Seropédica
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Seropédica | |
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| Município de Seropédica | |
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 Location of Seropédica in the state of Rio de Janeiro | |
  Seropédica Location of Seropédica in Brazil | |
| Coordinates: 22°44′38″S 43°42′28″W / 22.74389°S 43.70778°W | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Region | Southeast |
| State |  Rio de Janeiro |
| Government | |
| • Prefeito | Lucas Dutra |
| Area | |
• Total | 283.794 km2 (109.573 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 2 m (7 ft) |
| Population (2020 [1]) | |
• Total | 83,092 |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
| Website | [2] |
Seropédica (Silk Farm, Portuguese pronunciation: [seɾoˈpɛdʒikɐ]) is a municipality located in Greater Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 75 km from the state capital of Rio de Janeiro. Its population was 83,092 (2020) and its area is 284 km².[2]
Mayor
[edit]- Lucas Dutra
Education
[edit]The municipality is home of the main campus of the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ) and an Embrapa research institute focused on agroecology.
Sports
[edit]- Annual Student Games
Neighborhoods
[edit]- Águas Lindas
- Canto do Rio
- Campo Lindo
- Dom Bosco
- Jardim das Acácias
- Parque Jacimar
- Piranema
- INCRA
- Ecologia
- Fazenda Caxias
- Centro de Seropédica
- Boa Esperança
- Multirão
- Boa Fé
- Santa Sofia
- Jardim Maracanã
- Vera Cruz
- Vila Sônia
- Belvedere
- São Miguel
- Nossa Senhora de Nazaré
Notability
[edit]The bacterium Herbaspirillum seropedicae is named after Seropédica, as it was isolated in the locality.[3]
Climate
[edit]| Climate data for Seropédica (Ecologia Agricola) (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) | 32.4 (90.3) |
33.2 (91.8) |
31.7 (89.1) |
30.1 (86.2) |
27.8 (82.0) |
27.1 (80.8) |
26.5 (79.7) |
27.5 (81.5) |
27.4 (81.3) |
28.7 (83.7) |
29.8 (85.6) |
31.3 (88.3) |
29.5 (85.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.7 (80.1) |
27.2 (81.0) |
26.1 (79.0) |
24.5 (76.1) |
22.3 (72.1) |
21.4 (70.5) |
20.8 (69.4) |
21.2 (70.2) |
21.7 (71.1) |
23.3 (73.9) |
24.3 (75.7) |
25.7 (78.3) |
23.8 (74.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 23.0 (73.4) |
23.3 (73.9) |
22.3 (72.1) |
20.8 (69.4) |
18.5 (65.3) |
17.1 (62.8) |
16.6 (61.9) |
16.9 (62.4) |
17.9 (64.2) |
19.3 (66.7) |
20.5 (68.9) |
21.9 (71.4) |
19.8 (67.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 197.8 (7.79) |
146.6 (5.77) |
157.2 (6.19) |
76.3 (3.00) |
63.8 (2.51) |
38.6 (1.52) |
37.7 (1.48) |
28.9 (1.14) |
87.0 (3.43) |
97.8 (3.85) |
149.4 (5.88) |
178.6 (7.03) |
1,259.7 (49.59) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 13 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 104 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 72.0 | 69.6 | 73.8 | 72.8 | 73.8 | 71.8 | 71.7 | 70.2 | 72.8 | 73.3 | 73.2 | 73.0 | 72.3 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 194.3 | 199.8 | 189.3 | 194.0 | 190.0 | 202.1 | 196.0 | 199.7 | 135.7 | 156.0 | 163.7 | 166.7 | 2,187.3 |
| Source: Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia[4] | |||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ IBGE 2020
- ^ IBGE - [1]
- ^ Schmid, Michael (2006). "The Genus Herbaspirillum". Prokaryotes: 141. doi:10.1007/0-387-30745-1_7.
- ^ "Normais Climatológicas Do Brasil 1981–2010" (in Portuguese). Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
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