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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]
Seropédica | |
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Município de Seropédica | |
Coordinates: 22°44′38″S 43°42′28″W / 22.74389°S 43.70778°W | |
Country | Brazil |
Region | Southeast |
State | Rio de Janeiro |
Government | |
• Prefeito | Lucas Dutra |
Area | |
• Total | 283.794 km2 (109.573 sq mi) |
Elevation | 2 m (7 ft) |
Population (2020 [1]) | |
• Total | 83,092 |
Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
Website | [2] |
Mayor
edit- Lucas Dutra
Education
editThe 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
edit- Annual Student Games
Neighborhoods
edit- 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
editThe bacterium Herbaspirillum seropedicae is named after Seropédica, as it was isolated in the locality.[3]
Climate
editClimate 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] |
References
edit- ^ IBGE 2020
- ^ IBGE - [1]
- ^ Schmid, Michael (2006). "The Genus Herbaspirillum". Prokaryotes: 141. doi:10.1007/0-387-30745-1_7.
- ^ "Normais Climatológicas Do Brasil 1981–2010" (in Portuguese). Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia. Retrieved 25 May 2024.