Vassouras
Sign in to saveVassouras (, lit. 'Brooms') is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. Its population was 37,083 (2020) and its area is .
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Vassouras
- Settlement.official_name
- Municipality of Vassouras
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.motto
- "Mihi maxime debetur Brasiliae incrementum"
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.image_flag
- Bandeira de Vassouras (Rio de Janeiro).png
- Settlement.image_seal
- Brasao-vassouras.png
- Settlement.image_map
- RiodeJaneiro Municip Vassouras.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 300px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location in Rio de Janeiro
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Southeast
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Rosi Silva (PP) (2025-2029)
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 552.438
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2020
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Brazil
- Demonym
- vassourense
- Country
- Brazil
- Located in
- Rio de Janeiro
- Population
- 28649
- Area
- 538.129
- Elevation
- 517
- Shares border with
- Valença
- Official website
- www.vassouras.rj.gov.br
- Image
- Igreja Matriz de Nossa Senhora da Conceição em Vassouras.jpg
- Dialing code
- 24
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- Commons category
- Vassouras
- Human Development Index
- 0.714
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- 30383
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Encyclopedic overview
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Vassouras (, lit. 'Brooms') is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. Its population was 37,083 (2020) and its area is .
Vassouras was the setting for the Bangu neighborhood portrayed in the 1970 Brazilian film My Sweet Orange Tree, as well as the fictional town of "Florença" depicted in the 2001 miniseries Presença de Anita.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vassouras” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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