inherited the property after the death of Dom José Rendon and, on 17 May 1718, sold it for 600 mil-réis to priest Nicoláo de Siqueira. She donated two thirds of the payment to the local church, "for herself and the souls of all the buried there". Late modern period As a part of a series of expansions to the Central Railway of Brazil (), on 7 November 1914, the Muriqui train station was inaugurated. On 1 December 1949, via a legislative decree, the district of vila de Muriqui is delimited on land previously belonging to the district of Itacuruçá, and annexed to the municipality of Mangaratiba. Population Administration Being a district of the larger municipality of Mangaratiba, Muriqui is subject to the administration of Mangaratiba's prefecture – i.e. its mayor and municipal government. However, a subprefecture dedicated exclusively to Muriqui exists. The following is a list of heads ("subprefeitos") of the subprefecture of Muriqui: Fauna and Flora Muriqui is surrounded mostly by Atlantic Forest, which heavily influences its fauna and flora. Hydrography Beaches Muriqui has direct access to the Atlantic Ocean through the Muriqui beach (), located to the west of (). In terms of balneability, the Muriqui beach has been mostly deemed improper for bathing, although there have been recent efforts in an attempt to clean Mangaratiba rivers and beaches. Rivers Muriqui is centered between two rivers, with Rio Catumbi to the east and Rio Muriqui (sometimes called Rio da Prata) to the west. To mitigate the risk of flooding, both rivers are periodically dredged by the district's subprefecture. Culture Art Muriqui is home to an art installation by Japanese artist Mariko Mori called Ring: One With Nature, inaugurated atop the Bride's Veil () waterfall in August 2016 to celebrate the 2016 Summer Olympics. The piece is an acrylic ring that changes in color depending on the position of the sun, and is meant as a representation of a sixth Olympic ring. It measures about in diameter and weighs around . Cuisine Muriqui's most well known delicacy is the cocada (known as Cocada de Muriqui), deemed to be one of the famous sweets of the Mangaratiba cuisine. According to Fabrini dos Santos, a SEBRAE consultant, the cocadas are distinctive enough that they could, at some point, be granted a geographical indication. The district's cocada has existed at least since the construction of the BR-101 highway, and has been sold