Sepetiba
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Sepetiba | ||
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Neighborhood | ||
State Rio de Janeiro (RJ) | | |
| Municipality/City | Rio de Janeiro | |
| Zone | West Zone | |
Sepetiba is a neighborhood in the
Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística
, IBGE, 2000 demographic census).
The origin of the name Sepetiba is the Tupi, which has the word "Sipitiba" as an alternative and çape-typa or çape-tyua as a corruption of the name, meaning Campo dos Sapés (Sapé field, in English), or Sapezal.
Close to Sepetiba is the port of Sepetiba Terminal. The port handles
containers and general bulk cargo. Its maximum draft is 22.5m.[1]
References
- ^ "Port of Sepetiba Terminal - Port Directory". Archived from the original on 2014-07-28.
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