São Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro

Municipio de São Gonçalo on the map of Rio de Janeiro

São Gonçalo, officially Municipio de São Gonçalo, is a city in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. According to the census of the Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística ( IBGE ) in 2010 they had 999 728 inhabitants to 247.709 km ². and making it the second most populous city in the state. She has now crossed the one million inhabitants border, according to estimates from 1 July 2012: 1,016,128 inhabitants, Gonçalenser called. The city is located on the eastern shore of Guanabara Bay opposite the city of Rio de Janeiro, north of the city of Niterói.

History

On April 6, 1579 the colonial Mr. Gonçalo Gonçalves founded the city of São Gonçalo, had the Chapel of São Gonçalo Amarante D' build as the epitome of colonization took place. This chapel was located at the place where now stands the principal church of São Gonçalo at that.

At the beginning of colonization, there were in the region of São Gonçalo, the indigenous people of the Tamoios which populated the area to Angra dos Reis. At the beginning of the 17th century, a farm was founded by the Jesuits, which was located on the present territory of Colubandê. The main house of the plantation is preserved to this day and is now home to the forestry military police of the State of Rio de Janeiro.

In 1646 already 6000 inhabitants were counted in the area.

On September 22, 1890 São Gonçalo became the district and thus politically independent of the south in the Niterói and December 27, 1929, the rapidly growing city was proclaimed a town. In the period 1940-1950, the process of industrialization of the region on a large scale began. There were factories and industries built and São Gonçalo received the nickname " Manchester Fluminense ".

Boroughs

The municipality is divided into five boroughs: São Gonçalo, Ipiiba, Monjolos, Neves and Sete Pontes, which in turn official in a total of 93 districts, which may also lead to illegal settlements in favelas.

City ​​council

The executive branch is made ​​through a city prefecture ( prefeitura municipal), which is a legislature, the Deputy Chamber ( Câmara Municipal ) on the side.

After the local elections in 2012 Neilton Mulim short Neilton Mulim, the Partido da Costa (born 1962 ), da República (PR ) was chosen as the successor of Aparecida Panisset the Partido Democrático Trabalhista (PDT ) for the term 2013-2016.

Sons and daughters of the town

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