Petrópolis (bra)

Petrópolis

Petrópolis ranks 2,228th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Council Bluffs, Iowa, Carlisle, and Ziguinchor. Memorable people born in Petrópolis include Peter Medawar, Pedro de Alcântara, Prince of Grão-Pará, and Diane, Duchess of Württemberg. Memorable people who died in Petrópolis include Stefan Zweig, Hélio Gracie, and Pedro de Alcântara, Prince of Grão-Pará. Petrópolis has been the birth place of many noblemen and soccer players and the death place of many politicians and writers. Petrópolis is located in Brazil.

Petrópolis, also known as The Imperial City, is a municipality in the Southeast Region of Brazil. It is located in the state of Rio de Janeiro, 68 kilometres (42 mi) northeast of the city of Rio de Janeiro. According to the 2010 National Brazilian Census, Petrópolis municipality had 295,917 inhabitants that year, an increase from the 286,537 inhabitants at the previous census. Besides being the largest and most populous city in the Fluminense Mountain Region, the city also has the largest GDP and HDI in the region. Read more on Wikipedia