Mark Horner

Geography : Location | Territorial organization | Education | Health
🇧🇷 São Gonçalo is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. It is on north-eastern Guanabara Bay in the Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Area. It is the 16th most populous city in Brazil.
Geography: Location It is the second most populous city of the state, after the capital Rio de Janeiro city. Until recently it was the third largest, when Mesquita was split off as its own city from Nova Iguaçu. It is considered an important metropolitan industrial city, being a large part of the local economy and the GDP of the State of Rio de Janeiro.

The municipality contains 4% of the 1,936 hectares (4,780 acres) Guanabara Ecological Station, created in 2006. It contains part of the Central Rio de Janeiro Atlantic Forest Mosaic of conservation units, created in 2006.
Territorial organization São Gonçalo is administratively divided into 91 bairros (neighborhoods) and 5 distritos (districts).

1° Distrito - Centro: Alcântara; Antonina; Boaçu; Brasilândia; Centro; Colubandê; Cruzeiro do Sul; Estrela do Norte; Fazenda dos Mineiros; Galo Branco; Itaoca; Itaúna; Lindo Parque; Luiz Caçador; Mutondo; Mutuá; Mutuaguaçu; Mutuapira; Nova Cidade; Palmeira; Porto do Rosa; Recanto das Acácias; Rocha; Rosane; Salgueiro; São Miguel; Tribobó; Trindade; Vila Lara; Zé Garoto.

2° Distrito - Ipiíba: Almerinda; Amendoeira; Anaia Grande; Anaia Pequeno; Arrastão; Arsenal; Coelho; Eliane; Engenho do Roçado; Ieda; Ipiíba; Jardim Amendoeira; Jardim Nova República; Jockey; Maria Paula; Rio do Ouro; Sacramento; Santa Isabel; Várzea das Moças; Vila Candoza.

3° Distrito - Monjolos: Barracão; Bom Retiro; Gebara; Guarani; Guaxindiba; Jardim Catarina; Lagoinha; Laranjal; Largo da Ideia; Marambaia; Miriambi; Monjolos; Pacheco; Raul Veiga; Santa Luzia; Tiradentes; Vila Três; Vista Alegre.

4° Distrito - Neves: Boa Vista; Camarão; Gradim; Mangueira; Neves; Parada 40; Paraíso; Patronato; Porto da Madama; Porto da Pedra; Porto Novo; Porto Velho; Vila Lage.

5° Distrito - Sete Pontes: Barro Vermelho; Convanca; Engenho Pequeno; Morro do Castro; Novo México; Pita; Santa Catarina; Tenente Jardim; Venda da Cruz; Zumbi.
Education The Rio de Janeiro State Teachers Training College (FFP-UERJ) stands out in the city. It is the largest teachers' college in the state of Rio de Janeiro, offering advanced training of senior staff. The campus offers undergraduate courses in Biological Sciences, History, Geography, Letters: Portuguese / Literatures, Letters: Portuguese / English, Mathematics and Pedagogy. More graduates from FFP pass state tests than any other teaching institution in Brazil. Its importance is magnified when one analyzes what an advanced training pole of senior staff from the UERJ is. Its students are mostly residents from São Gonçalo, but many come from Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Itaboraí, and municipalities of the Baixada Fluminense region, among others. For many years, students of this campus demanding the implementation of a bus intercampi free to link to the Saint Mary UERJ Maracanã.

The Polo Open University of Brazil has courses in the Consortium of Universities CEDERJ UFF (Computer Science), UFRJ (Chemistry) and UFRRJ (Administration and Tourism).
Health São Gonçalo has eight major hospitals: Hospital Estadual Alberto Torres; Eye Hospital Niteroi; Hospital Luiz Palmier; Hospital Adam Pereira Nunes; Barone Hospital de Medeiros; Silveira Hospital Infantil Darcy Vargas, Hospital Pads, and Hospital Santa Maria.

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São Gonçalo has a population of over 1,038,081 people. São Gonçalo also forms part of the wider Rio de Janeiro state which has a population of over 17,463,349 people.

To set up a UBI Lab for São Gonçalo see: https://www.ubilabnetwork.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/UBILabNetwork

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