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  2. Tijuca National Park - Wikipedia

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    The park boundaries as of 2011. Tijuca National Park is claimed to be the world's largest urban forest, [1] covering some 39.58 square kilometres (15.28 sq mi), [8] although this title is disputed with Johannesburg, South Africa. [9] The park shares its name with the bairros (neighborhoods) of Tijuca and Barra da Tijuca nearby.

  3. Pico da Tijuca - Wikipedia

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    The mountain is the most prominent peak of the Rio de Janeiro City urban zone. Pico da Tijuca is part of the 3,958.41 hectares (9,781.4 acres) Tijuca National Park protected area, established in 1961. There are stairs cut in the rock to reach the top of the peak. [3]

  4. Geography of Rio de Janeiro - Wikipedia

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    Since 1961, the Tijuca National Park (Parque Nacional da Tijuca), the largest city-surrounded urban forest and the second largest urban forest in the world, has been a National Park. The largest urban forest in the world is the Floresta da Pedra Branca (White Rock Forest), which is located in the West Zone of Rio de Janeiro.

  5. How Black people saved Rio de Janeiro’s Tijuca forest - AOL

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    A colored lithograph by Karl Joseph Brodtmann of the Tijuca forest waterfall in the Tijuca National Park, Rio de Janeiro, circa 1830s. Tourists are sketching the view while locals work nearby.

  6. List of mammals of Tijuca National Park - Wikipedia

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    There are at least 62 species of mammals known to occur in the Tijuca National Park in the city of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. [1] Infraclass: ...

  7. Corcovado - Wikipedia

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    Corcovado (Portuguese pronunciation: [koʁkoˈvadu]) which means "hunchback" in Portuguese, [1] is a mountain in central Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is a 710-metre (2,330-foot) granite peak located in the Tijuca Forest, a national park. Corcovado hill lies just west of the city center but is wholly within the city limits and visible from great ...

  8. At one of Rio de Janeiro's hardest trails, one paraplegic ...

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    It’s perhaps Rio de Janeiro’s hardest trail, featuring one particularly daunting section requiring a perilous scramble that can cause hikers to freeze up with fright. Da Luz had been waiting ...

  9. Rio de Janeiro - Wikipedia

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    Since 1961, the Tijuca National Park (Parque Nacional da Tijuca), the largest city-surrounded urban forest and the second largest urban forest in the world, has been a National Park. The largest urban forest in the world is the Floresta da Pedra Branca (White Rock Forest), which is located in the West Zone of Rio de Janeiro.

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