Greater Rio de Janeiro

This article is about Rio de Janeiro. For a samba school, see GRES Acadêmicos do Grande Rio.

Satellite image of the metropolitan area, with the capital from the center below, Baixada Fluminense on the north-west and Niterói and São Gonçalo east of the Guanabara Bay

Greater Rio de Janeiro (Grande Rio, officially Região Metropolitana do Rio de Janeiro, in Portuguese) is a large metropolitan area located in Rio de Janeiro state in Brazil, the second largest in Brazil and third largest in South America. It consists of 16 municipalities, including the capital, Rio de Janeiro.

The metropolitan area of Rio de Janeiro is known as a historical, cultural and economic centre of Brazil, with a total population of 12.6 million inhabitants. The region was first officially defined on July 1, 1974, after the fusion of the Guanabara State with Rio de Janeiro State. Several municipalities show a high level of conurbation, with Rio de Janeiro-Duque de Caxias and Niterói-São Gonçalo being the most clear examples.

The water supply plans of the region are coordinated, and transportation in the area is heavily interconnected with urban intermunicipal buses to all municipalities in the area, trains over the capital and some Baixada Fluminense municipalities, ferry boats to some of the Guanabara Bay municipalities and major inter-city freeways such as the Rio–Niterói Bridge, Red Line, Rodovia Presidente Dutra and Rodovia Niterói-Manilha. Most transportation methods are integrated with the capital inner transportation system of buses, trains, subways, freeways and expressways.

Cities by Population (2008)

+ 1,000,000

Rio de Janeiro City: 6,323,037
São Gonçalo: 1,013,290

400,000 - 999,999

Duque de Caxias: 855,997
Nova Iguaçu: 797,290
Niterói: 487,397
Belford Roxo: 469,998
São João de Meriti: 460,402

100,000 - 399,999

Magé: 228,150
Itaboraí: 218,090
Mesquita: 168,409
Nilópolis: 157,788
Queimados: 138,082
Japeri: 100,308

-100,000

Seropédica 78,183
Guapimirim: 51,487

Statistics

Population: 12,603,939 (2011 est.)^[1]
- Most populous city: Rio de Janeiro City: 6,323,037 (2010 est.)
Nominal GDP: R$232 billion / US$145 billion (2008 est.)^[2]
- Largest GDP City: Rio de Janeiro City: R$154 billion / US$96,2 billion (2008 est.)^[2]
Nominal GDP per capita: R$18.230,39 / US$11.393,75 (2008 est.)
HDI: 0,816 (2008 est.)
- Highest HDI City: Niterói: 0,886 (2008 est.)

Municipalities

The 16 municipalities of the area are:

Administrative division	Area (km²)^[3]	Population 2000 Census^[3]	Population (2010 Census)^[3]	Population density 2010 (/km²)
Belford Roxo	79	434,474	469,261	5940
Duque de Caxias	464.5	775,456	855,046	1840
Guapimirim	361	37,952	51,487	143
Itaboraí	424.2	187,479	218,090	514
Japeri	82.9	83,278	95,391	1151
Magé	386.6	205,830	228,150	590
Mesquita	34.8	0	168,403	4839
Nilópolis	19.4	153,712	157,483	8118
Niterói	129.3	459,451	487,327	3769
Nova Iguaçu	523.8	920,599	797,212	1518
Queimados	77	121,993	137,938	1791
Rio de Janeiro	1260	5,857,904	6,323,037	5018
São Gonçalo	249.1	891,119	1,013,901	4014
São João de Meriti	34.8	449,476	459,356	13200
Seropédica	284	65,260	78,183	275
Tanguá	147	26,057	30,731	209
Metropolitan Rio Janeiro	4,557.4	10,670,040	12,603,936	2535

Notes and references

Coordinates: 22°54′10″S 43°12′28″W / 22.9028°S 43.2078°W / -22.9028; -43.2078

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