Ipanema
Ipanema is a neighbourhood located in the South Zone of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, between Leblon and Arpoador. The beach at Ipanema became known internationally with the popularity of the bossa nova song, "The Girl from Ipanema", written by Antônio Carlos Jobim and Vinícius de Moraes.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Suburb with 37,400 residents
- Description: neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro
- Also known as: “Ipanema District”, “Ipanema, Brazil”, and “Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ipanema beach and General Osório Square.
Ipanema beach
Beach
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Ipanema is a neighbourhood located in the South Zone of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, between Leblon and Arpoador. The beach at Ipanema became known internationally with the popularity of the bossa nova song, "The Girl from Ipanema", written by Antônio Carlos Jobim and Vinícius de Moraes.
General Osório Square
Park
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
General Osório Square is a square in Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The square is bordered to the north by Rua Visconde de Pirajá, the main commercial street in Ipanema; Rua Jangadeiros to the east; Rua Prudente de Morais to the south, which extends west from the square; and the small Rua Teixeira de Melo to the west.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zona Sul and Copacabana.
Zona Sul
Photo: Adam63, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The South Zone of Rio de Janeiro is where most tourists usually stay. Lots of hotels, from the fancy 5-stars like Copacabana Palace to hostels, are to be found in the neighborhoods of Copacabana, Ipanema and Leblon, which also have three famous beaches, the latter two just being separated by the canal that drains the Lagoa into the sea.
Copacabana
Suburb
Photo: Gustavo Facci, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Copacabana is a Brazilian bairro located in the South Zone of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is most prominently known for its 4 km balneario beach, which is one of the most famous in the world.
Bairro Peixoto
Neighborhood
Bairro Peixoto is a region in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, but it is not officially recognized as a neighborhood. Officially, it forms part of the neighborhood of Copacabana, but has distinct characteristics.
Ipanema
- Categories: beach, neighbourhood in Rio de Janeiro, and locality
- Location: Rio de Janeiro, Grande Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Southeast, Brazil, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-22.98396° or 22° 59′ 2″ southLongitude
-43.20222° or 43° 12′ 8″ westPopulation
37,400Elevation
29 metres (95 feet)Open location code
589R2Q8X+C4OpenStreetMap ID
node 1613993246OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
3461147Wikidata ID
Q468540
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Ipanema” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “إيبانيما”
- Asturian: “Ipanema”
- Azerbaijani: “İpanema çimərliyi”
- Basque: “Ipanema”
- Bishnupriya: “ইপানেমা”
- Bosnian: “Ipanema”
- Breton: “Ipanema”
- Catalan: “Ipanema”
- Chinese: “伊帕内玛”
- Chinese: “伊帕内马”
- Croatian: “Ipanema”
- Czech: “Ipanema”
- Danish: “Ipanema”
- Dutch: “Ipanema”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ايبانيما”
- Esperanto: “Ipanema”
- Estonian: “Ipanema”
- Finnish: “Ipanema”
- French: “Ipanema quartier”
- French: “Ipanema”
- Georgian: “იპანემა”
- German: “Ipanema”
- German: “Rio de Janeiro/Ipanema”
- Greek: “Ιπανέμα”
- Hebrew: “איפנמה”
- Hungarian: “Ipanema”
- Interlingue: “Ipanema”
- Italian: “Ipanema”
- Japanese: “イパネマ”
- Japanese: “イパネマ海岸”
- Kazakh: “Ïpanema”
- Kazakh: “Ипанема”
- Kazakh: “ىيپانەما”
- Korean: “이파네마”
- Macedonian: “Ипанема”
- Mazanderani: “ایپانما”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ipanema”
- Norwegian: “Ipanema”
- Persian: “ایپانما”
- Persian: “پلاژ ایپانما”
- Persian: “ساحل ایپانما”
- Polish: “Ipanema”
- Portuguese: “Bairro de Ipanema”
- Portuguese: “Ipanema”
- Romanian: “Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro”
- Romanian: “Ipanema”
- Russian: “Ипанема”
- Scots: “Ipanema”
- Serbian: “Ipanema”
- Serbian: “Ипанема”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Ipanema”
- Spanish: “Ipanema”
- Swedish: “Ipanema”
- Thai: “อีปาเนมา”
- Turkish: “Ipanema District”
- Turkish: “Ipanema”
- Ukrainian: “Іпанема”
- Vietnamese: “Ipanema”
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