Niterói (bra)

Niterói

Niterói ranks 730th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind New Rochelle, New York, Cochabamba, and Classical Athens. Memorable people born in Niterói include Gérson, Leonardo Araújo, and Sérgio Mendes. Memorable people who died in Niterói include Zizinho, José Bonifácio de Andrada, and Jair Marinho. Niterói has been the birth place of many soccer players, and actors and the death place of many soccer players, and politicians. Niterói is located in Brazil.

Niterói is a municipality in the state of Rio de Janeiro, in the southeast region of Brazil. It lies across Guanabara Bay, facing the city of Rio de Janeiro and forming part of the Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Area. It was the capital of Rio de Janeiro, as marked by its golden mural crown, from 1834 to 1894 and again from 1903 to 1975. It has an estimated population of 515,317 inhabitants (2020) and an area of 129.375 km2 (49.952 sq mi), making it the fifth most populous city in the state. It has the highest Human Development Index in the state and the seventh highest among Brazil's municipalities in 2010. Individually, it is the second municipality with the highest average monthly household income per capita in Brazil and appears in 13th place among the municipalities of the country according to social indicators related to education. The city has the nicknames of Cidade Sorriso. Read more on Wikipedia