Tinguá Biological Reserve
Tinguá Biological Reserve is a biological reserve in the Serra do Tinguá mountains, Rio de Janeiro state, eastern Brazil.Photo: Gerson Tavares, CC BY 2.0.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Xerém.
Xerém
Suburb
Photo: Junius, Public domain.
Xerém is a neighborhood of Xerém District in the municipality of Duque de Caxias in the state of Rio de Janeiro, about 50 km from the city of Rio de Janeiro. Xerém is situated 10 km east of Tinguá Biological Reserve.
Tinguá Biological Reserve
- Type: Protected area
- Also known as: “Reserva Biologica do Tingua” and “Tingua Biological Reserve”
- Category: Biological reserve in Brazil
- Location: Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Southeast, Brazil, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-22.56447° or 22° 33′ 52″ southLongitude
-43.39947° or 43° 23′ 58″ westElevation
861 metres (2,825 feet)Inception
1989Operator
Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da BiodiversidadeOpen location code
589RCJP2+66OpenStreetMap ID
way 255797445GeoNames ID
13016186Wikidata ID
Q7808201
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Satellite Map
Discover Tinguá Biological Reserve from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Portuguese to Spanish—“Tinguá Biological Reserve” goes by many names.
- Portuguese: “Área de Proteção Ambiental do Tinguá”
- Portuguese: “Maciço de tinguá”
- Portuguese: “Maciço de Tinguá”
- Portuguese: “Reserva Biológica do Tinguá”
- Portuguese: “Reserva Biológica Federal do Tinguá”
- Spanish: “Reserva biológica de Tinguá”
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