Botafogo

Botafogo is a beachfront neighborhood in , . It is a mostly upper middle class and small commerce community, and is located between the hills of Mundo Novo, Dona Marta and São João.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Christ the Redeemer and Corcovado.

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is an Art Deco statue of Jesus in , Brazil, created by French-Polish sculptor Paul Landowski and built by Brazilian engineer Heitor da Silva Costa, in collaboration with French engineer Albert Caquot and Romanian sculptor Gheorghe Leonida who sculpted the face.

Peak
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is a mountain in central , . It is a 710-metre granite peak located in the Tijuca Forest, a national park. hill lies just west of the city center but is wholly within the city limits and visible from great distances.

Peak
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is a peak situated in , Brazil, on a peninsula at the mouth of . Rising 396 m above the harbor, the peak is named for its resemblance to the traditional shape of concentrated refined sugarloaf.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Zona Sul and Centro.

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The South Zone of Rio de Janeiro is where most tourists usually stay. Lots of hotels, from the fancy 5-stars like Copacabana Palace to hostels, are to be found in the neighborhoods of Copacabana, Ipanema and Leblon, which also have three famous beaches, the latter two just being separated by the canal that drains the Lagoa into the sea.

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Rio's is a district in the city of . has most of the city's notable churches and museums, including the Modern Art Museum, as well as many of its most famous bars.

Suburb
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is a Brazilian located in the of the city of , Brazil. It is most prominently known for its 4 km balneario beach, which is one of the most famous in the world.

Botafogo

Latitude
-22.9515° or 22° 57′ 5″ south
Longitude
-43.1863° or 43° 11′ 11″ west
Population
82,900
Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)
Named after
João Pereira de Sousa
United Nations Location Code
BR BF5
Open location code
589R2RX7+9F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1613993067
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
3473663
Wiki­data ID
Q894624
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Botafogo” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بوتافوغو”
  • Asturian: “Botafogo”
  • Basque: “Botafogo”
  • Bosnian: “Botafogo”
  • Bulgarian: “Ботафого”
  • Catalan: “Botafogo”
  • Chinese: “博塔弗戈”
  • Chinese: “博塔福古”
  • Croatian: “Botafogo”
  • Danish: “Botafogo”
  • Dutch: “Botafogo”
  • Estonian: “Botafogo”
  • French: “Botafogo (Rio De Janeiro)”
  • French: “Botafogo”
  • Georgian: “ბოტაფოგო”
  • German: “Botafogo”
  • Hausa: “Botafogo”
  • Hebrew: “בוטפוגו (שכונה)”
  • Hebrew: “בוטפוגו”
  • Italian: “Botafogo quartiere”
  • Italian: “Botafogo”
  • Japanese: “ボタフォゴ”
  • Korean: “보타포구”
  • Macedonian: “Ботафого”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Botafogo”
  • Norwegian: “Botafogo”
  • Portuguese: “Bairro de Botafogo”
  • Portuguese: “Bairro do Botafogo”
  • Portuguese: “Botafogo (Cidade do Rio de Janeiro)”
  • Portuguese: “Botafogo (rio de janeiro)”
  • Portuguese: “Botafogo (Rio de Janeiro)”
  • Portuguese: “Botafogo”
  • Romanian: “Botafogo”
  • Russian: “Ботафого”
  • Russian: “Ботафогу”
  • Scots: “Botafogo”
  • Serbian: “Ботафого (четврт)”
  • Serbian: “Ботафого”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Botafogo”
  • Slovenian: “Botafogo”
  • Spanish: “Botafogo”
  • Swedish: “Botafogo”
  • Turkish: “Botafogo”
  • Ukrainian: “Ботафого”
  • Ukrainian: “Ботафогу”
  • Urdu: “بوٹافوگو”

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