but it wasn't until 1961 that it was registered as its own administration district, and 1975 that it was officially merged with the city of rio de janeiro, as an administrative region and a neighborhood.

it is the principal island making up the archipelago of the same name, that includes a series of smaller islands, counting to 14 in total.

ilha de paquetá forms the shape of a figure eight, reaching 1.2 square kilometers in area.