The State of Rio de Janeiro, 1914
The State of Rio de Janeiro has a population of about a million and a half, of whom 40,000 are found in Nictheroy and 30,000 in Petropolis, which are both…
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From Brazil and the Brazilians by George James Bruce, 1914.
Nictheroy, on the right arm of the Bay as you enter, is the capital of the State of Rio de Janeiro, which must not be confused with the City of Rio de Janeiro in Federal territory on the opposite shore of the Bay.
The State of Rio de Janeiro has a population of about a million and a half, of whom 40,000 are found in Nictheroy and 30,000 in Petropolis, which are both really suburbs of the City of Rio de Janeiro, many of whose business and professional men have their homes there. Nictheroy is the commercial centre of the State, and Petropolis, which is about 3000 feet above the sea-level has besides nearly all the foreign Legations the homes of many of Rio de Janeiro's foremost citizens. It is undoubtedly the fashionable residential quarter of the Federal Capital. Campos is the country town of the State. Cotton, salt, lime, and fishing industries, with mining, stock-raising, and timber-getting, constitute the State's principal activities. Marble and stone quarries are also worked. The capital and chief cities are in night and day continuous communication with the Federal Capital. Several large educational establishments conducted by religious orders are found in the State, and Nictheroy is the seat of a Roman Catholic bishop.
Bruce, George James. Brazil and the Brazilians. Dodd, Mead and Company, 1914.
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