Sepetiba

Sepetiba
Coordinates	22 ° 58 ′ 0 ″  S , 43 ° 41 ′ 0 ″  W Coordinates: 22 ° 58 ′ 0 ″  S , 43 ° 41 ′ 0 ″  W
Location in Rio de Janeiro
Basic data
Country	Brazil
State	Rio de Janeiro
city	Rio de Janeiro
Sub-prefecture	Zona Oeste
surface	11.6 km²
Residents	56,575
density	4,868.3  Ew. / km²

Beach at Sepetiba with sunset over the bay

Sepetiba is a district in the west of the city of Rio de Janeiro . In the north, the place borders on Santa Cruz and Guaratiba . Sepetiba has an area of ​​11,621 km² and a population of around 57,000. The place is surrounded to the south by the coastal mountains and the Atlantic coastal forest. There are still residents today who have indigenous origins.

history

The name “Sepetiba” has its origins in the indigenous Tupi language . There he has an alternative spelling "Sipitiba" and means "sítio dos Sapés", or "Sapezal" (translated field country ). During the colonization, Sepetiba was an important historical place and was proclaimed a province of Brazil by King João VI of Portugal.

Footnotes

1. ↑ Bairros. Prefeitura da Cidade do Rio de Janeiro, 2010, archived from the original on September 2, 2013 ; Retrieved January 5, 2014 . 

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