Petrópolis
municipality of Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil
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Summary
Petrópolis is a municipality of Brazil[1]. Petrópolis ranks in the top 0.35% of municipality of brazil entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,461 views/month, #17 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: Areal[6], Duque de Caxias[7], Guapimirim[8], Magé[9], Miguel Pereira[10], Paraíba do Sul[11], Paty do Alferes[12], São José do Vale do Rio Preto[13], Teresópolis[14]
- Twinned administrative body: Sintra[15]
- Legislative body: municipal Chamber of Petrópolis[16]
- Postal code: 25680-000[17]
- Commons category: Petrópolis[18]
- Located in time zone: UTC−03:00[19], UTC−02:00[20]
- Local dialing code: 24[21]
- Inception: 1843[22]
- Official website: https://www.petropolis.rj.gov.br/[23]
- Topic's main category: Category:Petrópolis[24]
- Commons gallery: Petrópolis[25]
- Human Development Index: 0.745[26]
- Population: 286,537[27], 298,142[28], 295,917[29], 306,645[30], 306,678[31], 307,144[32], 278,881[33], 294,926[34], 294,983[35], 296,565[36], 297,192[37], 297,888[38], 298,017[39], 298,158[40]
- Office held by head of government: Mayor of Petrópolis[41]
- Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[42]
- Official name: Petrópolis[43]
- Category for people born here: Q9226412[44]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Petrópolis[45]
- Demonym: petropolitano[46]
- Native label: Petrópolis[47]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Petrópolis[48]
- Electorate: 240,783[49]
Why It Matters
Petrópolis has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] Petrópolis is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]