Resende, city, western Rio de Janeiro estado (state), eastern Brazil. It is situated on the Paraíba do Sul River, opposite Agulhas Negras, at 1,296 feet (395 metres) above sea level. In the 1990s the manufacture of trucks, buses, and automobiles replaced agriculturally based businesses as the principal economic activities. A national military academy is located in the city, and a nearby marble quarry is the area’s most notable attraction. Resende, on the Presidente Dutra Highway between the cities of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, is also easily accessible by railroad. Pop. (2010) 119,769.