Seropédica

Seropédica (Silk Farm, ) is a municipality located in Greater Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 75 km from the state capital of Rio de Janeiro. Its population was 83,092 (2020) and its area is 284 km².

Mayor

 * Lucas Dutra

Education
The municipality is home of the main campus of the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ) and an Embrapa research institute focused on agroecology.

Sports

 * Annual Student Games

Neighborhoods

 * Águas Lindas
 * Canto do Rio
 * Campo Lindo
 * Dom Bosco
 * Jardim das Acácias
 * Parque Jacimar
 * Piranema
 * INCRA
 * Ecologia
 * Fazenda Caxias
 * Centro de Seropédica
 * Boa Esperança
 * Multirão
 * Boa Fé
 * Santa Sofia
 * Jardim Maracanã
 * Vera Cruz
 * Vila Sônia
 * Belvedere
 * São Miguel
 * Nossa Senhora de Nazaré

Notability
The bacterium Herbaspirillum seropedicae is named after Seropédica, as it was isolated in the locality.