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Tijuca is a neighbourhood of the of the city of , Brazil. It comprises the region of Saens Peña and Afonso Pena squares. According to the 2000 Census, the district has close to 150,000 inhabitants.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Saens Peña Square and Saens Peña Station.

Park
Photo: Junius, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tijuca is a neighbourhood of the of the city of , Brazil. It comprises the region of Saens Peña and Afonso Pena squares. According to the 2000 Census, the district has close to 150,000 inhabitants.

Metro station
Photo: Junius, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saens Peña / Tijuca is a station on the Rio de Janeiro Metro that services the neighborhood of Tijuca in the of Rio de Janeiro. The station, inaugurated in 1982, was named simply Saens Peña until August 2022 when, alongside many others, it was renamed to include its neighborhood, Tijuca, in the name.

Memorial
Photo: Estela Neto, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a memorial.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aldeia Campista and Maracanã.

Quarter
Photo: Junius, CC BY-SA 3.0.
was a neighborhood in , , close to contemporary Vila Isabel, Tijuca, and . Located in the flat plain of the Grande Tijuca area of southernmost Zona Norte carioca neighbourhoods, once swampy, it was drained.

Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a middle-class neighborhood in the of city. The Stadium is located in this neighborhood, as well as the Ginásio do Maracanãzinho.

Quarter
is a region of , but not officially recognized as a neighborhood.

Tijuca

Latitude
-22.92474° or 22° 55′ 29″ south
Longitude
-43.23272° or 43° 13′ 58″ west
Elevation
31 metres (102 feet)
Open location code
589R3QG8+4W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1613993393
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
3473657
Wiki­data ID
Q2107829
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Tijuca” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Tijuca”
  • Danish: “Tijuca”
  • Dutch: “Tijuca”
  • Finnish: “Tijuca”
  • French: “Tijuca”
  • Italian: “Tijuca”
  • Japanese: “ティジュカ”
  • Luxembourgish: “Tijuca”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tijuca”
  • Norwegian: “Tijuca”
  • Portuguese: “Tijuca”
  • Slovenian: “Tijuca”
  • Spanish: “Tijuca”
  • Turkish: “Tijuca”
  • Ukrainian: “Тіжука”

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