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 Basílica de Nossa Senhora Auxiliadora.
Acadêmicos do Cubango
Community center
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Acadêmicos do Cubango is a community center.
Basílica de Nossa Senhora Auxiliadora
Church
Photo: Mircezar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Basílica de Nossa Senhora Auxiliadora is a church.
Estádio Caio Martins
Sports venue
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.
Fonseca
Suburb
Fonseca is a central neighborhood in the North Zone of Niterói, in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is one of the most populous, oldest, and strategically situated neighborhoods in the municipality, serving as the main transport axis connecting downtown Niterói to the Rio–Niterói Bridge, the neighboring municipalities of São Gonçalo and Maricá, and the Região dos Lagos coastal region.
Morro do Africano
- Type: Hill with an elevation of 21 metres
- Category: landform
- Location: Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Southeast, Brazil, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-22.90211° or 22° 54′ 8″ southLongitude
-43.08065° or 43° 4′ 50″ westElevation
21 metres (69 feet)Open location code
589R3WX9+5PGeoNames ID
13013008
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In Other Languages
“Morro do Africano” goes by many names.
- Portuguese: “Morro do Africano”
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