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Imperial de São Cristóvão

São Cristóvão is a traditional neighborhood in the north of , Brazil. Imperial de São Cristóvão has about 41,100 residents.
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  • Type: Suburb with 41,100 residents
  • Description: neighborhood in municipality of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil
  • Also known as: “Bairro Imperial de São Cristóvão”, “São Cristavem”, “São Cristovam”, and “São Cristóvão”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Centro de Tradicoes Nordestinas Luiz Gonzaga and Paraíso do Tuiuti.

Arts center
Photo: Diego Baravelli, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an arts center.

Community center
The Grêmio Recreativo Escola de Samba is a samba school in , located in the neighborhood of São Cristóvão. In performance of , from the beginning, was discreet, but in 1968, with the plot of Julius Matos honoring the neighborhood of São Cristóvão, takes the first place in Group 3 and goes to the Group 2.

Park
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The is a public park of great historical importance located in the São Cristóvão neighbourhood, in the North zone of the city of , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vasco da Gama and Mangueira.

Suburb
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is a neighborhood of , . It was created in honor of the centenary of the football club CR in 1998, where its stadium, , is located.

Suburb
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is a shantytown neighborhood in the city of , , centered on the hill or morro. It is most famous for its samba school, the or simply , which is one of strongest competitors in the annual Rio Carnival samba competition.

Suburb
is a neighborhood in the of , Brazil.

Imperial de São Cristóvão

Latitude
-22.89932° or 22° 53′ 58″ south
Longitude
-43.22194° or 43° 13′ 19″ west
Population
41,100
Elevation
16 metres (52 feet)
Open location code
589R4Q2H+76
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1613993382
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
3449307
Wiki­data ID
Q2408175
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Turkish—“Imperial de São Cristóvão” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “São Cristóvão”
  • Dutch: “São Cristóvão”
  • Finnish: “São Cristóvão”
  • French: “São Cristóvão”
  • Galician: “São Cristóvão”
  • German: “Sao Cristovao”
  • Italian: “São Cristóvão”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “São Cristóvão”
  • Norwegian: “São Cristóvão”
  • Portuguese: “São Cristóvão”
  • Russian: “Сан-Кристован”
  • Spanish: “San Cristóbal”
  • Spanish: “São Cristóvão”
  • Swedish: “São Cristóvão”
  • Turkish: “São Cristóvão”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Largo Pedro Lobianco and Campo de São Cristóvão.

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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 “Imperial de São Cristóvão”. Photo: Leandro Ciuffo, CC BY 2.0.