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In 1950, only 7 percent of Rio de Janeiro's population lived in favelas; in the present day this number has grown to 24-25 percent or about one in four people living in a favela. According to national census data, from 1980 to 1990, the overall growth rate of Rio de Janeiro dropped by 8 percent, but the favela population increased by 41 percent.
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]
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 ...
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Jacarezinho is a favela (Brazilian neighborhood) in Rio de Janeiro, with more than 60,300 residents living in an area of 40 hectares (99 acres). It is located in the North Zone of the city, and borders the neighborhoods of Jacaré, Méier, Engenho Novo and Triagem. It is the third-largest favela in Rio de Janeiro, behind Rocinha and Complexo do ...
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.
A Brazilian AAV on a street in the Complexo do Alemão, November 2010 Police entering the Complexo do Alemão during the 2010 Rio de Janeiro Security Crisis. On November 25, 2010, the Special Ops Battalion together with the Brazilian Navy, invaded the Vila Cruzeiro favela, in Rio de Janeiro. The majority of drug traffickers eventually fled to ...
By the end of the favela violence, over 40 people (almost all of them criminals) had been killed in the conflict [10] and over 200 people arrested. Though the attacks ended, the police and military forces still occupy the Complexo do Alemão, the largest favela in the city of Rio de Janeiro. [citation needed]