Pinheiral

Pinheiral
Pinheiral
Municipality
	Município de Pinheiral
	Flag Seal
	Location of Pinheiral in the state of Rio de Janeiro
	Pinheiral Location of Pinheiral in Brazil
	Coordinates: 22°30′46″S 44°00′03″W / 22.51278°S 44.00083°W
Country	Brazil
Region	Southeast
State	Rio de Janeiro
Government
• Prefeito	Ednardo Barbosa (PMDB)
Area
• Total	76.793 km2 (29.650 sq mi)
Elevation	345 m (1,132 ft)
Population (2020 )
• Total	25,364
Time zone	UTC−3 (BRT)
Website	[1]

Pinheiral (Portuguese pronunciation: [piɲejˈɾaw]) is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. Its population was 25,364 (2020) and its area is 77 km² (30 sq mi).^[2]

History

The city was named after the São José do Pinheiro coffee plantation, owned by the very rich planter and slave trader José de Souza Breves (1795-1879).^[3] This estate, on which about 500 slaves used to work, was "one of the most opulent in Brazil". Nowadays, the descendants of slave plan to transform the Park of the Ruins, only vestige of the plantation and its palace,^[4] into a memory centre, including a museum and school of jongo (dance and musical genre of black communities).^[5]

References

^ IBGE 2020
^ IBGE - "Archived copy". Archived from the original on January 9, 2007. Retrieved August 3, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ Andreza Baptista. "Fazenda do Pinheiro". A Casa Senhorial (in Portuguese). Retrieved 16 October 2024.
^ Prefeitura Municipal de Pinheiral. "Fazenda São José do Pinheiro". pinheiral.rj.gov.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 16 October 2024.
^ Rogero, Tiago (18 August 2024). "A coffee plantation in Brazil enslaved Africans. Centuries later, their descendants have taken over". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 October 2024.

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[1] IBGE 2020

[2] IBGE - "Archived copy". Archived from the original on January 9, 2007. Retrieved August 3, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[3] Andreza Baptista. "Fazenda do Pinheiro". A Casa Senhorial (in Portuguese). Retrieved 16 October 2024.

[4] Prefeitura Municipal de Pinheiral. "Fazenda São José do Pinheiro". pinheiral.rj.gov.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 16 October 2024.

[5] Rogero, Tiago (18 August 2024). "A coffee plantation in Brazil enslaved Africans. Centuries later, their descendants have taken over". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 October 2024.

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