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57-625: Routes serviced by the terminal include Niterói , Paquetá , Cocotá and Charitas . Connections can be made to the municipal bus system at the nearby Praça Marechal Âncora  [ pt ] after the closure of Misericórdia Bus Terminal in November 2014. This place is also served by Rio de Janeiro VLT tram. This article about transport in Brazil is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Niter%C3%B3i Niterói ( Portuguese pronunciation: [niteˈɾɔj] )

114-503: A modern city, with modern buildings and several shopping malls. Its economy is centered on its trading and commerce services, like real-estate corporations, graphic design , web design and publicity. It also hosts industries of food (especially seafood), clothes, candles, and marine objects . The city is located 25 minutes away from Rio de Janeiro 's downtown region. Niterói boasts the title of fourth richest city in Rio de Janeiro State, and

171-531: A number of urban developments such as the steam boat, public lighting to whale oil, water supply and new means of transport to connect the city to the interior of the province. Nine years later, the Emperor D. Pedro II granted the city of Niterói the title of Imperial City . The appointment was given to the most important cities, giving them some autonomy and regional power. At the end of the 19th century, around 1885 , some tram systems were founded, which allowed

228-590: A reflexive pronoun, terõ , "sinuous" (a term recorded by Antonio Ruiz de Montoya in his Tesoro de la lengua guaraní ), and îá , a particle that indicates a customary trait. Edelweiss reinforces this hypothesis through the poem De Gestis Mendi de Saa , which calls Rio de Janeiro a "sinuous port" twice, and he suggests that this designation reveals Tupi influence. [REDACTED] Portuguese Empire 1573–1815 [REDACTED] United Kingdom 1815–1822 [REDACTED]   Empire of Brazil 1822–1889 [REDACTED] Republic of Brazil 1889–present In

285-548: A secretary appointed by the mayor. The legislative power is constituted to the Municipality of Niterói (CMN), composed of 21 elected councilors for mandates of four years (in compliance with the provisions of Article 29 of the Federal Constitution, which governs a minimum and maximum number for municipalities according to with number of inhabitants). It is up to the house to draft and vote fundamental laws to

342-463: A tract of land. Thus, the entrance to the bay would be fully protected from intrusion. The place to be occupied by Arariboia was known as "Banda D'Além" (the land beyond), in the eastern side of the bay, from River Marui to the Red Barriers between Gragoata and Boa Viagem beaches. This area corresponded to what is nowadays the northwestern part of the municipality of Niterói, which includes

399-496: Is 14 km (8.7 mi) distant from Rio de Janeiro City, to which it is linked by the Rio–Niterói Bridge and two ferryboat services. According to the 2010 Brazilian Census, the city has a population of 487,320 people, making it the fifth most populous city in the state of Rio de Janeiro and the 39th most populous in the country . At the 2010 Census, the population of Niterói grew 9.3% from 2000 to 2010, meaning Niterói had

456-522: Is a municipality in the state of Rio de Janeiro , in the southeast region of Brazil . It lies across Guanabara Bay , facing the city of Rio de Janeiro and forming part of the Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Area . It was the capital of Rio de Janeiro, as marked by its golden mural crown , from 1834 to 1894 and again from 1903 to 1975. It has an estimated population of 515,317 inhabitants (2020) and an area of 129.375 km (49.952 sq mi), making it

513-575: Is a term of Tupi origin, with " Nheterõîa " being its recorded form in the Vocabulary in the Brasílica Language  [ d ] ( Vocabulário na língua brasílica ), a dictionary of the Tupi language compiled at the end of the 16th century. According to Frederico Edelweiss  [ pt ] , this term would mean "the (bay) all sinuous", through the composition of nhe- ,

570-575: Is one of the largest historical and cultural centers in Brazil. Its culture is characterized by fishing villages (Jurujuba), forts, museums and futuristic monuments, such as the Museum of Contemporary Art , the symbol of the municipality, built by the modernist architect Oscar Niemeyer and the Popular Theater of Niterói. The social culture is based on a very hospitable population, which resulted in

627-528: Is represented by the mayor and cabinet of secretaries, in accordance with the model proposed by the Federal Constitution . The Organic Law of the Municipality and the current Master Plan, however, prescribe that the public administration should give the population effective tools to exercise participatory democracy. Thus, the city is divided into regional secretariats (although it has already been divided into regional administrations), each headed by

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684-524: The Memorial histor. español , XVI (Madrid, 1862), 57 sqq.; in Litterae annuae provinc. Paraguariae (Antwerp, 1600), and in the Memorial sobre limites de la Repúbl. Argentina con el Paraguay (Buenos Aires, 1867), I, appendix; II, 216-252; cf. Backer- Sommervogel , Bibliothèque de la Compagnie de Jésus , VI, 1675 sqq. [REDACTED]  This article incorporates text from a publication now in

741-511: The Ato Adicional . Niterói served the function of capital until the year of 1975 – except for the period between 1894 and 1903 when it was temporarily transferred to the city of Petrópolis . Vila Real da Praia Grande was officially renamed Nictheroy ( Tupi for "hidden waters") on 6 March 1835 . This old spelling persisted until the mid-20th century, when the current spelling– Niterói –was adopted. The capital condition has brought

798-615: The Caio Martins Stadium , which is located in the Santa Rosa neighborhood and has for years been the home of Canto do Rio and more recently Botafogo in the 2000s. In 2007, the stadium's gymnasium was the stage of the final of the Feminine Superleague of Volleyball , that finished with victory of the team of Rio de Janeiro. Nowadays, the stadium is used for training of Botafogo and in games scheduled by

855-734: The FFERJ - Mostly, in championships of inferior divisions. Antonio Ruiz de Montoya Antonio Ruiz de Montoya , SJ (13 June 1585 – 11 April 1652) was a Jesuit priest and missionary in the Paraguayan Reductions . Montoya was born in Lima, Peru, on 13 June 1585. He entered the Society of Jesus on 1 November 1606. In the same year, he accompanied Diego Torres , the first provincial of Paraguay, to this mission. In co-operation with José Cataldino and Simon Mazeta, he founded

912-417: The 36% in 1950. Niterói is a town with a high quality of life and a centre of agglomerate made up by rich families. In 2010, "Class A" people were 32% (the highest index in Brazil, while 14.8% were in the poverty line, less than cities like Detroit, Miami, Cleveland and Philadelphia . Homes in the "Ghetto type" were 27% (Favelas 6%), less than Rio de Janeiro (37.5% "Ghetto type" with 11% made up Favelas). In

969-734: The Church of Saint Peter the Fisherman, the Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist and the Basilica of Our Lady Help of Christians embellish the streets with their baroque , classic and colonial architectures . Besides being hometown of stars like Leonardo , Edmundo and Gérson , the city is also homeland of the Canto do Rio Foot-Ball Club , which was founded in 1913 and was the only club outside

1026-527: The Museum of Contemporary Art, Square Juscelino Kubitschek. the Popular Theater of Niterói and the rest of the Niemeyer Way. Also known to have the best scout group in Brazil, the 4th GEMAR-Gaviões do Mar. The Catholic churches also express a lot of niteroiense culture. The São Lourenço dos Índios Church, the foundation of the municipality, the Church of São Sebastião de Itaipu, Nossa Senhora da Boa Viagem,

1083-714: The Reductions of Guayra . He also brought a number of tribal groups into the Catholic Church , and is said to have personally baptized 100,000 Indians . As head of the missions from 1620 he had charge of the "Reductions" on the upper and middle course of the Paraná River , on the Uruguay River , and the Tape River, and added thirteen further " reductions " to the twenty-six already existing. When

1140-495: The Rio Cricket and Athletic Association, which participated in the first championship in Rio, reaching third place and having the championship set in its stadium. Rio Cricket also participated in (possibly) the first rivalry of Rio de Janeiro's football, with Paissandu Atlético Clube , a club in the city of Rio de Janeiro, which was founded by Rio Cricket founders and has a Rio de Janeiro Championship title. The city also has

1197-531: The Santa Rosa farm was divided into estates, while Jurujuba evolved from an old fishermen colony. São Francisco and Charitas, sites named after the Catholic Church built in honor to Saint Francis by the Jurujuba cove, remained sparsely populated until about 1940. As for the northern zone of Niteroi, its urbanization began in the late 19th century, when a tramway was inaugurated, allowing the expansion of

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1254-606: The administration and to the Executive, especially the participative budget (Budgetary Guidelines Law). The current mayor of Niterói is Axel Grael of the Democratic Labour Party , who was elected in 2020 amidst the ongoing coronavirus pandemic in Brazil; he was ex-mayor Rodrigo Neves ' deputy for the 2012–2016 term and Secretary of Planning during the 2017–2020 term. Niteroi is one most important financial and commercial centers in Rio de Janeiro State, like

1311-527: The archiepiscopal seat is in the city of Niterói. The Archdiocese of Niterói comprises 14 municipalities of the region of the capital and the interior of Rio de Janeiro State, forming in total 73 parishes and 1 quasi-parish divided into 6 vicariates. There is also the Jewish community integrated to the Israeli Federation of Rio de Janeiro, it also has the most different Protestant creeds, as well as

1368-406: The capital of the state of Rio de Janeiro. This brought about a new impulse to modernize the city with the construction of squares, decks, parks, waterway station and sewage network, as well as widening of the streets and main avenues. A circus fire in the city killed 323 people on 17 December 1961; the fire was later found to have been deliberately set by disgruntled circus employees. It is one of

1425-484: The center and in the Charitas neighborhood. The crossing between Praça Arariboia and Praça 15 de Novembro is done by large boats, with capacity for up to 2,000 passengers, in a journey that lasts about twenty minutes. Since 2006, the boats have been gradually replaced by large catamarans with a lower capacity (up to 1,200 passengers), but with a shorter crossing time of between 12 and 15 minutes. The crossing between

1482-642: The central and northern zones of its urban area. There, in the "Land Beyond", Arariboia founded the Town of Saint Lawrence of the Indians (in Portuguese , Vila de São Lourenço dos Índios ), the embryo for the future city of Niterói , a Tupi name that means "Hidden Waters". The village was visited by the King of Brazil , John VI , in 1816, who also decreed its emancipation from Rio de Janeiro on 10 May 1819 and gave

1539-549: The city of Rio de Janeiro to participate in the Rio de Janeiro Championship in the 1940s. The club also had its anthem composed by Lamartine Babo , composer of the anthems for every participant of the Rio de Janeiro Championship of 1941 due to a radio campaign. The city is not currently represented in the elite of national football. Other football clubs in the city are the Fonseca Athletic Club , which recently announced its return to professional football and

1596-565: The city of Niterói there are several manifest religious doctrines. According to the 2010 census, of the total population of Niterói, there were 258,391 Roman Catholic (53%), 97,759 evangelicals (35%) and 34,484 Spiritists (11%). According to the division of the Catholic Church in Brazil, Niterói belongs to the Regional Episcopal Council East I of the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil, and

1653-713: The city of Niterói. There are just under fifty active lines, all operated by private companies. Most municipal bus lines have an end point in the center of Niterói (at the João Goulart Bus Terminal), or they pass through the center of Niterói. The sea crossing between Niterói and the city of Rio de Janeiro is made by two routes, both having as destination the Praça XV Station. The stations, in Niterói, are located in Arariboia Square, in

1710-426: The city to north and northeast, as well boosting the urban growth of the neighbouring municipality of São Gonçalo. The realm of Itaipu – a former vast zone of farming lands and forests east of Niteroi – was annexed to the municipality in 1943. It has lost its countryside traits and its urban population has grown fast since the late 1960s. In the early 20th century, Niteroi started its industrialization boom. Niteroi

1767-508: The city. Other important schools are PH, Marília Matoso, Pedro II, Gay Lussac, Instituto Abel , Colégio Nossa Senhora Das Mercês, the Salesian High School , ETE – Henrique Lage (a.k.a. Faetec), Oswaldo Cruz Institute and Escola Canadense de Niterói . Niterói has the highest Human Development Index (HDI) and best level of literacy in Rio de Janeiro State . The urban bus service is the only means of public transportation in

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1824-623: The colony returned to France, where they accused Villegaignon of prejudice against Protestants and of maladministration. The French navigator had to return to France to explain himself. Following the absence of the French leader, the Portuguese crown began noticing that the bay of Rio de Janeiro would make a strategic scale for the Atlantic route of ships from Portugal to its colonies in Africa and Asia, as well an important advanced bridgehead for

1881-581: The defense of South Brazil. Fortresses were built and an alliance was formed with nearby native Tupi-Guaraní tribes to defend the settlement against other European invaders. Then, in 1560, the Portuguese leader Mem de Sá attacked and destroyed the French fort that was located in Guanabara Bay, Coligny Fort, without, however, being able to definitively expel the French from the region. Estácio de Sá , Mem de Sá's nephew, who would continue to command

1938-478: The end, there were only two daily trips, one in each direction, using an obsolete train of the 1950s. The line is now deactivated and in several sections, the tracks have been removed by the municipalities of São Gonçalo and Niterói. Since in the future there is the proposal to use the bed of this branch for the implementation of part of the projected Line 3 of the Rio Metro between Niterói and Itaboraí. Niterói

1995-529: The expansion of the city to Icaraí, Ponta d'Areia and Itaipu districts. In 1890, the Brazilian provinces began being called states and the neutral municipality (Rio de Janeiro city) had its status changed to Federal District (or simply DF , the Portuguese acronym for Distrito Federal ). The monarchist navy revolt in 1893 damaged productive activities and forced the transfer of the capital's headquarters to Petrópolis . In 1903 , Niterói returned to be

2052-414: The fifth most populous city in the state. It has the highest Human Development Index in the state and the seventh highest among Brazil's municipalities in 2010. Individually, it is the second municipality with the highest average monthly household income per capita in Brazil and appears in 13th place among the municipalities of the country according to social indicators related to education. The city has

2109-584: The first Madrid edition of this work "unique among the grammars and dictionaries of the American languages". A Latin version was edited by the German scholar David Christoph Seybold  [ de ] at Stuttgart in 1890-91. A collected edition of all Montoya's works was published at Vienna under the supervision of the Vicomte de Porto Seguro in 1876. Of much importance as one of the oldest authorities for

2166-423: The history of the Reductions of Paraguay is Montoya's work, Conquista espiritual hecha por los religiosos de la C. de J. en las provincias del Paraguay, Paraña, Uruguay y Tape (Madrid, 1639), in quarto; a new edition was issued at Bilbao in 1892. In addition to the works already mentioned Montoya wrote a number of ascetical treatises. Letters and various literary remains of Ruiz de Montoya are to be found in

2223-633: The lowest city population growth in the state of Rio de Janeiro in this period. The quality of life of the municipality of Niteroi is considered one of the best (third place) among 5,600 other Brazilian municipalities, according to UN indexes (2000 est.). The population in Niteroi in 2010 was 487,327, down from the 698,582 in 1950, but with an increase compared to 2000, of 9%. According to the Census in 2010, whites were 73.6%, multiracial 19.1%, black 4%. Non-Brazilians of any race were 1% of population, down from

2280-558: The missions of Guayra were endangered by the incursions of Paulistas from Brazil in search of slaves , Mazeta and Montoya resolved to move the Christian Indians, about 15,000 in number, to the reductions in Paraguay, partly by water with the aid of seven hundred rafts and numberless canoes, and partly by land through the forest. The plan was successfully carried out in 1631. "This expedition", says von Ihering , "is one of

2337-471: The most extraordinary undertakings of this kind known in history" [Globus, LX (1891), 179]. In 1637 Montoya (on behalf of the governor, the Bishop of Paraguay , and the heads of the orders) laid a complaint before Philip IV of Spain as to the Portuguese policy of sending kidnapping expeditions into the neighboring regions. He obtained from the king important exemptions, privileges, and protective measures for

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2394-660: The most visited; Praia do Sossego, Praia Adam and Eve and Prainha. It has two saltwater lagoons: Piratininga and Itaipu. The first is linked to the second by means of the Camboatá Canal, opened by the National Department of Sanitation Works in 1946. The Itaipu Lagoon, in turn, connects to the sea through the Itaipu Canal, which was built in 1979. The relief consists of crystalline terrains, divided into massifs and coastal hills. The massifs predominate in

2451-630: The mudslide triggered due to heavy rainfall cost at least 200 lives. At least 11,000 people were forced to flee homes due to further mudslides. Niterói has an area of 129,375 square kilometers located between the Guanabara Bay (west), the Atlantic Ocean (south), Maricá (east) and São Gonçalo (north). There are a number of beaches in the area, including Praia de Fora and Praia do Imbuí, with their historical values; Piratininga Beach, Camboinhas Beach, Itaipu Beach and Itacoatiara Beach,

2508-424: The new-created municipality a new name, Vila Real da Praia Grande (Royal Town of Great Beach). In 1834 , the city of Rio de Janeiro, capital of the newly established Empire of Brazil , was detached from the rest of Rio de Janeiro Province ; Vila Real da Praia Grande was then chosen as the new capital of that province, while the city of Rio de Janeiro itself was converted into a neutral municipality , following

2565-983: The nickname of Niterói: "city-smile". The architecture of Niterói is characterized by a contrast between the past and the present. Historic buildings, such as the Niterói State Library, the Justice Palace, the Niterói Post Office Building, the Municipal Theater of Niterói, the Cantareira Station, the Ingá Palace, the Solar do Jambeiro and the Niterói City Hall stand side by side to the side with works of futuristic bond, like, for example,

2622-533: The nicknames of Cidade Sorriso (Smile City). Studies by the Getulio Vargas Foundation in June 2011 classified Niterói as the richest city of Brazil, with 55.7% of the population included in class A. Considering the classes A and B, Niterói also appears in the first place, with 85.9% of the population in these classes. According to 2010 data from IBGE , Niterói's nominal gross domestic product

2679-490: The practice of Buddhism , messianism, Afro-Brazilian religions and others. Niteroi is the seat of the Fluminense Federal University , one of the most important research centers in Brazil. It does have other colleges such as ISE La Salle and Cândido Mendes University . Catholic schools, mainly La Salle Institute and São Vicente de Paulo, are the most traditional elementary and high schools of

2736-518: The reductions of Paraguay. Soon after his return to America, Montoya died in Lima, Peru, on 11 April 1652. Ruiz de Montoya was a scholar of the Guaraní language of the Amerindians , and left standard works on it. These are: Marion Mulhall calls Ruiz de Montoya's grammar and vocabulary "a lasting memorial of his industry and learning". German linguist Georg von der Gabelentz regarded them as

2793-615: The south and form the mountains of Malheiro, Calaboca and Tiririca, where is the Stone of the Elephant, the highest point of the municipality, 412m high. The coastal plains are composed of sediments, obviously located near the sea. The most extensive area covers the entire area of Piratininga and Itaipu lagoons. Niterói has a tropical climate , specifically a tropical monsoon climate , with warm to hot temperatures year round as well as relatively frequent rainfall. In Niterói, executive power

2850-455: The station of Charitas and that of the Praça 15 de Novembro × is done by small catamarans, being this service considered selective transport. There was a railway extension for passenger transportation, 33 km long, connecting Niterói to the municipality of Itaboraí , passing through São Gonçalo . Until its deactivation in 2007 the extension was operated by the state-owned company Central. In

2907-697: The third in the Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Area . The Niterói Contemporary Art Museum , the city's main landmark, was designed by the famous Brazilian modernist architect Oscar Niemeyer . The landscape of the central urban area of the city is dominated by the Niterói Tower, a tall cylindrical office building belonging to the Niterói Shopping Mall. By the time of its emancipation, the urban area of Niteroi corresponded to its central zone and São Domingos only. The south zone – Icarai, Santa Rosa, Vital Brazil – began to be urbanized in 1841, when

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2964-538: The very best sources for the study of the Guaraní language, while Hervas declares that the clearness and comprehensive grasp of the rules to which Montoya traced back the complicated structure and pronunciation of Guaraní are most extraordinary. All three works were repeatedly republished and revised. In 1876 Julius Platzmann , the German scholar in Native American languages, issued at Leipzig an exact reprint of

3021-631: The war, enlisted the help of the head of the Temiminos Indians, Arariboia , who accepted the governor's request to help the Portuguese expel the French from the Guanabara Bay, in the hope to regain the mother island. With the end of the war in 1567, Estácio de Sá invoked Arariboia and the Temininós Indians to occupy the right side of the entrance to the Guanabara Bay, opposite the city of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro founded by Estácio in 1565, as previously requested by Arariboia

3078-423: The worst tragedies in Brazilian history and the most fatal in the annals of world circus show history. Following the transference of Brazil's capital to Brasília in 1960, the city of Rio de Janeiro became a city-state named Guanabara . This state was merged with Rio de Janeiro State in 1975; since then, Niterói lost its condition of the state's capital in favor of the city of Rio de Janeiro . On 8 April 2010;

3135-451: The year 1555, French navigator Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon allied himself with the Tupinambas Indians who dominated the Guanabara Bay and instituted a French colony in the region, France Antarctique . The region was avoided by the Portuguese because of the hostility of the Tupinamba. The region developed under the command of Villegaignon, who planned to build a city in the region. After a while, Calvinists who had emigrated from France to

3192-441: Was 11.2 billion reais, being the fifth municipality with the highest gross domestic product of the state. The city is the second largest formal employer in the state of Rio de Janeiro, although it occupies the 5th place in terms of the number of inhabitants. The city is one of the main financial, commercial and industrial centers in the state of Rio de Janeiro, being the 12th among the 100 best Brazilian cities to do business. Niterói

3249-469: Was founded on 22 November 1573 by the Tupi chief Arariboia , who later was forcibly converted to Roman Catholicism and was given the Christian name of Martim Afonso, after the Portuguese explorer Martim Afonso de Sousa , making it the only Brazilian city to have been founded by a non-Christian, non-assimilated indigenous person . The municipality contains part of the 2,400 hectares (5,900 acres) Serra da Tiririca State Park , created in 1991. "Niterói"

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