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Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

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Minas Gerais

Belo Horizonte Belo Horizonte (, ; ) is the sixth-largest city in Brazil, with a population around 2.7 million and with a metropolitan area of 6 million people. It is the 13th-largest city in South America and the 18th-largest in the Americas. The metropol ...

** Aglomerado da Serra ** Morro do Papagaio ** Acaba Mundo

Santa Catarina

Florianópolis Florianópolis () is the capital and second largest city of the state of Santa Catarina, in the South region of Brazil. The city encompasses Santa Catarina Island and surrounding small islands, as well as part of the mainland. It has a populat ...

** Monte Cristo

Rio de Janeiro

Niterói Niterói (, ) is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality of the state of Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro in the Southeast Region, Brazil, southeast region of Brazil. It lies across Guanabara Bay facing the city of Rio de Janeiro and forms ...

** Grota do Surucucu ** Morro do Estado *

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b ...

(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 Complexo do Alemão (, ''German's Complex'') is a group of favelas (low-income historically informal neighborhoods) in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. History An article published by ''O Globo'' in 2007 revealed the origin of Complexo ...

Santa Marta Santa Marta (), officially Distrito Turístico, Cultural e Histórico de Santa Marta ("Touristic, Cultural and Historic District of Santa Marta"), is a city on the coast of the Caribbean Sea in northern Colombia. It is the capital of Magdalena ...

** Jacarezinho ** Ladeira dos Tabajaras ** Mangueira ** Manguinhos ** Mineira ** Morro Azul **

Morro da Babilônia The Morro da Babilônia (, ''Babylon Hill'') is a hill in the Leme neighbourhood of Rio de Janeiro, separating Copacabana beach from Botafogo. It is home to a ''favela'' known by the same name, as well as the favela Chapéu Mangueira. Morro da B ...

Morro do Borel Morro (Spanish and Portuguese for "hill") may refer to: Buildings *El Morro mine, Atacama, Chile *El Morro National Monument, New Mexico * Morro del Tulcán, pyramid in Popayán, Cauca *Morro Castle (Havana), fortress in Havana, Cuba * El Morro de ...

** Morro dos Cabritos **

Morro do Cantagalo Morro (Spanish and Portuguese for "hill") may refer to: Buildings *El Morro mine, Atacama, Chile *El Morro National Monument, New Mexico * Morro del Tulcán, pyramid in Popayán, Cauca *Morro Castle (Havana), fortress in Havana, Cuba * El Morro de ...

Morro dos Macacos Morro (Spanish and Portuguese for "hill") may refer to: Buildings *El Morro mine, Atacama, Chile *El Morro National Monument, New Mexico *Morro del Tulcán, pyramid in Popayán, Cauca *Morro Castle (Havana), fortress in Havana, Cuba *El Morro de S ...

Morro da Providência Morro da Providência ("Providence Hill") is a favela located between the two Rio de Janeiro districts of Santo Cristo and Gamboa. It has an altitude of 115 metres and is located in the port area of the city (currently the subject of a major rev ...

Rocinha Rocinha (, ''little farm'') is the largest favela in Brazil, located in Rio de Janeiro's South Zone between the districts of São Conrado and Gávea. Rocinha is built on a steep hillside overlooking Rio de Janeiro, and is located about o ...

Salgueiro Salgueiro is a city in Pernambuco, Brazil. It is located in the mesoregion of ''Sertão Pernambucano'' . Salgueiro covers an area of 1687 square kilometers and had in 2020 an estimated population of 61,249 inhabitants. It is the see city of the R ...

Serrinha :''"Serrinha" is also the name of a microregion in Bahia.'' Serrinha is a city in the state of Bahia, in eastern Brazil. Geography The population is 81,286 people. The mayor is Adriano Lima of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party. The city is ...

** Tavares Bastos ** Tuiuti ** Vidigal **

Vila do João Vila do João ("John's Village") is a favela in the neighborhood of Maré, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In 1982, the Brazilian government built 1,500 homes in the region. The favela is named after João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo, the President of ...

** Vigário Geral ** Vila Cruzeiro **

Vila Parque da Cidade Vila may refer to: People *Vila (surname) Places Andorra * Vila, Andorra, a town in the parish of Encamp Brazil * Vila Bela da Santíssima Trindade, a municipality in the State of Mato Grosso * Vila Boa, Goiás, a municipality in the State of ...

** Vila Pereira da Silva (Pereirão)

São Paulo

São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC a ...

(for a complete list, see the article in the

Portuguese WikiPedia The Portuguese Wikipedia ( pt, Wikipédia em português) is the Portuguese language edition of Wikipedia (written Wikipédia, in Portuguese), the free encyclopedia. It was started on 11 May 2001. In addition to being the sixth most accessed web ...

) ** Heliópolis **

Paraisópolis Paraisópolis is a city in Minas Gerais, Brazil, with a population (2020) of 21,221. The municipality contains part of the Fernão Dias Environmental Protection Area The Fernão Dias Environmental Protection Area ( pt, Área de Proteçã ...

Vila Nova Jaguaré Vila may refer to: People *Vila (surname) Places Andorra * Vila, Andorra, a town in the parish of Encamp Brazil * Vila Bela da Santíssima Trindade, a municipality in the State of Mato Grosso * Vila Boa, Goiás, a municipality in the State o ...

** Radar (favela) ** Vietnã **

Favela da Alba Favela () is an umbrella name for several types of working-class neighborhoods in Brazil. The term was first used in the Providência neighborhood in the center of Rio de Janeiro in the late 19th century, which was built by soldiers who ha ...

** Buraco Quente ** Morro do Piolho ** Azul ** Nega Rose ** Dom Macario ** Mauro ** Mario Cardim ** Campinho ** Peri

Pernambuco

Recife That it may shine on all ( Matthew 5:15) , image_map = Brazil Pernambuco Recife location map.svg , mapsize = 250px , map_caption = Location in the state of Pernambuco , pushpin_map = Brazil#South A ...

Brasília Teimosa Brasília (; ) is the federal capital of Brazil and seat of government of the Federal District. The city is located at the top of the Brazilian highlands in the country's Central-West region. It was founded by President Juscelino Kubitschek o ...

** Vila de Deus ** Iraque **

Ilha das Cobras (favela), Recife is an island located within Guanabara Bay in the city and state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is east of the neighborhood Guanabara. It is home to the Arsenal de Marinha do Rio de Janeiro base of the Brazilian Navy. See also * List of islands ...

Ilha Joana Bezerra Ilha (Portuguese for "island") may refer to the following places in Portugal or Mozambique: *Ilha (Santana), a parish in the municipality of Santana, Madeira *Ilha (Pombal), a former parish in the municipality of Pombal *Island of Mozambique T ...

Alto dos Milagres The musical term alto, meaning "high" in Italian (Latin: ''altus''), historically refers to the contrapuntal part higher than the tenor and its associated vocal range. In 4-part voice leading alto is the second-highest part, sung in choruses by ...

** Suvaco da Cobra ** Linha do Metro — ''(also known as Coque)'' ** Entra a Pulso *

Olinda Olinda () is a historic city in Pernambuco, Brazil, in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region. It is located on the country's northeastern Atlantic Ocean coast, in the Recife metropolitan area, Metropolitan Region of Recife, the state capi ...

** Comunidade V8 ** Ilha do Rato— ''(also Known as Ilha do Santana)'' ** Ilha do Maruim

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References

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Secretaria Municipal do Habitat: List of Rio de Janeiro Favelas
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Favelas Favela () is an umbrella name for several types of working-class neighborhoods in Brazil. The term was first used in the Providência neighborhood in the center of Rio de Janeiro in the late 19th century, which was built by soldiers who had ...