Urca
Urca is a residential neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with a population of nearly 7,000. Although most of the neighborhood dates from the 1920s, parts of it are much older.
- Type: Suburb with 7,060 residents
- Description: neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro
- Also known as: “Morro da Urca” and “Praia da Urca”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Earth Science Museum and Sugarloaf Mountain.
Earth Science Museum
Museum
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Leme and Botafogo.
Botafogo
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Urca
- Categories: neighbourhood in Rio de Janeiro, historic site, and locality
- Location: Rio de Janeiro, Grande Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Southeast, Brazil, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
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
OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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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: “Urca”
- Romanian: “Urca, Rio de Janeiro”
- Romanian: “Urca”
- Serbian: “Urka”
- Serbian: “Урка”
- Slovenian: “Urca”
- Spanish: “Urca”
- Turkish: “Urca”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Estradinha and Figueira.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: D.A. Chico Mendes and DA BSI.
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