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Urca

Urca is a residential neighborhood in , , with a population of nearly 7,000. Although most of the neighborhood dates from the 1920s, parts of it are much older.
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Photo: Dlaurini, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Earth Science Museum and Sugarloaf Mountain.

Museum
Photo: Carlos Luis M C da Cruz, CC0.
The Earth Sciences Museum is a geological museum in , . The building was part of the National Exposition of Brazil in 1908. Its collection includes minerals, fossils, and geological exhibits.

Peak
Photo: Vincent E, Public domain.
is a peak situated in , Brazil, on a peninsula at the mouth of . Rising 396 m above the harbor, the peak is named for its resemblance to the traditional shape of concentrated refined loaf sugar.

Aerial lift
Photo: Helder Ribeiro, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Sugarloaf Cable Car is a cableway system in , . The first part runs between Praia Vermelha and Morro da Urca, from where the second rises to the summit of the 396-metre .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Leme and Botafogo.

Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an upper-middle-class neighborhood in the of the City of , , next to , Urca and . The neighborhood takes its name from a nearby rock formation whose shape resembles the rudder of a ship.

Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a beachfront neighborhood in , . It is a mostly upper middle class and small commerce community, and is located between the hills of Mundo Novo, Dona Marta and São João.

Suburb
Photo: Alicia Nijdam, CC BY 2.0.
is a neighborhood in , .

Urca

Latitude
-22.95407° or 22° 57′ 15″ south
Longitude
-43.16797° or 43° 10′ 5″ west
Population
7,060
Elevation
-146 metres (-479 feet)
Open location code
589R2RWJ+9R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1613993401
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
8304821
Wiki­data ID
Q1898482
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In Other Languages

From Bosnian to Turkish—“Urca” goes by many names.
  • Bosnian: “Urca”
  • Catalan: “Urca”
  • Chinese: “乌尔卡”
  • Croatian: “Urca”
  • Dutch: “Urca”
  • French: “Urca”
  • German: “Urca”
  • Hebrew: “אורקה”
  • Italian: “Urca”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Urca”
  • Norwegian: “Urca”
  • Portuguese: “Morro da Urca”
  • Portuguese: “Praia da Urca”
  • Portuguese: “Urca”
  • Romanian: “Urca, Rio de Janeiro”
  • Romanian: “Urca”
  • Serbian: “Urka”
  • Serbian: “Урка”
  • Slovenian: “Urca”
  • Spanish: “Urca”
  • Turkish: “Urca”

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