Itatiaia (Rio de Janeiro)

Município de Itatiaia Itatiaia
Itatiaia
Coordinates	22 ° 29 ′  S , 44 ° 34 ′  W Coordinates: 22 ° 29 ′  S , 44 ° 34 ′  W
Location of the municipality of Itatiaia in the state of Rio de Janeiro
Symbols
coat of arms flag
founding	June 1, 1989
Basic data
Country	Brazil
State	Rio de Janeiro
Região intermediária	Volta Redonda-Barra Mansa (since 2017)
Região imediata	Resende (since 2017)
height	505 m
climate	tropical mountain climate, Cwa
surface	241 km²
Residents	28,783 (2010)
density	119.4  Ew. / km²
estimate	31,537 (July 1, 2018)
Parish code	IBGE : 3302254
Time zone	UTC −3
Website	itatiaia.rj.gov.br (Brazilian Portuguese)
politics
City Prefect	Eduardo "Dudu" Guedes da Silva (2017–2020)
Political party	PMDB
economy
GDP	3,452,553  thousand R $ 114,172  R $ per capita (2015)
HDI	0.737 (2010)

Itatiaia , officially Portuguese Município de Itatiaia , is a city in the state of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil . According to an estimate as of July 1, 2018, it had 31,537 inhabitants on 241 km². It lies on the border between the state of Rio de Janeiro and the state of Minas Gerais . Surrounding cities are Resende and Bocaina de Minas . It is 174 km from the capital, Rio de Janeiro .

Itatiaia is located on the Serra da Mantiqueira and is the namesake of the Itatiaia National Park ( Parque Nacional de Itatiaia ).

Place name

The place name Itatiaia comes from the Tupí-Guaraní and means "pointed stone".

Images from the Itatiaia National Park

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  Snowfall at "Pico das Agulhas Negras" in Itatiaia National Park in 1985, where it was recorded at −13 ° C.

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  View from “Mirante do Último Adeus”, Itatiaia National Park.

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  Waterfall "Véu de Noiva".

Web links

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

• City Prefecture website (Brazilian Portuguese)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} IBGE : Cidades @ Rio de Janeiro: Itatiaia - Panorama. Retrieved October 1, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese).
2. ↑ ^{a b} 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 October 1, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese). 
3. ↑ Dudu 15 (Prefeito). In: com.br. Eleições 2016, accessed November 6, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese).