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Campo Grande, Rio de Janeiro. Campo Grande is the largest neighborhood in the West Zone of Rio de Janeiro. Campo Grande has a population of 328,370 inhabitants and an area of 119,1253 sq km (46 sq mi), on both counts Rio's largest. It is situated 50 kilometers (31 miles) away from Downtown Rio.
11 Rio de Janeiro. 12 São Paulo. 13 References. Toggle the table of contents. ... Park Jacarepaguá Shopping; Park Shopping Campo Grande; Parque Shopping Sulacap ...
157,326. • Density. 2,100/km 2 (5,400/sq mi) Jacarepaguá (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒakaɾepaˈɡwa]), with a land area of 29.27 square miles (75.8 km 2), is a neighborhood situated in the West Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [2] In 2010, it had a population of 157,326. The name comes from the indigenous name of the location, "shallow pond ...
Bangu is a neighborhood in the West Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.It is a middle-class neighborhood. It is located in the western area of the city being one of the most populated districts, with 244,518 inhabitants (according to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics - IBGE - Demographic Census 2000) [1] distributed in an area of 4570.69 ha.
The Pedra Branca State Park is in the west of the city of Rio de Janeiro, and has an area of 12,394 hectares (30,630 acres). [1] It is one of the largest urban nature parks in the world. The park contains the Pico da Pedra Branca, the highest point of the city at 1,024 metres (3,360 ft). [2][a] It is surrounded by the neighborhoods of Guaratiba ...
The municipality contains part of the 21,444 hectares (52,990 acres) Desengano State Park, created in 1970. [3] The city's distance to Rio de Janeiro city, which is the capital of the state, is 286 kilometres (178 mi). BR-101 is the access highway of the city of Campos.
Barra da Tijuca (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈbaʁɐ dɐ tʃiˈʒukɐ]) (usually known as Barra) is an upper-middle class neighborhood or bairro in the West Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, located in the western portion of the city on the Atlantic Ocean. Barra is well known for its beaches, its many lakes and rivers, and its lifestyle.
Geography of Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro is on the far western part of a strip of Brazil's Atlantic coast (between a strait east to Ilha Grande, on the Costa Verde, and the Cabo Frio), close to the Tropic of Capricorn, where the shoreline is oriented east–west. Facing largely south, the city was founded on an inlet of this stretch of the ...