Praia da Guanabara

Praia da Guanabara is a beach in Rio de Janeiro, Grande Rio, Rio de Janeiro. Praia da Guanabara is situated nearby to the quarter Bananal, as well as near the suburb Freguesia.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ilha d’Água and União da Ilha do Governador.

Ilha d’Água

Islet

Photo: Diego Baravelli, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Ilha d’Água is an islet.

União da Ilha do Governador

Community center

União da Ilha do Governador

Photo: Arleson Rezende, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Grêmio Recreativo Escola de Samba União da Ilha do Governador was founded on March 7, 1953 by the friends Maurício Gazelle, and Quincas Orphylo, who were in Cacuia, the main site of the carnival parade of the Ilha do Governador, watching the presentation of small schools of samba and blocks of various districts of the island. União da Ilha do Governador is situated 3 km southwest of Praia da Guanabara.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Freguesia and Bancários.

Freguesia

Suburb

Photo: Marcio dutra, Public domain.

Freguesia is a neighborhood in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Bancários

Suburb

Bancários is a neighborhood located at Ilha do Governador in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. As of 2010 it has a population of 12,512.

Cocotá

Suburb

Cocotá is a neighborhood in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Praia da Guanabara

Type: Beach
Category: landform
Location: Rio de Janeiro, Grande Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Southeast, Brazil, South America
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Latitude

-22.79355° or 22° 47′ 37″ south

Longitude

-43.16859° or 43° 10′ 7″ west

Elevation

11 metres (36 feet)

Open location code

589R6R4J+HH

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=beach

GeoNames ID

Wikidata ID

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Praia da Guanabara” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Praia da Guanabara”
Portuguese: “Praia da Guanabara”
Swedish: “Praia da Guanabara”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Bananal and Tauá.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Praça Calcutá and Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Ajuda.

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