Jacarepaguáda

Jacarepaguá, with a land area of 29.27 square miles, is a neighborhood situated in the Southwest Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In 2010, it had a population of 157,326.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Pena and Rio das Pedras.

Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Pena

Church

Photo: Halleypo, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Pena is a church.

Rio das Pedras

Residential area

Rio das Pedras is a region of Rio de Janeiro, but not officially recognized as a neighborhood. The favela sits in Rio de Janeiro’s Southwest Zone by the neighborhood of Itanhangá. Rio das Pedras is situated 3½ km south of Jacarepaguáda.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Barra da Tijuca and Cidade de Deus.

Barra da Tijuca

Suburb

Photo: paulsmithrj, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Barra da Tijuca, usually known as just Barra, is an upper-middle class neighborhood in the Southwest Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, located in the western portion of the city on the Atlantic Ocean. Barra da Tijuca is situated 6 km south of Jacarepaguáda.

Cidade de Deus

Suburb

Photo: Junius, Public domain.

The Cidade de Deus is a Southwest Zone neighborhood of the city of Rio de Janeiro. It is also known as CDD among its inhabitants. The neighborhood was founded in 1960, planned and executed by the government of Guanabara State as part of the policy to systematically remove slums from the center of Rio de Janeiro and resettle their inhabitants in the suburbs.

Jacarepaguáda

Type: Locality
Also known as: “Jacarepaguada”
Location: Rio de Janeiro, Grande Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Southeast, Brazil, South America
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Latitude

-22.9452° or 22° 56′ 43″ south

Longitude

-43.3487° or 43° 20′ 55″ west

Elevation

36 metres (118 feet)

Open location code

589R3M32+WG

GeoNames ID

8449798

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