Mangueira

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.

Photo: Drmarcelodavid, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Morro do Telégrafo and Estação Primeira de Mangueira.

Morro do Telégrafo

Peak

Photo: patano, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Morro do Telégrafo is a peak.

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.

Mangueira station

Railway station

Photo: Junius, Public domain.

Mangueira is a railway station in Mangueira, Rio de Janeiro, which is serviced by the Supervia.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include São Francisco Xavier and Benfica.

São Francisco Xavier

Suburb

São Francisco Xavier is a neighborhood in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Benfica

Suburb

Photo: annminan, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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.

Maracanã

Suburb

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Maracanã is a middle-class neighborhood in the Northern Zone of Rio de Janeiro city. The Maracanã Stadium is located in this neighborhood, as well as the Ginásio do Maracanãzinho.

Mangueira

Type: Suburb
Description: neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro
Categories: favela, 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

-22.90395° or 22° 54′ 14″ south

Longitude

-43.2362° or 43° 14′ 10″ west

Elevation

60 metres (197 feet)

Open location code

589R3QW7+CG

OpenStreetMap ID

node 12254482669

OpenStreetMap feature

place=suburb

GeoNames ID

8304803

Wikidata ID

Q3844583

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Turkish—“Mangueira” goes by many names.

Asturian: “Mangueira”
Catalan: “Mangueira”
French: “Mangueira”
Igbo: “Mangueira”
Italian: “Mangueira”
Japanese: “マンゲイラ”
Portuguese: “Mangueira (cidade do Rio de Janeiro)”
Portuguese: “Mangueira (Rio de Janeiro)”
Portuguese: “Mangueira”
Portuguese: “Morro da Mangueira”
Spanish: “Mangueira”
Turkish: “Mangueira”

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Localities in the Area

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