Valença, Rio de Janeiro
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Valença is a municipality
located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro
. Its population was 71,894 (2008) and its area is 1,305 km². The city is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Valença
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Valença has five districts: Conservatória ("City of Serenades"), Barão de Juparanã("City of the Barons), Parapeúna, Santa Isabel do Rio Preto and Pentagna.
Today its economy is geared especially for agriculture and the existing university center in the municipal headquarters.
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 71,894 (2008) and its area is 1,305 km². The city is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Valença
Roman Catholic Diocese of Valença
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Valença is a diocese located in the city of Valença, Rio de Janeiro, in the Ecclesiastical province of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.-History:...
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Valença has five districts: Conservatória ("City of Serenades"), Barão de Juparanã("City of the Barons), Parapeúna, Santa Isabel do Rio Preto and Pentagna.
Today its economy is geared especially for agriculture and the existing university center in the municipal headquarters.