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Seropédica
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Seropédica (Silk Farm, ) is a municipality located in Greater Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 75 km from the state capital of Rio de Janeiro. Its population was 83,092 (2020) and its area is 284 km².
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Education
The municipality is home of the main campus of the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ) and an Embrapa research institute focused on agroecology.
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Notability
The bacterium Herbaspirillum seropedicae is named after Seropédica, as it was isolated in the locality.
Climate
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