Duque de Caxias

Município de Duque de Caxias "Cidade dos Varejos" "Caxias" Duque de Caxias
View of the Centro from Bairro Parque Centenário with the Favela Complexo da Mangueirinha de Caxias .
Coordinates	22 ° 47 ′  S , 43 ° 19 ′  W Coordinates: 22 ° 47 ′  S , 43 ° 19 ′  W
Location of Duque de Caxias in the state of Rio de Janeiro
Symbols
coat of arms flag
founding	December 31, 1943
Basic data
Country	Brazil
State	Rio de Janeiro
Região intermediária	Rio de Janeiro (from 2017)
Região imediata	Rio de Janeiro (from 2017)
Mesoregion	Metropolitana do Rio de Janeiro (1989-2017)
Microregion	Rio de Janeiro (1989-2017)
Metropolitan area	Rio de Janeiro
structure	4 districts, 84 official bairros (2017), numerous favelas
height	13 m
climate	tropical, Aw
surface	467.3 km²
Residents	855,048 (2010)
density	1,829.9  Ew. / km²
estimate	914,383 (July 1, 2018)
Post Code	25001-000 to 25499-999
Time zone	UTC −3
Website	www.duquedecaxias.rj.gov.br (Brazilian Portuguese)
politics
City Prefect	Washington Reis (2017-2020)
Political party	MDB
Culture
Patron saint	Anthony of Padua
economy
GDP	35,114,426 thousand R $ 39,779  R $ per person  (2015)
HDI	0.711 (2010)
Municipal library in the city center (Centro), designed by Oscar Niemeyer

Duque de Caxias (pronunciation: ˈduki dʒi kaˈʃiɐʃ ), officially Município de Duque de Caxias , German Duke of Caxias , is a city in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro . The population in Duque de Caxias was estimated at 914,383 people on July 1, 2018, living on 467.271 km² (2017). It is the third most populous city in the state after Rio de Janeiro and São Gonçalo . The city belongs to the Baixada Fluminense , a series of suburbs of Rio with a total of about 3 million inhabitants.

Duque de Caxias is considered one of the most dangerous suburbs in Rio de Janeiro with a high homicide rate. The local police were heavily involved in drug trafficking on several occasions. On February 7, 2014, the pacification Unidade de Polícia Pacificadora (UPP) entered the Mangueirinha de Caxias favela .

geography

The center of Duque de Caxias is about 20 km northwest of Rio de Janeiro. The place is named in honor of Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias , who was born in the area. The place is northwest on Guanabara Bay , but has no beaches or ports. The southern part merges seamlessly into Rio de Janeiro as an agglomerate. The northern part of the 4th District ( Distrito de Xerém ) borders the mountainous reserve Reserva Biológica do Tinguá .

climate

The climate is tropical according to the Köppen and Geiger Aw climate classification . The average temperature is 23.2 ° C. Winters are drier than summers, with an average annual rainfall of 1299 mm.

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Duque de Caxias

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Temperature ( ° C )	26.3	26.3	25.6	23.7	21.9	20.8	20.2	20.9	21.5	22.4	23.6	24.9	O	23.2
Precipitation ( mm )	171	159	170	129	78	49	43	48	77	104	143	148	Σ	1299

history

The first clearing of the lands took place around 1566. In 1931, the Distrito de Caxias was founded within Nova Iguaçu and received the right to self-government through a spin-off on December 31, 1943.

In 2017, the Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística changed the allocation to geostatistical regions and assigned the municipality to the Região geográfica imediata Rio de Janeiro and the Região geográfica intermediária Rio de Janeiro . It is also part of the metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro .

City administration

Executive: In the 2016 local elections, Washington Reis was named Prefect of City (Mayor) for the 2017-2020 term, running for the MDB . The legislature lies with a city council (Câmara Municipal) of 30 elected city councilors ( vereadores ) under the presidency from 2017 of Sandro Ribeiro Pedrosa, known as Sandro Lelis.

City structure

Garbage dump in the Gramacho district

The city consists of four districts and the following districts, whereby the 1st and 2nd district border on Guanabara Bay :

	Districts
	official bairros
	1st district (Duque de Caxias)
	Bar dos Cavaleiros • Prainha • Carolina • Centro • Corte Oito • Doutor Laureano • Engenho do Porto • Gramacho • Jardim Gramacho • Jardim Leal • Jardim Olavo Bilac • Jardim 25 de Agosto • Lagunas e Dourados • Parque Beira Mar • Parque Centenário • Parque Duque • Parque Felicidade • Parque Lafaiete • Parque Paulicéia • Periquitos • Sarapuí • Vila Guanabara • Vila Itamarati • Vila Meriti • Vila Sarapui • Vila São Luiz • Vila São Sebastião
	2nd district (Campos Elíseos)
	Cangulo • Chácaras Arcampo • Chácaras Rio-Petrópolis • Campos Elíseos • Cidade dos Meninos • Figueira • Graças • Jardim das Oliveiras • Jardim Glória • Jardim Primavera • Jardim Porangaba • Jardim Vila Nova • Jardim Vista Alegre • Jurema • Lote XV • Nossa Senhora do Carmo • Novo São Bento • Pantanal • Pilar • Parque Alvorada • Parque Eldorado • Parque Fluminense • Parque Muisa • Parque Nova Esperança • Parque Samirópolis • Reta do Bicão • São Bento • Santo Antônio • Saracuruna • Vila Silva Cardoso • Vila Maria Helena • São José • Vila Urussaí
	3rd district (Imbariê)
	Barro Branco • Imbariê • Jardim Annexá • Nova Campinas • Parada Angélica • Parada Morabi • Parque Equitativa • Parque Paulista • Santa Cruz da Serra • Santa Lúcia • Taquara
	4th district (Xerém)
	Café Torrado • Jardim Olimpo • Lamarão • Mantiquira • Parque Capivari • Santa Alice • Santo Izidro • Santo Antônio da Serra • Vila Bonança • Vila Canaã • Xerém

Well-known favelas are: Vila Ideal, Lixão, Vila Operária, Dick, Jardim Botânico, Alzira Ramos, Barro Vermelho, Jardim Gramacho, Corte 8, Mangueirinha ( Complexo da Mangueirinha de Caxias ), Vai Quem Quer, Morro do Sapo, Santuário, Ana Clara , Beira-Mar, Prainha, Favelinha, Favelinha do Bilac, São Pedro, Guacha, Vila Sapê, Rodrigues Alves, Santa Lúcia, Parada Angélica, Parque das Missões, Parque Paulista, Nova Campinas, Dos Irmãos, Coreia, São Bento, Selvinha, Conjuntão, Rua 1, Celta, Cova do Boi or Rua 7.

Standard of living

The human development index for cities, abbreviated HDI (Portuguese: IDH-M ), was at the low value of 0.506 in 1991, at the medium value of 0.601 in 2000, and at the high value of 0.711 in 2010.

Diocese of Duque de Caxias

• Diocese of Duque de Caxias

economy

Fábrica Nacional de Motores , a manufacturer of engines and motor vehicles, is based in Duque de Caxias.

Sports

The city has two local football clubs. The Duque de Caxias FC rose in 2008 to the Série B , the second highest division in Brazil. The EC Tigres do Brasil was only founded in 2004 and took part in the First Division of the Rio de Janeiro State Championship for the first time in 2009 .

sons and daughters of the town

• Jorvan Vieira (born 1953), football player
• Roberto Dinamite (born 1954), football player
• Lousiane Penha Souza Ziegler (* 1985), volleyball player
• Carlos Alexandre de Souza Silva , short name Carlão (* 1986), football player
• Alex Teixeira (* 1990), soccer player
• Bruna Marquezine (* 1995), model and actress
• Marlon Santos (born 1995), football player

Web links

Commons : Duque de Caxias  - collection of images

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} IBGE : Cidades @ Rio de Janeiro: Duque de Caxias - Panorama. Retrieved September 29, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese).
2. ↑ IBGE : Estimativas da população residente no Brasil e unidades da federação com data de referência em 1 ° de julho de 2018. (PDF; 2.6 MB) In: ibge.gov.br. 2018, accessed September 29, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese). 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Washington Reis 15 . 2017 (Brazilian Portuguese, eleicoes2016.com.br [accessed August 15, 2018]).
4. ↑ Brett Forrest: Party Down, Favela Style. In: New York Times , August 28, 2012.
5. ↑ Climate Duque de Caxias: Weather, climate table & climate diagram. In: climate-data.org. de.climate-data.org, accessed on August 15, 2018 . 
6. ↑ Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE): Divisão Regional do Brasil. 2017, accessed January 28, 2017 . 
7. ↑ Atlas do desenvolvimento humano no Brasil - Duque de Caxias, RJ . Retrieved August 15, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese).