Casimiro de Abreu, Rio de Janeiro

Casimiro de Abreu
Municipality
Município de Casimiro de Abreu
Flag of Casimiro de Abreu
Flag
Official seal of Casimiro de Abreu
Seal
Location of Casimiro de Abreu in the state of Rio de Janeiro
Location of Casimiro de Abreu in the state of Rio de Janeiro
Casimiro de Abreu is located in Brazil
Casimiro de Abreu
Casimiro de Abreu
Location of Casimiro de Abreu in Brazil
Coordinates: 22°28′51″S 42°12′14″W / 22.48083°S 42.20389°W / -22.48083; -42.20389
Country Brazil
RegionSoutheast
State Rio de Janeiro
Government
 • PrefeitoPaulo Cezar Dames Passos (PSB)
Area
 • Total
462.918 km2 (178.734 sq mi)
Elevation
17 m (56 ft)
Population
 (2022 [1])
 • Total
46,110
 • Density100/km2 (260/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)
Website[1]

Casimiro de Abreu (Portuguese pronunciation: [kaziˈmiɾu dʒ(j) ɐˈbɾew]) (formerly known as Barra de São João Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈbaʁɐ d(ʒi) sɐ̃w ʒuˈɐ̃w]) is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. Its population was 46,110 (2022) and its area is 462 km2.

The city was called Indaiaçu until it was rebaptized in 1925 to homage the poet Casimiro de Abreu, who was born in their coastal district Barra de São João.

The municipality contains part of the Central Rio de Janeiro Atlantic Forest Mosaic, created in 2006.[2] It holds part of the União Biological Reserve, home to a population of endangered golden lion tamarin.[3] It contains 1,045 hectares (2,580 acres) of the 35,038 hectares (86,580 acres) Macaé de Cima Environmental Protection Area, created in 2001.[4]

  1. ^ IBGE 2020
  2. ^ Costa, Cláudia; Lamas, Ivana; Fernandes, Rosan (December 2010), Planejamento Estratégico do Mosaico Central Fluminense (PDF) (in Portuguese), Reserva da Biosfera da Mata Atlântica, p. 13, archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-10-07, retrieved 2016-10-02
  3. ^ Unidade de Conservação: Reserva biológica União (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-05-14
  4. ^ Luiz Dias da Mota Lima (2014), Plano de Manejo da Área de Proteção Ambiental Estadual Macaé de Cima (PDF) (in Portuguese), vol. 1 - Informações Gerais sobre a UC, Rio de Janeiro, p. 20, archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-10-12, retrieved 2016-10-11{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)