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Rio de Janeiro (for a complete list, see the Portuguese WikiPedia article: Lista de favelas da cidade do Rio de Janeiro) Babilônia; Benjamin Constant; Cajueiro; Cantagalo–Pavão–Pavãozinho; Chácara do Céu; Chapéu Mangueira; Cidade de Deus; Complexo do Lins; Complexo da Maré; Complexo do Alemão; Santa Marta; Jacarezinho; Ladeira dos ...
Favela (Portuguese: [fɐˈvɛlɐ]) is an umbrella name for several types of impoverished neighborhoods in Brazil. The term, which means slum or ghetto , was first used in the Slum of Providência in the center of Rio de Janeiro in the late 19th century, which was built by soldiers who had lived under the favela trees in Bahia and had nowhere to ...
Rocinha is the largest hill favela in Rio de Janeiro. Although favelas are found in urban areas throughout Brazil, many of the more famous ones exist in Rio — a widely photographed city. Cidade de Deus, Rio de Janeiro; Complexo do Alemão, Rio de Janeiro; Santa Marta, Rio de Janeiro; Jacarezinho, Rio de Janeiro; Mangueira, Rio de Janeiro
Rocinha is built on a steep hillside overlooking Rio de Janeiro, and is located about one kilometre from a nearby beach. Most of the favela is on a very steep hill, with many trees surrounding it. Around 200,000 people live in Rocinha, making it the most populous in Rio de Janeiro. [2]
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Panorama night image of Rocinha, the largest favela in Rio de Janeiro. Geographically and socially, Rio de Janeiro is split into three zones. The Zona Sul (South Zone) is the smallest region, but contains Rio's tourist destinations and wealthy residents, [13] as well as notable attractions Ipanema and Sugarloaf mountain.
A famous example in Rio is Rocinha, where the 2010 census reported the population to be 70,000 and unofficial estimates put the real figure as high as 180,000. [3] In Recife , the state capital of Pernambuco in the northeast of the country, 193 favelas were listed in 1985 and half of the entire population of the city was squatting.
The Vila Cruzeiro shootout (Portuguese: chacina da Vila Cruzeiro) [6] took place on 24 May 2022 in the favela of the same name in Rio de Janeiro, during a joint operation by the Special Police Operations Battalion (BOPE), the Federal Police and the Federal Highway Police [7] that resulted in at least 26 people killed by gunshots or cutting objects.