Vila Kosmos is a neighborhood in the North Zone of

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. It is located in the northern zone of the city, among the neighborhoods of the

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, Vila da Penha, Tomás Coelho and

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The place is relatively calm and quiet. There are malls, metro station, supermarkets, theaters, language schools and High-Schools. Vila Kosmos is a small neighborhood, it feels like a country village and in the beginning it was going to be named "Vila Florença" after the building company that built it which was called Florenca.

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