Resende is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. Its population was 119,801(2010) and its area is 1,144 km².[1]
Resendense refers to people or things from Resende, RJ. Its territory boundaries to the state of São Paulo and Minas Gerais. Resende is the oldest town of its region.
Resende is an important industrial pole, automotive, metallurgical, turistic and headquarter of the second biggest military complex of the world, The Academia Militar das Agulhas Negras (AMAN).
Resende has a national importance and it's known, internationally, by housing the Nuclear Fuel Factory, complex of the Insdústrias Nucleares do Brasil (Brazilian Nuclear Factories), the only which is able to promove uranium enrichment.
Resende's Automotive Pole, holds MAN Lantin America (old Volkswagen Trucks and buses), the biggest truck and bus factory of Brazil, limitrophe to PSA Peugeot Citroën and Michelin.
The town has the following turistic points: Visconde de Mauá (Resende), Parque Nacional do Itatiaia, Engenheiro Passos, AMAN, Serrinha do Alambari, Penedo and the city's own houses which contains loads of histories.
Another point which is considered attrative is that Resende has the bigget Theater of Latin America, The Academy Theater, which holds 2.884 people.
Resende is crossed by Rodovia Presidente Dutra, the most important brazilian road. The municipality has a big territorial extension, 1.144 km², as mentioned before, the biggest in the axis Rio-São Paulo, between the municipalties traversed by the road which connects both metropolis.
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It was founded in 1744 by the bandeirante Simão da Cunha Gago and was called Nossa Senhora da Conceição do Campo Alegre da Paraíba Nova (Our Lady of the Joyful Field of New Paraíba). The Indians Puris called it Timburibá, and they were originally the first inhabitants. On September 29, 1801 it was renamed Resende, after the act of 13th vice-regent of Brazil and 2nd Count of Resende, General José Luís de Castro. The Academia Militar de Agulhas Negras military academy (AMAN) (Black Needles Military Academy, named after the local rock formation) is located in Resende. The development was fast due to being in middles of the two metropolis, and also being near Minas Gerais state.
Resende's main economy is coffee and milk in the agricultural sector, uranium refining, vehicle manufacturing, which includes factories of Volkswagen Truck & Bus. Resende also is the headquarters of TV Rio Sul, an affiliate of Globo Network Television.
Its geography includes a mountain range, a peak and a river. Tourist attractions near Resende include Visconde de Mauá and Penedo, two small villages with good restaurants and charming inns and cottages, and the first Brazilian National Park, called Parque Nacional do Itatiaia (PNI).
The football club Resende Futebol Clube won the 2007 Campeonato Carioca Second Level, and competed in the 2008 and 2009 Campeonato Carioca seasons. The club plays its home matches at Municipal do Trabalhador, which has a maximum capacity of 10,000 people.
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