Duque de Caxias

Duque de Caxias on the map of Rio de Janeiro

Duque de Caxias is a city in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. In 2013 lived in Duque de Caxias 873 921 people to 465 km ². It is therefore to Rio de Janeiro and São Gonçalo is the third most populous city in the state. The city is part of the Baixada Fluminense, a number of suburbs of Rio with a total of about 3 million inhabitants.

Geography

Duque de Caxias is located about 20 km north- west of Rio de Janeiro.

Diocese of Duque de Caxias

  • Diocese of Duque de Caxias

Economy

Fábrica Nacional de Motores, a manufacturer of motors and motor vehicles, has its Stiz in Duque de Caxias.

Sports

The city has two local football clubs. The Duque de Caxias FC increased in 2008 in the Série B, the second division of Brazil, on. The EC Tigres do Brasil was founded in 2004 and takes first time in 2009 in the First Division of the State Championship in Rio de Janeiro in part.

Sons and daughters of the town

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