Teresópolis

Teresópolis is a Brazilian municipality in the interior of the state of Rio de Janeiro, about 94 kilometres from the state capital. It lies in the Serra Fluminense and has an area of just over 770 square kilometres; at an elevation of 871 metres it is the highest municipality in the state. The 2022 census counted 165,123 residents. The land was first inhabited by Indigenous peoples such as the Puri and Tamoio, and the farm of the Portuguese-British merchant George March made the area a stopping place for muleteers in the nineteenth century. Teresópolis became an independent municipality on 6 July 1891, separated from Magé. Serra dos Órgãos National Park and the training centre of the Brazil national football team are among its best-known features.