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Cidade de Deus

The Cidade de Deus is a neighborhood of the city of . It is also known as CDD among its inhabitants. The neighborhood was founded in 1960, planned and executed by the government of Guanabara State as part of the policy to systematically remove slums from the center of Rio de Janeiro and resettle their inhabitants in the suburbs.
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Photo: Junius, Public domain.
  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: neighborhood in municipality of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil
  • Also known as: “Cidade de Deus, Rio de Janeiro”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre.

Stadium
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0 br.
The is an aquatics centre that is part of the City of Sports Complex in the district of , . is situated 4 km southwest of Cidade de Deus.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jacarepaguá and Gardênia Azul.

Suburb
Photo: Halleypo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, with a land area of 29.27 square miles, is a neighborhood situated in the of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In 2010, it had a population of 157,326.

Suburb
Photo: Fulviusbsas, Public domain.
is a neighborhood in the of , .

Suburb
is a neighbourhood in the Southwest Zone of the city of , . According to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, it had 653.492 inhabitants as of 2024, making it the most populous neighbourhood in the city.

Cidade de Deus

Latitude
-22.94803° or 22° 56′ 53″ south
Longitude
-43.3629° or 43° 21′ 47″ west
Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)
Open location code
589R3J2P+QR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1613993129
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
3474795
Wiki­data ID
Q1091739
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Cidade de Deus” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سيداد دي ديوس”
  • Armenian: “Սիդադե դե Դեուշ”
  • Asturian: “Cidade de Deus”
  • Catalan: “Cidade de Deus”
  • Chinese: “上帝之城”
  • Dutch: “Cidade de Deus”
  • Esperanto: “Cidade de Deus (Rio-de-Ĵanejro)”
  • Esperanto: “Urbo de Dio”
  • French: “Cidade de deus”
  • French: “Cidade de Deus”
  • French: “Cidade De Deus”
  • German: “Cidade de Deus”
  • Igbo: “Cidade de Deus, Rio de Janeiro”
  • Igbo: “Cidade de Deus”
  • Italian: “Cidade de Deus”
  • Latin: “Civitas Dei”
  • Lithuanian: “Sidadi di Deušas”
  • Lombard: “Cidade de Deus”
  • Lombard: “Cità de Dìu”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Cidade de Deus”
  • Norwegian: “Cidade de Deus”
  • Polish: “Cidade de Deus”
  • Portuguese: “Cidade de deus (rio de janeiro)”
  • Portuguese: “Cidade de Deus (Rio de Janeiro)”
  • Portuguese: “Cidade de Deus”
  • Russian: “Сидаде-де-Деуш”
  • Spanish: “Cidade de Deus”
  • Turkish: “Cidade de Deus”
  • Ukrainian: “Сідаде-де-Деуш”
  • “Cidade de Deus”
  • “Citä ad Diu”
  • “Sitê ad Dìu”

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