Benfica
Benfica is a neighborhood in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is located near São Cristóvão and Engenho de Dentro, within the Centro Administrative Region.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Suburb
- Description: neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro
- Also known as: “Benfica, Rio de Janeiro”
Places of Interest
Highlights include São Januário and Triagem station.
São Januário
Stadium
Photo: Diego Baravelli, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Estádio Vasco da Gama, popularly known as São Januário owing to its location on a street of the same name, is the home ground of CR Vasco da Gama. It is located in the Vasco da Gama neighborhood, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on a hill near the National Observatory of Brazil.
Estação Primeira de Mangueira
Community center
Grêmio Recreativo Escola de Samba Estação Primeira de Mangueira, or simply Mangueira, is a samba school in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The school was founded on April 28, 1928, by Carlos Cachaça, Cartola, Zé Espinguela, among others.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rocha and Mangueira.
Mangueira
Suburb
Photo: Drmarcelodavid, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mangueira is a shantytown neighborhood in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, centered on the Mangueira hill or morro. It is most famous for its samba school, the Estação Primeira de Mangueira or simply Mangueira, which is one of strongest competitors in the annual Rio Carnival samba competition.
Vasco da Gama
Suburb
Photo: Gaspar1915, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vasco da Gama is a neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It was created in honor of the centenary of the football club CR Vasco da Gama in 1998, where its stadium, São Januário, is located.
Benfica
- 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
-22.8923° or 22° 53′ 32″ southLongitude
-43.24034° or 43° 14′ 25″ westElevation
9 metres (30 feet)Open location code
589R4Q55+3VOpenStreetMap ID
node 1613993053OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Turkish—“Benfica” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Benfica”
- Catalan: “Benfica”
- Corsican: “Benfica”
- Danish: “Benfica”
- Dutch: “Benfica”
- French: “Benfica”
- German: “Benfica”
- Indonesian: “Benfica”
- Italian: “Benfica”
- Low German: “Benfica”
- Portuguese: “Benfica (rio de janeiro)”
- Portuguese: “Benfica (Rio de Janeiro)”
- Portuguese: “Benfica”
- Romanian: “Benfica”
- Spanish: “Benfica”
- Swedish: “Benfica”
- Tahitian: “Benfica”
- Turkish: “Benfica”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Triagem and Mandela de Pedra.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Corpo de Bombeiros Benfica and Largo de Benfica.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Benfica”. Photo: annminan, CC BY-SA 2.0.