Official Name: | Quissamã |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name: | Brazil |
Subdivision Name2: | Rio de Janeiro |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Fátima Pacheco (2017 - atual) |
Established Title: | Colonization started |
Established Date: | 1633 |
Established Title2: | Settled as Freguesia |
Established Date2: | 1755 |
Established Title3: | Municipality Established |
Established Date3: | January 4, 1989 |
Area Total Km2: | 715.877 |
Population As Of: | 2020 [1] |
Population Total: | 25,126 |
Population Density Km2: | 24.3 |
Timezone: | BRT |
Utc Offset: | -3 |
Coordinates: | -22.1069°N -41.4719°W |
Elevation M: | 20 |
Website: | www.quissama.rj.gov.br |
Quissamã (pronounced as /pt/) is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. It sits on Atlantic coastline with the two largest neighboring cities being Campos dos Goytacazes to the north and Macaé to the south. Quissamã was part of the municipality of Macaé until the city emancipated in 1989. The population has surpassed 20,000 inhabitants as of the 2010 Census.[2] The city's primary source of tax revenue comes from oil royalties collected from drilling in the waters just off its coast.