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Municipality in Southeast, Brazil
Pinheiral
Municipality
Município de Pinheiral
FlagOfficial seal of PinheiralSeal
Location of Pinheiral in the state of Rio de JaneiroLocation of Pinheiral in the state of Rio de Janeiro
Pinheiral is located in BrazilPinheiralPinheiralLocation of Pinheiral in Brazil
Coordinates: 22°30′46″S 44°00′03″W / 22.51278°S 44.00083°W / -22.51278; -44.00083
Country Brazil
RegionSoutheast
State Rio de Janeiro
Government
 • PrefeitoEdnardo Barbosa (PMDB)
Area
 • Total76.793 km (29.650 sq mi)
Elevation345 m (1,132 ft)
Population
 • Total25,364
Time zoneUTC−3 (BRT)
Website

Pinheiral (Portuguese pronunciation: [piɲejˈɾaw]) is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. Its population was 25,364 (2020) and its area is 77 km (30 sq mi).

History

The city was named after the São José do Pinheiro coffee plantation, owned by the very rich planter and slave trader José de Souza Breves (1795-1879). This estate, on which about 500 slaves used to work, was "one of the most opulent in Brazil". Nowadays, the descendants of slave plan to transform the Park of the Ruins, only vestige of the plantation and its palace, into a memory centre, including a museum and school of jongo (dance and musical genre of black communities).

References

  1. IBGE 2020
  2. IBGE - "Archived copy". Archived from the original on January 9, 2007. Retrieved August 3, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. Andreza Baptista. "Fazenda do Pinheiro". A Casa Senhorial (in Portuguese). Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  4. Prefeitura Municipal de Pinheiral. "Fazenda São José do Pinheiro". pinheiral.rj.gov.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  5. Rogero, Tiago (18 August 2024). "A coffee plantation in Brazil enslaved Africans. Centuries later, their descendants have taken over". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
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