Campos dos Goytacazes

Município de Campos dos Goytacazes "Capital Nacional do Petróleo e do Açúcar" "Campos" Campos dos Goytacazes
Panoramic view of the Atlantic side
Campos dos Goytacazes
Coordinates	21 ° 27 ′  S , 41 ° 11 ′  W Coordinates: 21 ° 27 ′  S , 41 ° 11 ′  W
Location of the municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul
Symbols
coat of arms flag
Motto "Ipsae matronae hic per jure pugnant" Also, women are fighting for the right thing
founding	May 29, 1677 (Vila de São Salvador) (343 years old) March 28, 1835 (Campos dos Goytacazes) (185 years old)
Basic data
Country	Brazil
State	Rio de Janeiro
height	14 m
Waters	Rio Paraíba do Sul
climate	tropical, Aw
surface	4032 km²
Residents	463,731 (2010)
density	115  Ew. / km²
estimate	507,548 (July 1, 2019)
Parish code	IBGE : 3301009
Post Code	28010-000 to 28093-530
Telephone code	(+55)  22
Time zone	UTC −3
Website	campos.rj.gov.br (Brazilian Portuguese)
politics
City Prefect	Rafael Diniz (2017-2020)
Political party	PPS
economy
GDP	17,283,382  thousand R $ 35,476 R $ per person  (2016)
HDI	0.716 (high) (2010)

Campos dos Goytacazes , officially Portuguese Município de Campos dos Goytacazes , is a city in the state of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil . The population was estimated at 507,548 inhabitants as of July 1, 2019. It is located on the Rio Paraíba do Sul and is 280 kilometers northeast of the capital Rio de Janeiro .

Campos dos Goytacazes extends over an area of ​​around 4,032 km² (2018) and is by far the largest municipality in the state. The residents are called campistas .

Mainly sugar cane is grown and processed in the region , followed by coffee , tobacco and tropical fruits. Economically more important, however, according to the findings on the offshore continental shelf, is its role as the center of oil production .

One of the city's attractions is the ancient basilica of “São Salvador” from 1652 . Campos dos Goytacazes has quiet beaches with houses of local fishermen and increasingly with weekend houses.

The high waves around the mouth of the Rio Furado can be used for surfing . In the municipality is also the Lagoa Feia (German: ugly lake ), the second largest freshwater lake in Brazil with 170 km².

geography

Surrounding communities are São Francisco de Itabapoana , São João da Barra , Quissamã , São Fidélis , Cardoso Moreira , Italva , Bom Jesus do Itabapoana and Mimoso do Sul in the state of Espírito Santo .

climate

The city has a tropical climate, Aw according to the Köppen and Geiger climate classification . The average temperature is 23.6 ° C. The average rainfall is 1073 mm per year. In the southern summer there is less rainfall than in the southern winter.

population

Of the 463,731 inhabitants in 2010 according to the census, 45,006 lived in rural areas and 418,725, around 90%, in urban areas.

year	Residents
1940	225,443
1950	240,829
1960	292,292
1970	318,806
1980	348,542
1991	376.496
2000	407.118
2010	463.731
2019	507,548

religion

Cathedral Basílica Menor do Santíssimo Salvador

Basilica dome

Campos dos Goytacazes is the seat of the diocese of Campos .

Personalities

• Antônio Maria Corrêa de Sá e Benevides (1836–1896), Bishop of Goiás and Mariana
• Ricardo Kirk (1874–1915), first Brazilian army aviator
• Didi (1928–2001), actually Valdir Pereira, football player
• João Carlos Batista Pinheiro (1932–2011), football player and coach
• Amarildo (* 1939), soccer player and coach
• Bruno Rangel (1981-2016), football player
• Douglas Cobo (* 1987), football player

Web links

Commons : Campos dos Goytacazes  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• City Prefecture Citizens Portal, Prefeitura Municipal (Brazilian Portuguese)
• City Council website , Câmara Municipal (Brazilian Portuguese)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Climate Campos dos Goytacazes: Weather, average temperature, weather forecast for Campos dos Goytacazes. In: de.climate-data.org. Retrieved October 21, 2019 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b c} IBGE : Cidades @ Rio de Janeiro: Campos dos Goyacazes - Panorama. Retrieved October 21, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).
3. ↑ Códigos Postais de Campos dos Goytacazes. In: brasilao.com. Brasilão, accessed October 21, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Rafael Diniz 23 (Prefeito). In: todapolitica.com. Eleições 2016, accessed October 21, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese). 
5. ↑ Campos dos Goytacazes: Perfil Campos 2018. 2018, pp. 51–52 ( digitized PDF; 19.3 MB; Brazilian Portuguese).