at a glance

In the 1920s people began to settle on Morro da Nossa Senhora das Graças, or 'Our Lady of Grace Hill'. The resulting community curiously came to be known as 'Boogie Woogie', which refers to a style of blues characterized by syncopated use of the left hand on the piano. In spite of these developments, the wider growth of the region only took place in the second half of the 20th century. Urbanization of Morro do Zumbi, or 'Zumbi Hill', took place concurrently, to the south of Pitangueiras.

on this link by wikimapia it is possible to see a  satellite view of the district of pitangueiras - the sub-prefecture of ilha do governdaor maintains an official page on this link, and also publishes pictures, news and events on a parallel facebook page on this link.

Presented by the    Revista de Ciência Humanas - Universidade Federal de Viçosa, the study Unidades climáticas urbanas: O caso da Ilha do Governador-RJ,(Urban climate units: the case of Ilha do Governador-RJ), by Edson Soares Fialho  aims to contribute to urban climate studies, through as investigation of the thermal field on Ilha do Governador-RJ, using the method of mobile transects, placed in two distinct seasonal positions at three points in the day.