Oswaldo Cruz
Oswaldo Cruz is a neighborhood of the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro, of middle-class and lower middle-class situated near the neighborhoods of Madureira, Bento Ribeiro, Vila Valqueire, and Turiaçu.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb with 34,000 residents
- Description: neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro
- Also known as: “Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Portela and Estádio Conselheiro Galvão.
Portela
Community center
Photo: Arleson Rezende, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Grêmio Recreativo Escola de Samba Portela or Portela for short, is a traditional samba school, founded in 1923, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The school has the highest number of wins in the top-tier Rio parade, with 22 titles in total, including the 2017 Carnival parade.
Estádio Conselheiro Galvão
Stadium
Estádio Aniceto Moscoso, usually known as Estádio Conselheiro Galvão, is a football stadium in Madureira neighborhood, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 3,314 people.
Estação Prefeito Bento Ribeiro
Railway station
Photo: Junius, Public domain.
Estação Prefeito Bento Ribeiro is a railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bento Ribeiro and Turiaçu.
Bento Ribeiro
Suburb
Bento Ribeiro is a middle-class neighborhood in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is a suburban area in the vicinity of Marechal Hermes and Oswaldo Cruz and Vila Valqueire.
Madureira
Suburb
Madureira is a lower-middle-class neighborhood in the North Zone of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The suburb is the hub to several bus lines that reach several parts of the city of Rio de Janeiro.
Oswaldo Cruz
- Categories: neighbourhood in Rio de Janeiro and locality
- Location: Rio de Janeiro, Grande Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Southeast, Brazil, South America
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Latitude
-22.87053° or 22° 52′ 14″ southLongitude
-43.35019° or 43° 21′ 1″ westPopulation
34,000Elevation
26 metres (85 feet)Open location code
589R4JHX+QWOpenStreetMap ID
node 1613993320OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
3474693Wikidata ID
Q1393348
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Turkish—“Oswaldo Cruz” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Oswaldo Cruz”
- Catalan: “Oswaldo Cruz”
- French: “Oswaldo Cruz”
- Italian: “Oswaldo Cruz”
- Portuguese: “Osvaldo Cruz”
- Portuguese: “Oswaldo Cruz”
- Turkish: “Oswaldo Cruz”
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