Cubango
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Marlon.ney, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Suburb
- Description: human settlement in Brazil
- Also known as: “Cubango, Niterói”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Acadêmicos do Cubango and Niterói Contemporary Art Museum.
Acadêmicos do Cubango
Community center
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0 br.
Acadêmicos do Cubango is a community center.
Niterói Contemporary Art Museum
Museum
Photo: Phx de, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Niterói Contemporary Art Museum is situated in the city of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and is one of the city’s main landmarks. It was completed in 1996. Niterói Contemporary Art Museum is situated 3½ km southwest of Cubango.
Fluminense Federal University
University
Photo: Diego Baravelli, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Fluminense Federal University is a Brazilian public higher education institution located mainly in Niterói and in other cities of Rio de Janeiro state. Fluminense Federal University is situated 2½ km southwest of Cubango.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Icaraí and Engenhoca.
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.
Engenhoca
Suburb
Niterói is a municipality in the state of Rio de Janeiro, in the southeast region of Brazil. It lies across Guanabara Bay, facing the city of Rio de Janeiro and forming part of the Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Area.
Cubango
- Categories: neighborhood and locality
- Location: Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Southeast, Brazil, South America
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Latitude
-22.8894° or 22° 53′ 22″ southLongitude
-43.0954° or 43° 5′ 43″ westOpen location code
589R4W63+6ROpenStreetMap ID
node 9895616959OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbWikidata ID
Q10262079
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Portuguese—“Cubango” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Cubango”
- Portuguese: “Cubango (Niterói)”
- Portuguese: “Cubango”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Cubango”. Photo: Marlon.ney, CC BY-SA 4.0.