Saquarema
Sign in to saveSaquarema () is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. Its population is 90,583 (2020) and its area is 357 km2. It is located almost 73 km east of Rio de Janeiro. It was known as Brazil's surfing capital.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Saquarema
- Settlement.official_name
- Municipality of Saquarema
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.nickname
- Capital Nacional do Surfing
- Settlement.image_flag
- Bandeira-de-Saquarema.svg
- Settlement.image_seal
- Brasao Saqua Sm.svg
- Settlement.image_map
- RiodeJaneiro Municip Saquarema.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 300px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location in Rio de Janeiro
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Saquarema in Brazil
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Southeast
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Manoela Peres
- Settlement.leader_party
- UNIÃO
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 357
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Brazil
- Demonym
- saquaremense
- Country
- Brazil
- Located in
- Rio de Janeiro
- Population
- 37888
- Area
- 353.566
- Elevation
- 5
- Shares border with
- Maricá
- Official website
- www.saquarema.rj.gov.br
- Image
- Saquarema rj brazil.JPG
- Dialing code
- 22
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- Commons category
- Saquarema
- Human Development Index
- 0.709
- postal code
- 28990-000 até 28999-999
- electorate
- 69544
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Encyclopedic overview
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- The Surfing Capital
- References
- External links
Saquarema () is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. Its population is 90,583 (2020) and its area is 357 km2. It is located almost 73 km east of Rio de Janeiro. It was known as Brazil's surfing capital.
During the mid-19th century, the Conservative Party and its leaders were known as "Saquarema" because of their base of support here.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Saquarema” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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