Maricá
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| Município de Maricá | |
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Location in the Rio de Janeiro state.
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| Government | |
| • Mayor | Fabiano Horta (2017-2020) (PT) |
| Area | |
| • Municipality | 362 km2 (140 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 6 m (20 ft) |
| Population
(2022)
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| • Municipality | 223,938 [1] |
| • Density | 661.3/km2 (1,713/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,795,015 |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
Maricá (Portuguese pronunciation: [maɾiˈka]) is a municipality located in the Brazilian stateofRio 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]
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 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/ | ||
Its area is 362,571 km2.[3]
Maricá is administratively divided into 50 bairros (neighborhoods) and 4 distritos (districts).[4]
| 1º Distrito: Centro |
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| 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 |
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| Balneário Bambuí |
| Bananal |
| Caju |
| Cordeirinho |
| Espraiado |
| Guaratiba |
| Jaconé |
| Jardim Interlagos |
| Manoel Ribeiro |
| Pindobal |
| Ponta Negra |
| Vale da Figueira |
| 3º Distrito: Inoã |
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| Calaboca |
| Cassorotiba |
| Chácaras de Inoã |
| Inoã |
| Santa Paula |
| Spar |
| 4º Distrito: Itaipuaçu |
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| 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]
| Climate data for Maricá, Rio de Janeiro (1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 31.1 (88.0) |
31.6 (88.9) |
30.3 (86.5) |
28.9 (84.0) |
26.8 (80.2) |
26.2 (79.2) |
25.7 (78.3) |
26.0 (78.8) |
26.3 (79.3) |
27.2 (81.0) |
28.5 (83.3) |
29.9 (85.8) |
28.2 (82.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.5 (79.7) |
27.0 (80.6) |
25.9 (78.6) |
24.2 (75.6) |
21.9 (71.4) |
20.7 (69.3) |
20.5 (68.9) |
20.9 (69.6) |
21.9 (71.4) |
23.0 (73.4) |
24.3 (75.7) |
25.6 (78.1) |
23.5 (74.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22.4 (72.3) |
22.5 (72.5) |
21.8 (71.2) |
20.3 (68.5) |
17.9 (64.2) |
16.3 (61.3) |
15.8 (60.4) |
16.2 (61.2) |
17.5 (63.5) |
19.1 (66.4) |
20.4 (68.7) |
21.6 (70.9) |
19.3 (66.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 147.4 (5.80) |
103.4 (4.07) |
134.2 (5.28) |
80.5 (3.17) |
105.7 (4.16) |
78.9 (3.11) |
83.8 (3.30) |
66.7 (2.63) |
88.5 (3.48) |
105.9 (4.17) |
136.3 (5.37) |
146.2 (5.76) |
1,277.5 (50.30) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 10 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 94 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 79.9 | 77.2 | 80.4 | 82.6 | 82.3 | 81.9 | 80.6 | 79.5 | 80.0 | 81.4 | 80.8 | 81.1 | 80.6 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 208.5 | 221.2 | 204.8 | 206.9 | 184.5 | 194.0 | 193.3 | 200.5 | 160.6 | 168.4 | 166.5 | 189.2 | 2,298.4 |
| Source: Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia[5] | |||||||||||||
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