Greater Rio de Janeiro
Greater Rio de Janeiro (Grande Rio, officially Região Metropolitana do Rio de Janeiro, in Portuguese) is a large metropolitan area located in Rio de Janeiro state in Brazil, the second largest in Brazil and third largest in South America. It consists of 21 municipalities, including the capital, Rio de Janeiro.
The metropolitan area of Rio de Janeiro is known as a historical, cultural and economic centre of Brazil, with a total population of 12.6 million inhabitants. The region was first officially defined on July 1, 1974, after the fusion of the Guanabara State with Rio de Janeiro State. Several municipalities show a high level of conurbation, with Rio de Janeiro-Duque de Caxias and Niterói-São Gonçalo being the most clear examples.
The water supply plans of the region are coordinated, and transportation in the area is heavily interconnected with urban intermunicipal buses to all municipalities in the area, trains over the capital and some Baixada Fluminense municipalities, ferry boats to some of the Guanabara Bay municipalities and major inter-city freeways such as the Rio–Niterói Bridge, Red Line, Rodovia Presidente Dutra and Rodovia Niterói-Manilha. Most transportation methods are integrated with the capital inner transportation system of buses, trains, subways, freeways and expressways.
Cities by Population (2008)
+ 1,000,000
- Rio de Janeiro City: 6,323,037
- São Gonçalo: 1,013,290
400,000 - 999,999
- Duque de Caxias: 855,997
- Nova Iguaçu: 797,290
- Niterói: 487,397
- Belford Roxo: 469,998
- São João de Meriti: 460,402
100,000 - 399,999
- Magé: 228,150
- Itaboraí: 218,090
- Mesquita: 168,409
- Nilópolis: 157,788
- Queimados: 138,082
- Japeri: 100,308
-100,000
- Seropédica 78,183
- Guapimirim: 51,487
Statistics
- Population: 12,603,939 (2011 est.)[1]
- Most populous city: Rio de Janeiro City: 6,323,037 (2010 est.)
- Nominal GDP: R$232 billion / US$145 billion (2008 est.)[2]
- Largest GDP City: Rio de Janeiro City: R$154 billion / US$96,2 billion (2008 est.)[2]
- Nominal GDP per capita: R$18.230,39 / US$11.393,75 (2008 est.)
- HDI: 0,816 (2008 est.)
- Highest HDI City: Niterói: 0,886 (2008 est.)
Municipalities
The 16 municipalities of the area are:
Administrative division | Area (km²)[3] | Population 2000 Census[3] | Population (2010 Census)[3] | Population density 2010 (/km²) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Belford Roxo | 79 | 434,474 | 469,261 | 5940 |
Duque de Caxias | 464.5 | 775,456 | 855,046 | 1840 |
Guapimirim | 361 | 37,952 | 51,487 | 143 |
Itaboraí | 424.2 | 187,479 | 218,090 | 514 |
Japeri | 82.9 | 83,278 | 95,391 | 1151 |
Magé | 386.6 | 205,830 | 228,150 | 590 |
Mesquita | 34.8 | 0 | 168,403 | 4839 |
Nilópolis | 19.4 | 153,712 | 157,483 | 8118 |
Niterói | 129.3 | 459,451 | 487,327 | 3769 |
Nova Iguaçu | 523.8 | 920,599 | 797,212 | 1518 |
Queimados | 77 | 121,993 | 137,938 | 1791 |
Rio de Janeiro | 1260 | 5,857,904 | 6,323,037 | 5018 |
São Gonçalo | 249.1 | 891,119 | 1,013,901 | 4014 |
São João de Meriti | 34.8 | 449,476 | 459,356 | 13200 |
Seropédica | 284 | 65,260 | 78,183 | 275 |
Tanguá | 147 | 26,057 | 30,731 | 209 |
Metropolitan Rio Janeiro | 4,557.4 | 10,670,040 | 12,603,936 | 2535 |
Notes and references
Coordinates: 22°54′10″S 43°12′28″W / 22.9028°S 43.2078°W