Itatiaia
Sign in to saveItatiaia () is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. With a 2021 population estimate of 32,312, it is the 1,097th-most populous municipality in Brazil. Located in the Mantiqueira mountain range and on the border of the states of Rio de Janeiro and Minais Gerais, it covers an area of .
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Município de ItatiaiaMunicipality of Itatiaia
- Settlement.image_caption
- From upper left: skyline of downtown, city's Cathedral, Imperial Museum, 16 de Março street, Quitandinha Palace, and aerial view from the Cathedral.
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.image_flag
- Bandeira itatiaia.PNG
- Settlement.image_seal
- Brasao itatiaia.jpg
- Settlement.image_map
- File:RiodeJaneiro Municip Itatiaia.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 300px
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- Location of Itatiaia in the state of Rio de Janeiro
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- Brazil
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- Location of Itatiaia in Brazil
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
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- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Brazil
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Southeast
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Rio de Janeiro
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- Mayor-council
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Brazil
- Demonym
- itatiaiense
- Country
- Brazil
- Located in
- Rio de Janeiro
- Population
- 16073
- Area
- 224.957
- Elevation
- 1424
- Shares border with
- Resende
- Official website
- www.itatiaia.rj.gov.br
- Image
- Interior parque Nacional Itatiaia.JPG
- Dialing code
- 24
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- Commons category
- Itatiaia
- Human Development Index
- 0.737
- topic's main category
- Category:Itatiaia
- inception
- 1989-06-01
- electorate
- 25596
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Tourism
- Itatiaia National Park
- Pico das Agulhas Negras
- Penedo
- Infrastructure
- Education
- Public security
- Military police
- Civil police
- Municipal Guard and Civil Defense
- Fire Department
- References
Itatiaia () is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. With a 2021 population estimate of 32,312, it is the 1,097th-most populous municipality in Brazil. Located in the Mantiqueira mountain range and on the border of the states of Rio de Janeiro and Minais Gerais, it covers an area of .
The oldest national park in Brazil, Itatiaia National Park (Parque Nacional do Itatiaia), is partially located within Itatiaia. The municipality also contains part of the Pedra Selada State Park, created in 2012.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Itatiaia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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