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Jacarepagua

Jacarepaguá

Jacarepaguá, with a land area of 29.27 square miles, is a neighborhood situated in the of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In 2010, it had a population of 157,326.
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  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: neighborhood in municipality of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil
  • Also known as: “Jacarepagua”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre and Farmasi Arena.

Stadium
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0 br.
The is an aquatics centre that is part of the City of Sports Complex in the district of , . is situated 3 km southwest of Jacarepaguá.

Sports venue
Photo: *drowned*, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an indoor multipurpose arena, located in the region of , in , . It is one of the indoor arena with largest capacity in the country, with 15,430 people for sports and up to 18,768 for concerts. is situated 3 km southwest of Jacarepaguá.

Aerodrome
Photo: Diego Baravelli, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an in the neighborhood of , , dedicated to general aviation. Following extensive renovation in 2008 the airport was renamed after Roberto Pisani Marinho, a journalist and former president of Globo Network. is situated 3½ km south of Jacarepaguá.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cidade de Deus and Curicica.

Suburb
Photo: Junius, Public domain.
The is a neighborhood of the city of . It is also known as CDD among its inhabitants. The neighborhood was founded in 1960, planned and executed by the government of Guanabara State as part of the policy to systematically remove slums from the center of Rio de Janeiro and resettle their inhabitants in the suburbs.

Suburb
Photo: Junius, Public domain.
is a neighborhood in the of , .

Suburb
Photo: Fulviusbsas, Public domain.
is a neighborhood in the of , .

Jacarepaguá

Latitude
-22.95317° or 22° 57′ 11″ south
Longitude
-43.37158° or 43° 22′ 18″ west
Elevation
4 metres (13 feet)
IATA airport code
RRJ
United Nations Location Code
BR JPU
Open location code
589R2JWH+P9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1613993258
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
3460367
Wiki­data ID
Q2618570
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Urdu—“Jacarepaguá” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Jacarepaguá”
  • Chinese: “雅卡雷帕瓜”
  • Danish: “Jacarepaguá”
  • Dutch: “Jacarepaguá”
  • French: “Jacarepagua”
  • French: “Jacarepaguá”
  • German: “Jacarepaguá”
  • Italian: “Jacarepaguá”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Jacarepaguá”
  • Norwegian: “Jacarepaguá”
  • Portuguese: “Jacarepagua”
  • Portuguese: “Jacarepaguá”
  • Spanish: “Jacarepagua”
  • Spanish: “Jacarepaguá”
  • Turkish: “Jacarepaguá”
  • Urdu: “جکرپگوا، رو دے جنیرو”
  • Urdu: “جکرپگوا، ریو دے جینیرو”

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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 “Jacarepaguá”. Photo: Halleypo, CC BY-SA 3.0.