São Gonçalo
municipality of Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil
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Summary
São Gonçalo is a municipality of Brazil[1]. It ranks in the top 0.86% of municipality of brazil entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,760 views/month, #42 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: Niterói[6], Itaboraí[7], Maricá[8]
- Legislative body: municipal chamber of São Gonçalo[9]
- Postal code: 24400-000 a 24799-999[10]
- Commons category: São Gonçalo (Rio de Janeiro)[11]
- Patron saint: Gonçalo de Amarante[12]
- Local dialing code: 21[13]
- Inception: September 22, 1890[14]
- Official website: http://www.saogoncalo.rj.gov.br/[15]
- Topic's main category: Category:São Gonçalo (Rio de Janeiro)[16]
- Human Development Index: 0.739[17]
- Population: 999,728[18], 1,077,687[19], 1,091,737[20], 1,098,357[21], 896,744[22], 891,119[23], 1,008,064[24], 1,016,128[25], 1,025,507[26], 1,031,903[27], 1,038,081[28], 1,044,058[29], 1,049,826[30], 1,084,839[31]
- Office held by head of government: Mayor of Sao Gonçalo[32]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in São Gonçalo (Rio de Janeiro)[33]
- Demonym: gonçalense[34]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from São Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro[35]
- Electorate: 664,766[36]
- Different from: São Gonçalo[37]
- Elevation above sea level: 19 m[38]
- Area: 249.142 km²[39]
Why It Matters
São Gonçalo has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]