Oswaldo Cruz is a neighborhood of the North Zone of

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, of middle-class and lower middle-class situated near the neighborhoods of Madureira (east),

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(west), Vila Valqueire (south), and

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(north). It is known nationally for being the birthplace of

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, the great champion of the Carioca Carnival. Cut by the railway, Oswaldo Cruz is a typically residential neighborhood, with approximately 40.000 residents.

History

The neighborhood was once part of the Parish of

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, created in 1644. In the end of the 19th century and beginning of 20th century, the economy of the region, supported by

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, enters crisis and the old latifundiums start to be divided by the poor population, mainly by people escaping the urban reforms realized in the center of the city. In 1890, the Dona Clara Station of trains was inaugurated, that gave name to the area of limits still not defined, that then was confused with Madureira. In 1917, with the death of the doctor and sanitary engineer

Oswaldo Cruz Oswaldo Gonçalves Cruz, better known as Oswaldo Cruz (; August 5, 1872 – February 11, 1917), was a Brazilian physician, pioneer bacteriologist, epidemiologist and public health officer and the founder of the Oswaldo Cruz Institute. He occup ...

, the local station is renamed and with along the time this name ends being attributed to the neighborhood. However until today in the neighborhood of Madureira there is a street with the name of Dona Clara. It belonged to Dona Clara the Blocos of Dona Esther, "Quem Fala de Nós Come Mosca" (''Who Talks About Us Eats Flies).,Portelaweb
ancestral of

. In the 1920s, when Portela is founded, the neighborhood is already known as Oswaldo Cruz, that the first name of the council was Conjunto Oswaldo Cruz.

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