Silva Jardim

Silva Jardim
Municipality
Município de Silva Jardim

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Location of Silva Jardim in the state of Rio de Janeiro
Silva Jardim

Location of Silva Jardim in Brazil

Coordinates: 22°39′03″S 42°23′31″W / 22.65083°S 42.39194°W / -22.65083; -42.39194Coordinates: 22°39′03″S 42°23′31″W / 22.65083°S 42.39194°W / -22.65083; -42.39194
Country  Brazil
Region Southeast
State Rio de Janeiro
Government
 • Prefeito Anderson Alexandre (PMDB)
Area
 • Total 938.336 km2 (362.294 sq mi)
Elevation 35 m (115 ft)
Population (2010)
 • Total 21,349
Time zone UTC-3 (UTC-3)
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Silva Jardim (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈsiwvɐ ʒaʁˈdʒĩ]) is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. Its population was 21,349 (2010) and its area is 938 km².[1]

Conservation

The municipality contains the 5,052 hectares (12,480 acres) Poço das Antas Biological Reserve, a strictly protected conservation unit created in 1974 from a former experimental agricultural station.[2] It contains 7.5% of the 46,350 hectares (114,500 acres) Três Picos State Park, created in 2002.[3] It contains part of the Central Rio de Janeiro Atlantic Forest Mosaic of conservation units, created in 2006.[4]

References

  1. ↑ IBGE -
  2. ↑ Unidade de Conservação: Reserva Biológica de Poço das Antas (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-04-28
  3. ↑ PES dos Três Picos (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2016-10-03
  4. ↑ Costa, Cláudia; Lamas, Ivana; Fernandes, Rosan (December 2010), Planejamento Estratégico do Mosaico Central Fluminense (PDF) (in Portuguese), Reserva da Biosfera da Mata Atlântica, p. 13, retrieved 2016-10-02

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