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Araruama
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Araruama () is a municipality in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Located at 22°52'22" of latitude South and 42°20'35" of longitude west, at an altitude of fifty feet. In 2020, its population was 134,293 inhabitants, which places it the second largest population in the Região dos Lagos.

Key facts

Settlement.name
Araruama
Settlement.settlement_type
Municipality
Settlement.official_name
Município de Araruama
Settlement.image_skyline
Cidade_de_Araruama.jpg
Settlement.image_flag
Bandeira-araruama.png
Settlement.image_seal
Brasao-araruama.jpg
Settlement.image_map
RiodeJaneiro Municip Araruama.svg
Settlement.mapsize
270px
Settlement.map_caption
Localization in Rio de Janeiro
Settlement.pushpin_map
Brazil
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Localization in Brazil
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Lakes Region
Settlement.subdivision_type2
State
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Southeast
Settlement.governing_body
Prefeitura da Cidade de Araruama
Settlement.leader_title
Mayor
Settlement.leader_name
Lívia de Chiquinho

via Wikipedia infobox

Official website

Prefeitura de Araruama/RJ

Portal Institucional da Prefeitura Municipal de Araruama/RJ

araruama.rj.gov.br

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Encyclopedic overview

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Araruama () is a municipality in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Located at 22°52'22" of latitude South and 42°20'35" of longitude west, at an altitude of fifty feet. In 2020, its population was 134,293 inhabitants, which places it the second largest population in the Região dos Lagos.

The municipality of Araruama extends over an area of 635.4 km ², marked by plain if some lakes, including the Araruama Lagoon and the Pond Juturnaíba, situated between the municipalities Araruama and Silva Jardim. Geographically it is the largest town in the Região dos Lagos.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Araruama” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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