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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.
Niterói. Grota do Surucucu; Morro do Estado; Rio de Janeiro (for a complete list, see the Portuguese WikiPedia article: Lista de favelas da cidade do Rio de Janeiro) . Babilônia
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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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 ...
Cantagalo–Pavão–Pavãozinho is a neighborhood consisting of two favelas in the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is located between Ipanema and Copacabana. In 2010, it had about 9,500 inhabitants. [1] Cantagalo and Pavão–Pavãozinho formerly had high rates of violent crime, often associated with the drug trade. [2]
Morro dos Prazeres - "Hill of Pleasures" - is a favela in the Southern Zone, the Zona Sul of the Brazilian metropolis Rio de Janeiro.It is part of the quarter Santa Teresa, which is roughly 2.5 km northeast, and although considered pacified, [1] has recently been the site of murders by gunshot of two tourists who inadvertently wandered into the community.