque Nanci |
| Pilar |
| Pindobas |
| Ponta Grossa |
| Restinga de Maricá |
| Retiro |
| São José do Imbassaí |
| Silvado |
| Ubatiba |
| Zacarias |
| 2º Distrito: Ponta Negra |
|---|
| Balneário Bambuí |
| Bananal |
| Caju |
| Cordeirinho |
| Espraiado |
| Guaratiba |
| Jaconé |
| Jardim Interlagos |
| Manoel Ribeiro |
| Pindobal |
| Ponta Negra |
| Vale da Figueira |
| 3º Distrito: Inoã |
|---|
| Calaboca |
| Cassorotiba |
| Chácaras de Inoã |
| Inoã |
| Santa Paula |
| Spar |
| 4º Distrito: Itaipuaçu |
|---|
| Barroco |
| Cajueiros |
| Itaocaia Valley |
| Jardim Atlântico Central |
| Jardim Atlântico Leste |
| Jardim Atlântico Oeste |
| Morada das Águias |
| Praia de Itaipuaçu |
| Recanto de Itaipuaçu |
| Rincão Mimoso |
Maricá has an airport, the Maricá Airport. Maricá is served by the roads BR-116 and RJ-104.
Maricá has received many royalties from the Brazilian energy company Petrobras, because of the Campos Basin and Santos Basin oil field. [citation needed]
- Parque Estadual da Serra da Tiririca (in Portuguese), UERJ: Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, retrieved 2017-02-07
- IBGE - "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-01-09. Retrieved 2007-01-09.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - "Lei Complementar Nº 207 de 16 de junho de 2010" (PDF). Jornal Oficial de Maricá. Retrieved 2022-06-09.