Vila Valqueire
Vila Valqueire is a neighborhood in the Southwest Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is situated near the border of the North and Western zones, and has a good quality of life with many squares, green places and services.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb
- Description: human settlement in Brazil
- Also known as: “Valqueire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Museu Aeroespacial and Portela.
Museu Aeroespacial
Museum
Photo: Lgtrapp, Public domain.
Museu Aeroespacial is a national aviation museum located in the West Side of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in the Administrative Region of Realengo. The place is known as "the Brazilian Aviation cradle". Museu Aeroespacial is situated 2½ km west of Vila Valqueire.
Portela
Community center
Photo: Arleson Rezende, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Grêmio Recreativo Escola de Samba Portela or Portela for short, is a traditional samba school, founded in 1923, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The school has the highest number of wins in the top-tier Rio parade, with 22 titles in total, including the 2017 Carnival parade. Portela is situated 3 km northeast of Vila Valqueire.
Estação Prefeito Bento Ribeiro
Railway station
Photo: Junius, Public domain.
Estação Prefeito Bento Ribeiro is a railway station, which is situated 2½ km north of Vila Valqueire.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Campo dos Afonsos and Campinho.
Campo dos Afonsos
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Campo dos Afonsos is a neighborhood in the West Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Campinho
Suburb
Campinho is a neighborhood in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This neighborhood is famous for being the birthplace of renowned Brazilian actress Fernanda Montenegro.
Vila Valqueire
- Categories: neighbourhood in Rio de Janeiro and locality
- Location: Rio de Janeiro, Grande Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Southeast, Brazil, South America
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Latitude
-22.88861° or 22° 53′ 19″ southLongitude
-43.36578° or 43° 21′ 57″ westElevation
37 metres (121 feet)Open location code
589R4J6M+HMOpenStreetMap ID
node 1613993425OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Turkish—“Vila Valqueire” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Vila Valqueire”
- Catalan: “Vila Valqueire”
- Dutch: “Vila Valqueire”
- Italian: “Vila Valqueire”
- Portuguese: “Vila valqueire (jacarepaguá)”
- Portuguese: “Vila Valqueire (Jacarepaguá)”
- Portuguese: “Vila valqueire (rio de janeiro)”
- Portuguese: “Vila Valqueire (Rio de Janeiro)”
- Portuguese: “Vila valqueire”
- Portuguese: “Vila Valqueire”
- Turkish: “Vila Valqueire”
- “Vila Valqueire”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Vila Valqueire”. Photo: Wolfhardt, CC BY-SA 3.0.