Quissamã
Sign in to saveQuissamã () is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. It sits on Atlantic coastline with the two largest neighboring cities being Campos dos Goytacazes to the north and Macaé to the south. Quissamã was part of the municipality of Macaé until the city emancipated in 1989. The population has surpassed 20,000 inhabitants as of the 2010 Census. The city's primary source of tax revenue comes from oil royalties collected from drilling in the waters just off its coast.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Quissamã
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- 250px
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- Quissamã downtown with Our Lady of Desterro Church in the center, main square and City Hall in lower side.
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- Bandeira Quissama RiodeJaneiro Brasil.svg
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- Brasao-quissama.jpg
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- RiodeJaneiro Municip Quissama.svg
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- 250px
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- Location of Quisamã in Rio de Janeiro State and Brazil
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- Country
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- Region
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- State
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- Brazil
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- Southeast
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- Rio de Janeiro
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- Mayor
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- Fátima Pacheco ( 2017 - atual )
- Settlement.established_title
- Colonization started
- Settlement.established_date
- 1633
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Quissamã () is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. It sits on Atlantic coastline with the two largest neighboring cities being Campos dos Goytacazes to the north and Macaé to the south. Quissamã was part of the municipality of Macaé until the city emancipated in 1989. The population has surpassed 20,000 inhabitants as of the 2010 Census. The city's primary source of tax revenue comes from oil royalties collected from drilling in the waters just off its coast.
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Quissamã” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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