Greater Rio de Janeiro

The Greater Rio de Janeiro (Grande Rio, offeecially Região Metropolitana do Rio de Janeiro, in Portuguese) is a lairge metropolitan aurie locatit in Rio de Janeiro state in Brazil, the seicont lairgest in Brazil an third lairgest in Sooth Americae. It consists o 16 municipalities, includin the caipital, Rio de Janeiro. The metropolitan aurie o Rio de Janeiro is kent as a historical, cultural an economic centre o Brazil, wi a total population o 11.5 million inhabitants. The region wis first offeecially defined on 1 Julie 1974 efter the fusion o the Guanabara State wi Rio de Janeiro State. Several municipalities show a heich level o conurbation, wi Rio de Janeiro-Duque de Caxias an Niterói-São Gonçalo being the maist clear examples. The watter supply plans o the region are coordinatit, an transportation in the aurie is hivily interconnectit wi urban intermunicipal buses tae aw municipalities in the aurie, trains ower the caipital an some Baixada Fluminense municipalities, ferry boats tae some o the Guanabara Bay municipalities an major inter-ceety freeways such as Ponte Rio-Niterói, Linha Vermelha, Rodovia Presidente Dutra an Rodovia Niterói-Manilha. Maist transportation methods are integratit wi the caipital inner transportation seestem o buses, trains, subweys, freeweys an expressweys. Ceeties bi Population (2008) + 1,000,000 Rio de Janeiro: 6,323,037 São Gonçalo: 1,001,290 400,000 - 999,999 Duque de Caxias: 855,997 Nova Iguaçu: 796,290 Niterói: 487,397 Belford Roxo: 469,998 São João de Meriti: 460,402 100,000 - 399,999 Magé: 228,150 Itaboraí: 218,090 Mesquita: 168,409 Nilópolis: 157,788 Queimados: 138,082 Japeri: 100,308 -100,000 Seropédica 78,183 Guapimirim: 51,487 Paquetá Island (NOTE: The Paquetá Island, or Ilha de Paquetá in portuguese, is not a municipality like the others, but a island in Guanabara Bay, part of the metropolitan area): 4,500 Statistics Population: 12,257,459 (2011 est.) Most populous city: Rio de Janeiro City: 6,323,037 (2010 est.) Nominal GDP: R$232 billion / US$145 billion (2008 est.) Largest GDP City: Rio de Janeiro City: R$154 billion / US$96,2 billion (2008 est.) Nominal GDP per capita: R$18.230,39 / US$ 11.393,75 (2008 est.) HDI: 0,816 (2008 est.) Highest HDI City: Niterói: 0,886 (2008 est.) Municipalities The 16 municipalities of the area are: Notes an references