Itaguaí

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Itaguaí
Coordinates: 22 ° 51 ′  S , 43 ° 47 ′  W
Map: Rio de Janeiro
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Itaguaí
Itaguaí on the map of Rio de Janeiro
RiodeJaneiro Municipality Itaguai.svg
Location of Itaguaí in the state of Rio de Janeiro
Basic data
Country Brazil
State Rio de Janeiro
City foundation 1688
Residents 133,019  (2019 estimate)
City insignia
Brasão de Armas de Itaguaí.jpg
Bandeira de Itaguaí.jpg
Detailed data
surface 273.4
Population density 460 people / km 2
height 13  m
Post Code 23815-000
prefix 21st
Time zone UTC −3
City Presidency Carlo Busatto Junior (Charlinho) ( PMDB ) (2017-2020)
City patron Sao Francisco Xavier
Website itaguai.rj.gov.br
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Itaguaí , officially Município de Itaguaí , is a large city in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro and is located about 13 m above sea level, 75 km west of the capital on the BR-101 , which connects Rio de Janeiro with Santos . According to an estimate, the population in 2019 was 133,019 people called Itaguaiens ( itaguaienses ). The area covers around 273.4 km².

General

Ilha da Madeira near Itaguaí

Carlo Busatto Junior (Charlinho) of the Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro (PMDB) has been city prefect since the local elections in 2016 for the 2017 to 2020 term of office . The neighboring municipalities of Itaguaí are Mangaratiba , Rio Claro , Piraí , Paracambi , Seropédica and Rio de Janeiro .

The city between Sepetiba Bay and the Atlantic rainforest was founded in 1688 and has had a seaport since 1982. Aluminum oxide is one of the main cargo handled . The city is currently trying to force the development of a metallurgical industry.

Itaguaí is currently one of the poorest areas in the metropolitan area of ​​the city of Rio de Janeiro . The place is also used as a dormitory city by many workers in the Zona Oeste (western zone) of Rio de Janeiro. It is part of the metropolitan area of ​​Rio de Janeiro .

Itaguaí has ​​been the seat of a Roman Catholic diocese since 1980 .

Economy and port

Itaguaí is located on the Baía de Sepetiba and has a deep-water port on the Ilha da Madeira, which lies between Itaguaí and Santa Cruz . The following seaport terminals are located in the port:

  • Coal Terminal - TCV, da Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional S / A.
  • Container Terminal - TCS, da Sepetiba Tecon S / A.
  • Ore Terminal - TM1, from CPBS - Companhia Portuária Baía de Sepetiba S / A.
  • Aluminum Terminal - TAL, from Valesul Alumínio S / A.

as well as an iron ore loading point for super-large bulk carriers (private terminal):

  • Terminal Ilha Guaíbra from MBR Minerações Brasileiras Reunidas S / A (which is, however, in a southerly direction on an island between Itaguaí and Mangaratiba ).

The port of Sepetiba was completed in 1982 . Organizationally, the port belongs to the Companhia Docas do Rio de Janeiro organization but has since been privatized.

From here, the Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (CSN) steelworks ships its products all over the world, which are transported here by train from Volta Redonda . The siding is single-track and connects with the main rail link between the centers of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo . The terminals TCV, TCS and CPBS are also operated by CSN itself.

Sepetiba is one of the few real deep water harbors on the coast (16 meters draft).

In July 2010, the company LLX (which renamed Prumo in 2013 ) began building a deep-water port through which the products of the mining company MMX should be transported. Due to financial problems, the entrepreneur Eike Batista sold the majority of this port project in October 2013 to the Mubadala Development Company , based in Abu Dhabi, and the Dutch Trafigura Group .

Web links

Commons : Itaguaí  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b c Itaguaí - Panorama. In: cidades.ibge.gov.br. IBGE , accessed September 13, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).
  2. Charlinho 15 (Prefeito). In: todapolitica.com. Eleições 2016, accessed September 12, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).
  3. LLX begin construction of Sudeste Superport. ( Memento of December 26, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) In: prumologistica.com.br . July 1, 2010 (English).
  4. Batista surrenders majority in new port of Itaguai . WSJ.de. October 15, 2013. Retrieved March 15, 2014.