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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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Photo: Halleypo, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Museu do Índio and Botafogo Station.

Museum
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O is a cultural and scientific agency of the Fundação Nacional dos Povos Indígenas or FUNAI. It was created by Darcy Ribeiro, in the city of , in 1953.

Metro station
Photo: Andrevruas, CC BY 3.0.
is a subway station on the Rio de Janeiro Metro that serves the neighbourhood of Botafogo in the of Rio de Janeiro. The station was renamed on 1 January 2021, from to Botafogo/Coca-Cola Station, after a naming rights purchase by the Brazilian branch of The Coca-Cola Company.

Museum
Photo: Ministério da Cultura, CC BY 2.0.
The is a museum in , Brazil, that is dedicated to exhibiting artifacts related to the composer Heitor Villa-Lobos.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Humaitá and Bairro Peixoto.

Suburb
Photo: Wikityke, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a residential district in the of , . It is situated between the foot of Mountain and the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon.

Neighborhood
is a region in , , but it is not officially recognized as a neighborhood. Officially, it forms part of the neighborhood of , but has distinct characteristics.

Suburb
Photo: Fulviusbsas, Public domain.
is a neighborhood in the of , adjacent to Laranjeiras. Its main street is Rua , an extension of Rua das Laranjeiras.

Botafogo

Latitude
-22.95151° 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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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“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 (исторический район Рио-де-Жанейро)”
  • 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”

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