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Macaé

Macaé is a city and a municipal located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro . Its population was recorded as 156,410 in (2005) and the municipal covers an area of 1,216 km².

Macaé is generally considered to be the centre of the Brazilian offshore petroleum industry. As a consequence it is often referred to as "Cidade do Petróleo". Macaé is one of the fastest-growing cities in Brazil; the local authority has predicted that the city will reach between 180,000 and 200,000 by 2014.

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  • Macaé Privilége Condominium, Deise (guest) wrote 11 years ago:
    Some people that live there are so pig because all the trash is throw over the window...local culture!Don' t by this poor flat.
  • Frade, Carilane (guest) wrote 13 years ago:
    É sempre bom saber sobre a história do lugar onde moramo, muito boa a informação que contive, contando que isso também me ajudará para meu trabalho né , rsrs.
  • IFF Macaé, Diego Detoni (guest) wrote 13 years ago:
    Very important school in Macaé.
  • Transocean, daniel pinheiro (guest) wrote 13 years ago:
    olá, sou daniel pinheiro e gostei muito de ver um video com um sonda e , amei demais , espero um dia trabalhar com vcs.
  • Transocean, Cristina Wicki (guest) wrote 13 years ago:
    I am living in Swissland for few months, but i would like to go back to Rio de Janeiro to work there. swissland is a precious country, but find a job here isis geting hard. I speak german and french too. Do you think i can have an opportunity to work at Transocean?
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