Sepetiba is a neighborhood in the western zone of Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro

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, surrounded by Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz, Rio de Janeiro

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 and Guaratiba

Guaratiba

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, and by the Sepetiba Bay. It occupies an area

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 of 1,162.13 ha, and has a population of 35,892 (according to 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

English language

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), or Sapezal.