Niterói
municipality in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Summary
Niterói is a municipality of Brazil[1]. Niterói ranks in the top 0.53% of municipality of brazil entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,916 views/month, #26 of 4,882).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Rio de Janeiro[3]
- Country: Brazil[4]
- Instance of: big city[5]
- Shares border with: São Gonçalo[6], Maricá[7]
- Twinned administrative body: Rio de Janeiro[8], Annapolis[9]
- Legislative body: Niterói City Council building[10]
- Postal code: 24000-000[11]
- Commons category: Niterói[12]
- Patron saint: John the Baptist[13]
- Located in time zone: UTC−03:00[14]
- Local dialing code: 21[15]
- Inception: November 22, 1573[16]
- Official website: http://www.niteroi.rj.gov.br[17]
- Topic's main category: Category:Niterói[18]
- Commons gallery: Niterói[19]
- Human Development Index: 0.837[20]
- Population: 459,451[21], 496,696[22], 487,562[23], 499,028[24], 515,317[25], 481,749[26], 477,912[27], 479,384[28], 489,720[29], 491,807[30], 494,200[31], 495,470[32], 497,883[33], 511,786[34]
- Office held by head of government: Mayor of Niteroi[35]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[36], New Encyclopedic Dictionary[37], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[38], New International Encyclopedia[39]
- Capital of: Rio de Janeiro Province[40]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Niterói[41]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Niterói[42]
- Demonym: niteroiense[43]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Niterói[44]
- Electorate: 395,288[45]
Why It Matters
Niterói has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] Niterói is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]