Macaé | city, municipality

Brazil / Rio de Janeiro / Macae /
 city, municipality

Macaé is a city and a municipal located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro . Its population was recorded as 156,410 in (2005) and the municipal covers an area of 1,216 km².

Macaé is generally considered to be the centre of the Brazilian offshore petroleum industry. As a consequence it is often referred to as "Cidade do Petróleo". Macaé is one of the fastest-growing cities in Brazil; the local authority has predicted that the city will reach between 180,000 and 200,000 by 2014.
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Coordinates:   22°17'10"S   41°58'35"W
This article was last modified 13 years ago