Seropédica
Municipality in Southeast, Brazil
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Location of Seropédica in the state of Rio de Janeiro
(2020 [1])
Seropédica (Silk Farm, Portuguese pronunciation: [seɾoˈpɛdʒikɐ]) is a municipality located in Greater Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 75 km from the state capital of Rio de Janeiro. Its population was 83,092 (2020) and its area is 284 km².[2]
Mayor
- Lucas Dutra
Education
The municipality is home of the main campus of the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ) and an Embrapa research institute focused on agroecology.
Sports
- Annual Student Games
Neighborhoods
- Águas Lindas
- Canto do Rio
- Campo Lindo
- Dom Bosco
- Jardim das Acácias
- Parque Jacimar
- Piranema
- INCRA
- Ecologia
- Fazenda Caxias
- Centro de Seropédica
- Boa Esperança
- Multirão
- Boa Fé
- Santa Sofia
- Jardim Maracanã
- Vera Cruz
- Vila Sônia
- Belvedere
- São Miguel
- Nossa Senhora de Nazaré
Notability
The bacterium Herbaspirillum seropedicae is named after Seropédica, as it was isolated in the locality.[3]
Climate
Climate data for Seropédica (Ecologia Agricola) (1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 32.4 (90.3) | 33.2 (91.8) | 31.7 (89.1) | 30.1 (86.2) | 27.8 (82.0) | 27.1 (80.8) | 26.5 (79.7) | 27.5 (81.5) | 27.4 (81.3) | 28.7 (83.7) | 29.8 (85.6) | 31.3 (88.3) | 29.5 (85.1) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.7 (80.1) | 27.2 (81.0) | 26.1 (79.0) | 24.5 (76.1) | 22.3 (72.1) | 21.4 (70.5) | 20.8 (69.4) | 21.2 (70.2) | 21.7 (71.1) | 23.3 (73.9) | 24.3 (75.7) | 25.7 (78.3) | 23.8 (74.8) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 23.0 (73.4) | 23.3 (73.9) | 22.3 (72.1) | 20.8 (69.4) | 18.5 (65.3) | 17.1 (62.8) | 16.6 (61.9) | 16.9 (62.4) | 17.9 (64.2) | 19.3 (66.7) | 20.5 (68.9) | 21.9 (71.4) | 19.8 (67.6) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 197.8 (7.79) | 146.6 (5.77) | 157.2 (6.19) | 76.3 (3.00) | 63.8 (2.51) | 38.6 (1.52) | 37.7 (1.48) | 28.9 (1.14) | 87.0 (3.43) | 97.8 (3.85) | 149.4 (5.88) | 178.6 (7.03) | 1,259.7 (49.59) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 13 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 104 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 72.0 | 69.6 | 73.8 | 72.8 | 73.8 | 71.8 | 71.7 | 70.2 | 72.8 | 73.3 | 73.2 | 73.0 | 72.3 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 194.3 | 199.8 | 189.3 | 194.0 | 190.0 | 202.1 | 196.0 | 199.7 | 135.7 | 156.0 | 163.7 | 166.7 | 2,187.3 |
Source: Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia[4] |
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Capital: Rio de Janeiro
Baixadas
Bacia de São João | |
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Lagos |
Centro Fluminense
Cantagalo-Cordeiro | |
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Nova Friburgo | |
Santa Maria Madalena | |
Três Rios |
Metropolitana do
Rio de Janeiro
Itaguaí |
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Macacu-Caceribu | |
Microregion Rio de Janeiro | |
Serrana | |
Vassouras |
Noroeste Fluminense
Itaperuna | |
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Santo Antônio de Pádua |
Norte Fluminense
Campos dos Goytacazes | |
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Macaé |
Sul Fluminense
Baía da Ilha Grande | |
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Barra do Piraí | |
Vale do Paraíba Fluminense |
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