Casimiro de Abreu, Rio de Janeiro
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Casimiro de Abreu (ˌkaziˈmiɾu dʒi.aˈbɾeu̯) (formerly known as Barra de São João ˈbaxɐ dʒiˈ sɐ̃w ʒuɐ̃w) is a municipality
located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro
. Its population was 26,243 (2005) and its area is 461 km².
The city was called Indaiaçu up to be rebaptized in 1925 to homage the homonymous poet
, who was born in their coastal district Barra de São João.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro (state)
Rio de Janeiro is one of the 27 states of Brazil.Rio de Janeiro has the second largest economy of Brazil behind only São Paulo state.The state of Rio de Janeiro is located within the Brazilian geopolitical region classified as the Southeast...
. Its population was 26,243 (2005) and its area is 461 km².
The city was called Indaiaçu up to be rebaptized in 1925 to homage the homonymous poet
Casimiro de Abreu
Casimiro José Marques de Abreu was a Brazilian poet, novelist and playwright, adept of the "Ultra-Romanticism" movement...
, who was born in their coastal district Barra de São João.