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Santo Cristo

Santo Cristo is a neighborhood in , Brazil. The neighbourhood is named after the Catholic church Santo Cristo dos Milagres situated in the port area.
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  • Type: Suburb with 9,940 residents
  • Description: neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro
  • Also known as: “Santo Cristo, Rio de Janeiro”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sambadrome Marquês de Sapucaí and Unidos da Tijuca.

Photo: Ben Tavener, CC BY 2.0.
The is a purpose-built parade area built for the Rio Carnival in , . The venue is also known as Passarela Professor Darcy Ribeiro or simply the Sambódromo in Portuguese or Sambadrome in English.

Community center
Photo: Marcus Guimarães, CC BY 2.0.
The Grêmio Recreativo Escola de Samba is a samba school of the city of Rio de Janeiro. It was founded on 31 December 1931 from the fusion of existing blocks in Morro do Borel.

Photo: Halleypo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is an old dock located in the of , between the current Coelho e Castro and Sacadura Cabral streets. Built in 1811, it was the site of landing and trading of enslaved Africans until 1831, with the blockade of Africa banning the Atlantic slave trade to Brazil.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cidade Nova and Gamboa.

Suburb
is a middle-to-lower-class neighborhood in , . It is located between the and the . The is situated within this neighborhood.

Suburb
is a neighborhood in , . , along with Santo Cristo and , is one of the oldest boroughs of Rio. It was originally settled by the aristocracy, due to the attractive position on the shores of Guanabara Bay, but lost its glamour when the docks were built.

Suburb
is a neighborhood in the of , Brazil.

Santo Cristo

Latitude
-22.90077° or 22° 54′ 3″ south
Longitude
-43.20339° or 43° 12′ 12″ west
Population
9,940
Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)
United Nations Location Code
BR SCO
Open location code
589R3QXW+MJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1613993365
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
7538667
Wiki­data ID
Q3949480
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Turkish—“Santo Cristo” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Santo Cristo”
  • Breton: “Santo Cristo”
  • Catalan: “Santo Cristo”
  • Cebuano: “Santo Cristo”
  • Corsican: “Santo Cristo”
  • Danish: “Santo Cristo”
  • Dutch: “Santo Cristo”
  • French: “Santo Cristo”
  • Galician: “Santo Cristo”
  • German: “Santo Cristo”
  • Indonesian: “Santo Cristo”
  • Italian: “Santo Cristo”
  • Low German: “Santo Cristo”
  • Portuguese: “Santo Cristo”
  • Romanian: “Santo Cristo”
  • Spanish: “Santo Cristo”
  • Swedish: “Santo Cristo”
  • Tahitian: “Santo Cristo”
  • Turkish: “Santo Cristo”

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Highlights include Fábrica Bhering and Itapemirim Encomendas.

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