Morro do Africano

Morro do Africano is a hill in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro and has an elevation of 21 metres. Morro do Africano is situated nearby to the suburb Maceió, as well as near São Francisco.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Acadêmicos do Cubango and Estádio Caio Martins.

Acadêmicos do Cubango

Community center

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0 br.

Acadêmicos do Cubango is a community center.

Estádio Caio Martins, sometimes called Estádio Mestre Ziza, is a football stadium in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. The stadium holds 12,000 people. Estádio Caio Martins is situated 2½ km west of Morro do Africano.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include São Francisco and Cubango.

São Francisco

Suburb

São Francisco is one of the 48 neighborhoods in which the Brazilian city of Niterói is divided. As of 2000, its population was 9,654. Its name derives from the church consecrated to Saint Francis Xavier and references to it can be found as early as the 17th century.

Cubango

Suburb

Photo: Marlon.ney, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Cubango is a neighborhood located in the northwest of the city Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is famous for hosting the samba school Acadêmicos do Cubango that competes in the Rio Carnival.

Icaraí

Suburb

Icaraí is the name of a beach and its surrounding neighborhood in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The origin of the neighborhood dates back to the parish of São João de Carahy and later, with two large estates, the Icaraí estate and the Cavalão estate. Icaraí is situated 2½ km west of Morro do Africano.

Morro do Africano

Type: Hill with an elevation of 21 metres
Category: landform
Location: Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Southeast, Brazil, South America
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Latitude

-22.90211° or 22° 54′ 8″ south

Longitude

-43.08065° or 43° 4′ 50″ west

Elevation

21 metres (69 feet)

Open location code

589R3WX9+5P

GeoNames ID

13013008

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In Other Languages

“Morro do Africano” goes by many names.

Portuguese: “Morro do Africano”

Localities in the Area

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