Rocinha

Rocinha is a favela, located in 's between the districts of and Gávea. Rocinha is built on a steep hillside overlooking Rio de Janeiro and is located about one kilometre from a nearby beach.
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  • Suburb with about 24,500 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 140 metres (440 feet)
  • Description: neighborhood in municipality of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil

Places of Interest

Highlights include Morro Dois Irmãos and Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro.
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is a park.
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vidigal and Gávea.
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is a neighborhood and a favela in , .
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is an affluent residential neighborhood located…
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is a neighborhood in the of the city of , .

Rocinha

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Latitude
-22.98852° or 22° 59′ 19″ south
Longitude
-43.24821° or 43° 14′ 54″ west
Open location code
589R2Q62+HP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6470680535
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
7538520
Wiki­data ID
Q1238732

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Rocinha” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “روسينها”
  • Arpitan: “Rocinha”
  • Asturian: “Rocinha”
  • Basque: “Rocinha”
  • Bulgarian: “Росиня”
  • Catalan: “Rocinha”
  • Chinese: “罗西尼亚”
  • Chinese: “羅西尼亞”
  • Dutch: “Rocinha”
  • Esperanto: “Rocinha”
  • Finnish: “Rocinha”
  • French: “Rocinha”
  • German: “Rocinha”
  • Hebrew: “רוסיניה”
  • Italian: “Rocinha”
  • Japanese: “ホシーニャ”
  • Japanese: “ホッシーニャ”
  • Japanese: “ロシーニャ”
  • Low German: “Rocinha”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rocinha”
  • Norwegian: “Rocinha”
  • Polish: “Rocinha”
  • Portuguese: “Rocinha”
  • Russian: “Росинья”
  • Spanish: “Rocinha”
  • Turkish: “Rocinha”
  • Urdu: “روسینہا”

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