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Key facts
- Country
- Brazil
- Region
- Southeast
- State
- Rio de Janeiro
- Mayor
- Johnny Maycon ( Liberal Party (PL) )
- Total
- 933 km (360 sq mi)
- Estimate 2025
- 203,417
- Density
- 204/km (527/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC−3 ( BRT )
- Hdi 2010
- 0.745 – high
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- big city
- Named after
- Fribourg
- Demonym
- friburguense
- Country
- Brazil
- Located in
- Rio de Janeiro
- Population
- 167081
- Area
- 933.415
- Elevation
- 840
- Shares border with
- Bom Jardim
- Official website
- www.pmnf.rj.gov.br
- Image
- Vista de Nova Friburgo RJ a partir do teleférico do Suspiro.JPG
- Dialing code
- 22
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- Commons category
- Nova Friburgo
- twinned administrative body
- Fribourg
- topic's main category
- Category:Nova Friburgo
- Commons gallery
- Nova Friburgo
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Nova Friburgo
- Human Development Index
- 0.745
- inception
- 1818-00-00
- native label
- Nova Friburgo
- electorate
- 152085
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Encyclopedic overview
Nova Friburgo ( Portuguese: [ˈnɔvɐ fɾiˈbuʁɡu]; German: Neufreiburg [nɔʏˈfʁaɪbʊʁk]; English: "New Fribourg"), commonly referred to as just Friburgo, is a municipality in the state of Rio de Janeiro in southeastern Brazil. It is located in the mountainous region, in the Center Mesoregion of the state, 136 km (85 mi) from the capital Rio de Janeiro. The town is 846 m (2,776 ft) above sea level, with a population of 189,939 (2022 Census) and its area is 933 km.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nova Friburgo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.