Freguesia
Freguesia is a neighborhood in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.Photo: Marcio dutra, Public domain.
- Type: Suburb
- Description: neighborhood in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Also known as: “Freguesia (Ilha do Governador)” and “Freguezia”
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, which is situated 3 km south of Freguesia.
União da Ilha do Governador
Community center
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 4 km southwest of Freguesia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bancários and Tauá.
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. Cocotá is situated 2½ km southwest of Freguesia.
Freguesia
- Categories: neighbourhood in Rio de Janeiro and locality
- Location: Rio de Janeiro, Grande Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Southeast, Brazil, South America
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Latitude
-22.78506° or 22° 47′ 6″ southLongitude
-43.16945° or 43° 10′ 10″ westElevation
24 metres (79 feet)Open location code
589R6R7J+X6OpenStreetMap ID
node 1613993203OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Turkish—“Freguesia” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Freguesia (Illa del Governador)”
- Catalan: “Freguesia”
- Dutch: “Freguesia”
- French: “Freguesia”
- German: “Freguesia”
- Italian: “Freguesia da Ilha do Governador”
- Italian: “Freguesia”
- Portuguese: “Freguesia (Ilha do Governador)”
- Portuguese: “Freguesia da Ilha”
- Portuguese: “Freguesia”
- Turkish: “Freguesia”
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