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Estácio

Estácio is a neighborhood in , . The neighborhood was named after Estácio de Sá, the founder of Rio de Janeiro. The place where samba began.
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  • Type: Suburb with 23,300 residents
  • Description: neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro
  • Also known as: “Estacio” and “Estácio, Rio de Janeiro”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sambadrome Marquês de Sapucaí and Museu Penitenciário do Estado do Rio de Janeiro.

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.

Museum
Photo: Museu Penitenciário do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a museum.

Community center
Photo: Guilherme Bastos, CC BY 2.0.
The Grêmio Recreativo Escola de Samba is one of the most traditional samba schools of the city of Rio de Janeiro. It has won once the top-tier Rio parade in 1992.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Catumbi and Cidade Nova.

Suburb
is a neighborhood in , , and includes the Morro da Mineira favela.

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 the of , Brazil.

Estácio

Latitude
-22.91663° or 22° 54′ 60″ south
Longitude
-43.20363° or 43° 12′ 13″ west
Population
23,300
Elevation
50 metres (164 feet)
Open location code
589R3QMW+8G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1613993192
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
7538677
Wiki­data ID
Q453462
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Turkish—“Estácio” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Estácio”
  • Catalan: “Estácio”
  • Chinese: “埃斯塔西奧”
  • Czech: “Estácio”
  • Dutch: “Estácio”
  • French: “Estácio”
  • German: “Estácio”
  • Italian: “Estácio”
  • Portuguese: “Bairro do Estácio”
  • Portuguese: “Estácio”
  • Spanish: “Estacio”
  • Spanish: “Estácio”
  • Turkish: “Estácio”

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