Barros Filho

Barros Filho is a lower-class neighbourhood in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro. It is one of the poorest areas in the city. Its name honours the farmer's son who gave land from his farm Boa Esperança, Antônio da Costa Barros for the construction of the railway which was inaugurated in 1908.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Estação Barros Filho and Costa Barros.

Estação Barros Filho

Railway station

Photo: Junius, Public domain.

Estação Barros Filho is a railway station.

Costa Barros

Railway station

Photo: Filipe Anacleto, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Costa Barros is a railway station, which is situated 1¼ km north of Barros Filho.

Acari/Fazenda Botafogo Station

Metro station

Photo: Junius, Copyrighted free use.

Acari/Fazenda Botafogo Station is a subway station on the Rio de Janeiro Metro that services the neighbourhoods of Acari and Coelho Neto in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro. Acari/Fazenda Botafogo Station is situated 2 km northeast of Barros Filho.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Costa Barros and Fazenda Botafogo.

Costa Barros

Suburb

Photo: Junius, CC0.

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

Fazenda Botafogo

Neighborhood

Rio de Janeiro, also known simply as Rio, is the capital and largest city of the state of Rio de Janeiro. It is the second-largest city in Brazil after São Paulo, and the largest by international tourists.

Barros Filho

Type: Railway stop
Categories: transport stop and transportation
Location: Rio de Janeiro, Grande Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Southeast, Brazil, South America
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Latitude

-22.83328° or 22° 49′ 60″ south

Longitude

-43.36659° or 43° 21′ 60″ west

Elevation

11 metres (36 feet)

Open location code

589R5J8M+M9

OpenStreetMap ID

node 5457804069

OpenStreetMap feature

public_transport=stop_position

OpenStreetMap feature

railway=stop

GeoNames ID

3470372

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In Other Languages

From French to Portuguese—“Barros Filho” goes by many names.

French: “Barros Filho”
Portuguese: “Barros Filho”

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