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| Nickname(s): "Trabalho para todos" Work for all |
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| Location in the state of Rio de Janeiro and Brazil | |||
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Macaé
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| Country | Brazil | ||
| Region | Southeast | ||
| State | Rio de Janeiro | ||
| Founded | July 29, 1813 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Riverton Mussi (PMDB) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 1,216 km2 (469 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2009)[1] | |||
| • Total | 206,748 | ||
| • Density | 159.88/km2 (413.91/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | UTC-3 (UTC-3) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-2 (UTC-2) | ||
| HDI (2000) | 0.79 – medium | ||
| Website | www.macae.rj.gov.br | ||
Macaé is a city located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro, 180 km northeast of the state capital. Its population was recorded as 206,748 in 2010 and the municipal covers an area of 1,216 km².[2]
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" ("City of Petroleum"). The Brazilian state-controlled oil company - Petrobras - has many facilities within the town. Macaé is one of the fastest-growing cities in Brazil, with a growth of 600% within the last 10 years.[3] Macaé Airport is served by scheduled flights and concentrates operations to off-shore platforms.
Other economic activities in the city include tourism and fishing. These two sectors were very important for the city's revenues before the 1980s. The city has a growing reputation for high-quality technical education and training.[4]
Although the city has some touristic potential, the lack of investiments on this area makes its growth to be very small.Its most famous beaches are Cavaleiros and Pecado. The interior of the municipality has small rural towns such as Sana and Frade.
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In 2009 the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) estimates the population of Macaé as 194.413 inhabitants. The National Department of Transit (Denatran) census in 2003 recorded a fleet of 36.821 vehicles. According to the Electoral Regional Court (TRE-RJ) the number of voters registered in Macaé was 97.184 in 2004, divided in two electoral zones and 268 sections. In the last elections, 84,054 (200.49%) people voted.
The city has an expatriate community (mainly English-speaking) of around 1,000 people - many of whom are connected directly or indirectly to the oil and gas industry.
Macae is the birthplace of human rights activist Jamie Booth, who is best known for her stance on child labor. Searching for equality in the workforce Jamie campaigns that children should have every right to the same opportunities in labour intesive employment as their elders, stating that 'age is just a number'. Coming under recent scrutiny for clear cutting 15,000 hectares of Brazilian Rain Forrest, Miss Booth rebutted to critics with the statement "JDB Inc. is a logging and paper manufacturer that proudly employs twelve teams of ten men aged 6-10 years, who are now able to provide for their families, and ensure early retirement for parents and grandparents. We help people accomplish their dreams."
Since the 1970s, when Petrobras chose Macaé to site its headquarters in the Campos Basin, the city has had a population boom. More than four thousand companies have set up offices the city and the population has tripled. High-quality hotels have been constructed and a wide variety of service industries have recently sprouted up.
The city has the biggest tax generation of new ranks of work of the interior of the state, according to research conducted for the Federation of Industries of Rio De Janeiro (Firjan): 13.2% to the year. The economy of the city has grown 600% since 1997. Surveys conducted in past years for IBGE demonstrated that the Internal Gross Product (in Portuguese, Produto Interno Bruto - PIB) per capita of the city in 2007 is R$37.667,00 per year, 200% greater than the national average- and the average salary is 8.2 times the minimum salary, making Macaé the city with the highest wages in the Rio de Janeiro State.[5]
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