São Francisco Xavier
São Francisco Xavier is a neighborhood in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb
- Description: neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro
- Also known as: “Sao Francisco Xavier” and “São Francisco Xavier, Rio de Janeiro”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Estação Primeira de Mangueira and São Francisco Xavier station.
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.
São Francisco Xavier station
Railway station
Photo: Junius, Public domain.
São Francisco Xavier is a railway station in São Francisco Xavier, Rio de Janeiro which is serviced by the Supervia.
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 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.
São Francisco Xavier
- Categories: neighbourhood in Rio de Janeiro and locality
- Location: Meier, Rio de Janeiro, Grande Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Southeast, Brazil, South America
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Latitude
-22.90476° or 22° 54′ 17″ southLongitude
-43.24403° or 43° 14′ 39″ westElevation
21 metres (69 feet)Open location code
589R3QW4+39OpenStreetMap ID
node 1613993383OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Turkish—“São Francisco Xavier” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “São Francisco Xavier”
- Catalan: “São Francisco Xavier”
- Dutch: “São Francisco Xavier”
- French: “São Francisco Xavier”
- Galician: “São Francisco Xavier”
- Italian: “São Francisco Xavier”
- Portuguese: “São Francisco Xavier (Rio de Janeiro)”
- Portuguese: “São Francisco Xavier”
- Spanish: “São Francisco Xavier”
- Turkish: “São Francisco Xavier”
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Localities in the Area
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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 “São Francisco Xavier”. Photo: Wolfhardt, CC BY-SA 3.0.