Official Name: | Município de Seropédica |
Mapsize: | 300px |
Pushpin Map: | Brazil |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Seropédica in Brazil |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name: | Brazil |
Subdivision Name1: | Southeast |
Subdivision Name2: | Rio de Janeiro |
Leader Title: | Prefeito |
Leader Name: | Lucas Dutra |
Area Total Km2: | 283.794 |
Population As Of: | 2020 [1] |
Population Total: | 83,092 |
Timezone: | BRT |
Utc Offset: | -3 |
Coordinates: | -22.7439°N -43.7078°W |
Elevation M: | 2 |
Website: | http://www.seropedica.rj.gov.br |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Seropédica |
Seropédica (Silk Farm, pronounced as /pt/) is a municipality located in Greater Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 75 km from the state capital of Rio de Janeiro. Its population was 83,092 (2020) and its area is 284 km².[2]
The municipality is home of the main campus of the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ) and an Embrapa research institute focused on agroecology.
The bacterium Herbaspirillum seropedicae is named after Seropédica, as it was isolated in the locality.[3]