Silva Jardim (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈsiwvɐ ʒaʁˈdʒĩ]) is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. Its population was 21,352 (2022) and its area is 937 km².[2]
Silva Jardim | |
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| Município de Silva Jardim | |
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 Location of Silva Jardim in the state of Rio de Janeiro | |
  Silva Jardim Location of Silva Jardim in Brazil | |
| Coordinates: 22°39′03″S 42°23′31″W / 22.65083°S 42.39194°W | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Region | Southeast |
| State |  Rio de Janeiro |
| Government | |
| • Prefeito | Anderson Alexandre (PMDB) |
| Area | |
• Total | 937.755 km2 (362.069 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 35 m (115 ft) |
| Population (2022 [1]) | |
• Total | 21,352 |
| • Density | 23/km2 (59/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
| Website | [1] |
Conservation
editThe municipality contains the 5,052 hectares (12,480 acres) Poço das Antas Biological Reserve, a strictly protected conservation unit created in 1974 from a former experimental agricultural station.[3] It contains 7.5% of the 46,350 hectares (114,500 acres) Três Picos State Park, created in 2002.[4] It contains part of the Central Rio de Janeiro Atlantic Forest Mosaic of conservation units, created in 2006.[5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ IBGE 2020
- ^ "IBGE 2022". cidades.ibge.gov.br. Retrieved 2023-10-26.
- ^ Unidade de Conservação: Reserva Biológica de Poço das Antas (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-04-28
- ^ PES dos Três Picos (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-10-03
- ^ 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, retrieved 2016-10-02
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