Caju
Caju is a working-class district of the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Prior to the current region Caju belonged to the historic district of São Cristóvão.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Suburb
- Description: neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro
- Also known as: “Caju, Rio de Janeiro”
Places of Interest
Highlights include São Januário and Centro de Tradicoes Nordestinas Luiz Gonzaga.
São Januário
Stadium
Photo: Diego Baravelli, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Estádio Vasco da Gama, popularly known as São Januário owing to its location on a street of the same name, is the home ground of CR Vasco da Gama. It is located in the Vasco da Gama neighborhood, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on a hill near the National Observatory of Brazil.
Centro de Tradicoes Nordestinas Luiz Gonzaga
Arts center
Photo: Diego Baravelli, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Centro de Tradicoes Nordestinas Luiz Gonzaga is an arts center.
Pedregulho Housing Complex
Residential building
Photo: Filipeschaves, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Pedregulho Housing Complex is an apartment complex and planned community in the Benfica neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It was designed by the architect Affonso Eduardo Reidy.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vasco da Gama and Imperial de São Cristóvão.
Vasco da Gama
Suburb
Photo: Gaspar1915, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vasco da Gama is a neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It was created in honor of the centenary of the football club CR Vasco da Gama in 1998, where its stadium, São Januário, is located.
Imperial de São Cristóvão
Suburb
Photo: Leandro Ciuffo, CC BY 2.0.
São Cristóvão is a traditional neighborhood in the north of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Benfica
Suburb
Photo: annminan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Benfica is a neighborhood in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is located near São Cristóvão and Engenho de Dentro, within the Centro Administrative Region.
Caju
- 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
-22.88031° or 22° 52′ 49″ southLongitude
-43.22149° or 43° 13′ 17″ westElevation
12 metres (39 feet)Open location code
589R4Q9H+VCOpenStreetMap ID
node 1613993085OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Turkish—“Caju” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Caju”
- Dutch: “Caju”
- French: “Caju”
- Italian: “Caju”
- Portuguese: “Bairro do caju”
- Portuguese: “Bairro do Caju”
- Portuguese: “Caju (cidade do Rio de Janeiro)”
- Portuguese: “Caju (rio de janeiro)”
- Portuguese: “Caju (Rio de Janeiro)”
- Portuguese: “Caju”
- Spanish: “Caju”
- Turkish: “Caju”
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Highlights include Morro de São João and Arsenal de Guerra do Rio.
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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 “Caju”. Photo: Halleypo, CC BY-SA 3.0.