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.
Fazenda Botafogo
Neighborhood
Rio de Janeiro, also known simply as Rio, is the capital of the state of Rio de Janeiro. It is the second-most-populous city in Brazil after São Paulo and the sixth-most-populous city in the Americas.
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″ southLongitude
-43.36659° or 43° 21′ 60″ westElevation
11 metres (36 feet)Open location code
589R5J8M+M9OpenStreetMap ID
node 5457804069OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stop_positionOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stopGeoNames 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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