Barra do Piraí

Municipality in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Municipality in Southeast, Brazil
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Location of Barra do Piraí in the state of Rio de Janeiro
Location of Barra do Piraí in the state of Rio de Janeiro
22°28′12″S 43°49′33″W / 22.47000°S 43.82583°W / -22.47000; -43.82583Country BrazilRegionSoutheastState Rio de JaneiroGovernment
 • PrefeitoMário Esteves (PRB)Area
 • Total578.471 km2 (223.349 sq mi)Elevation
363 m (1,191 ft)Population
 (2020 [1])
 • Total100,764Time zoneUTC-3 (UTC-3)Website[1]

Barra do Piraí (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈbaʁɐ du piɾɐˈi]) is a municipality of the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. It is located at latitude 22º28'12" South and longitude 43º49'32" East. Its population is 100,764 (2020) and its area is 578.471 km².[2] It is 114 km from Rio de Janeiro.

The municipality contains part of the 5,952 hectares (14,710 acres) Serra da Concórdia State Park, created in 2002.[3]

References

  1. ^ IBGE 2020
  2. ^ IBGE - "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-01-09. Retrieved 2014-08-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ Parque Estadual da Serra da Concórdia (in Portuguese), Inea: Instituto Estadual do Ambiente, retrieved 2017-01-18
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