Maricá, Rio de Janeiro

Coordinates: 22°55′08″S 42°49′08″W / 22.91889°S 42.81889°W

City of Maricá - Rio de Janeiro
City
Flag Seal
Location in the Rio de Janeiro state.
Government
• Mayor	Washington Luiz Cardoso (Quaquá) (2009 – 2012) (PT)
Area
• City	362 km^2 (140 sq mi)
Elevation	6 m (20 ft)
Population (est. IBGE/2015 [1])
• City	146.549
• Density	661.3/km^2 (1,713/sq mi)
• Metro	1,795,015
Time zone	Brasilia Time Zone (UTC-3)

Maricá, Rio de Janeiro is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro.

Geography

Maricá is a city of the Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Area, located on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean and 25 miles away from the city of Rio de Janeiro.

Population

Its population was 146.549 (2015). ^[2]

Area

Its area is 362,571 km².^[3]

Transportation

Maricá has an airport, the Maricá Airport. Maricá is served by the roads BR-116 and RJ-104.

Economy

Maricá has received many royalties from the Brazilian energy company Petrobras, because of the Campos Basin and Santos Basin oil field.

References

1. "Estimativas da população para 1º de julho de 2015" (PDF). Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). 1 July 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
2. "Estimativas da população para 1º de julho de 2015" (PDF). Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). 1 July 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
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