Itaguaí is a municipality

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 93,662 (2005) and its area is 272 km². The city was founded in 1688.

Itaguaí is located ca. 75 km west of the city of Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...

 on the road to Santos

Santos (São Paulo)

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 (SP). Its location between the shore of Sepetiba Bay and the Atlantic Rainforest offers great natural beauty.

The port of Itaguaí was opened in 1982. One of its main trading goods is alumina.

The city is one of the poorest areas of the Rio de Janeiro metropolitan region. It serves also as dormitory town for workers of the industrial western zone (Zona Oeste) of Rio de Janeiro. It is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Itaguaí

Roman Catholic Diocese of Itaguaí

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Itaguaí is a diocese located in the city of Itaguaí in the Ecclesiastical province of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.-History:...

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