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Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz is an extensive and populous neighborhood of the high class, lower middle and low in the of the municipality of , Brazil, the farthest from the .
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  • Type: Suburb with 217,000 residents
  • Description: neighborhood in municipality of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil
  • Also known as: “Santa Cruz, Rio de Janeiro”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Solar dos Araújos and Hospital Municipal Dom Pedro II.

Historic building
Photo: Rcandre, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a historic building.

Hospital
Photo: Majtec, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Community center
Photo: Arleson Rezende, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a community center.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Paciência and Sepetiba.

Suburb
is a neighborhood in the of , . After the inauguration in 1878 of the station of the Brazilian Central Railway made it easier to reach the center of the city quickly, the area, including the nearby neighbourhood of , began to develop rapidly; later got its own station. is situated 5 km northeast of Santa Cruz.

Suburb
Photo: Rcandre, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a neighborhood in the of , , surrounded by Santa Cruz and Guaratiba, and by the Bay. It occupies an area of 1,162.13 ha, and has a population of 35,892. is situated 6 km south of Santa Cruz.

Suburb
is a neighborhood in the of , . is situated 7 km east of Santa Cruz.

Santa Cruz

Latitude
-22.91763° or 22° 55′ 4″ south
Longitude
-43.68349° or 43° 41′ 1″ west
Population
217,000
Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)
United Nations Location Code
BR SRJ
Open location code
589R38J8+WJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1613993362
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
3450316
Wiki­data ID
Q262842
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Santa Cruz” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سانتا كروز، ريو دي جانيرو”
  • Arabic: “سانتا كروز”
  • Asturian: “Santa Cruz”
  • Catalan: “Santa Cruz”
  • Finnish: “Santa Cruz”
  • French: “Santa Cruz”
  • German: “Santa Cruz”
  • Italian: “Santa Cruz”
  • Japanese: “サンタ・クルス”
  • Malagasy: “Santa Cruz (Rio de Janeiro)”
  • Malagasy: “Santa Cruz”
  • Portuguese: “Santa Cruz (RJ)”
  • Portuguese: “Santa Cruz, RJ”
  • Portuguese: “Santa Cruz”
  • Russian: “Санта-Крус”
  • Spanish: “Santa Cruz”
  • Turkish: “Santa Cruz”

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Highlights include Praça de Santa Cruz and Cruzeiro de Santa Cruz.

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