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Porto Real

Field	Value
name	Porto Real
official_name	Município de Porto Real
settlement_type	Municipality
image_flag	Bandeira de Porto Real.jpg
flag_size	120px
image_seal	Brasao-portoreal.jpg
image_map	RiodeJaneiro Municip PortoReal.svg
mapsize	250px
map_caption	Location of Porto Real in the state of Rio de Janeiro
pushpin_map	Brazil
pushpin_map_caption	Location of Porto Real in Brazil
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_type1	Region
subdivision_type2	State
subdivision_name	Brazil
subdivision_name1	Southeast
subdivision_name2	[[File:Bandeira do estado do Rio de Janeiro.svg	border	23px]] Rio de Janeiro
leader_title	Prefeito
leader_name	Jorge Serfiotis (PMDB)
area_total_km2	50.892
population_as_of	2020
population_total	19,974
timezone	BRT
utc_offset	−3
coordinates
elevation_m	385
website	http://www.portoreal.rj.gov.br/

Porto Real () is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. Its population was 19,974 (2020) and its area is 50.9 km2.

It is the sole location where the coastal tapeti, a species of cottontail rabbit, is known to exist.

History

The land around Porto Real was first given to Captain-Major Garcia Rodrigues Pais Leme by King João V of Portugal in 1715. It was not until 1801 that Pais' descendant built a settlement on the land and named it Resende after the Count of Resende. In 1722, due to an incentive from the Marquess of Lavradio to exempt anyone who had planted a number coffee trees from military service, the Pais Leme family did so and started a coffee industry there. By 1822, a pier was built into the Paraíba River which started to be used regularly by the Emperor of Brazil, Pedro II of Brazil. This led to the town being renamed as Porto Real. From there, the Province of Rio de Janeiro started establishing sugar mills in the town as the coffee industry had started to be less profitable, with the Imperial Brazilian government elevated the town to a Colony, with the aim of bringing in Italian migrants to help work in the sugar industry.

By 1892, it had been relegated back to a district within Resende municipality. In 1995, it was severed from Resende and given its own municipal status. In 2011, a Citroën automobile construction factory had been established within Porto Real with them announcing in 2025 that they would be constructing the Citroën Basalt car at the factory in Porto Real. In 2021, a new bridge over the river was constructed at Porto Real. In 2024, a large drug smuggling ring was discovered in Porto Real with the Brazilian Civil Police arresting people after the drugs were discovered being sent via the Brazilian postal service.

References

[https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/rj/porto-real/panorama IBGE 2020]
Ruedas, L.A.. (2019). "''Sylvilagus tapetillus''".
"Porto Real". IBGE.
"Stellantis inicia produção de novo SUV, em Porto Real, no Rio de Janeiro | Desenvolvimento Econômico".
"Ponte sobre rio Itiúba é inaugurada durante Governo Presente em Porto Real do Colégio".
Freitas, Por Cyntia. (12 November 2024). "Polícia Civil de Porto Real apreende 'encomendas' com mais de 30 quilos de drogas enviadas pelos Correios". Avozdaciadade.

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