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Angra dos Reis
Angra dos Reis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; also Vila dos Reis Magos da Ilha Grande. Coastal municipality on Ilha Grande Bay, founded 1502, city 1835; 167,434 people (2022 census), Ilha Grande UNESCO World Heritage site, tourism and nuclear energy economy.
Barra Mansa
Barra Mansa, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: a Sul Fluminense municipality on the Paraíba do Sul, founded 1832, coffee-era city turned services hub; 169,894 residents (2022 census), IDHM 0.729.
Belford Roxo
Belford Roxo, Rio de Janeiro (Baixada Fluminense), a Brazilian municipality created 3 April 1990 from Nova Iguaçu by state law 1.640; 483,087 residents (2022 census) on 78.985 km², density 6,116.19 hab/km², named for engineer Raimundo Teixeira Belford Roxo.
Magé
Magé, a historic municipality in Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, on Guanabara Bay's north shore; founded 1565/1566, city since 1857, site of Brazil's first railway (1854), population 228,127 (2022).
Maricá (city)
Maricá is a municipality on the Atlantic coast of Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, in the Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Region; 197,277 residents (2022 census), 54.87% growth since 2010, oil-royalty-funded social programs, and a degraded lagoon system.
Nova Friburgo
Nova Friburgo, a municipality in the Serrana region of Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, founded by Swiss settlers from Fribourg in 1819-1820; known as the Brazilian Switzerland and National Capital of Intimate Fashion, producing about 25% of Brazil's lingerie.
Nova Iguaçu
Nova Iguaçu is a municipality in Rio de Janeiro state's Metropolitan Region, Brazil, created in 1833 as Vila de Iguassú and renamed in 1916; 785,867 residents (2022 census), Baixada Fluminense's largest municipality by area.
Paraty
Paraty is a preserved colonial port town on the coast of Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, between São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, and the name of the municipality around it.
Petrópolis
Petrópolis, the Imperial City (Cidade Imperial), is a mountain municipality in Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, founded by 1843 decree of Pedro II as a planned summer seat of the empire, home to the Museu Imperial, and prone to deadly landslides.
São João de Meriti
São João de Meriti, a municipality in the Baixada Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Region, Brazil; nicknamed Formigueiro das Américas; 440,962 residents (2022) on 35.216 km², emancipated 1947.
Volta Redonda
Volta Redonda, the "Cidade do Aço", is a municipality in southern Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, created around the Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional steelworks (founded 9 April 1941); emancipated in 1954, population 261,563 (2022).